Tas. 4608. 
CAMPTOSEMA  ruBICUNDUM. 
Ruby-flowered Camptosema. 
Nat. Ord. Lecumivos#.—DiapeLPHia DEcANDRIA. 
Gen. Char. CAMPTOSEMA, Hook. et Arn. (Bionia, Mart.) Calyx minute bi- 
bracteolatus, campanulatus, subzequaliter 4-fidus; lobis ovatis, acuminatis, su- 
periore latiore. Corolle petala eequalia, obtusa, longe unguiculata ; vexillo et 
carina basi longiuseule deorsum bi-, alis uni-calloso-dentatis. Veaillum reflexum, 
ovato-oblongum ; alee anguste oblongz ; carina ‘basi fere ad summum_ biceps, 
elliptico-oblonga. Stamina diadelpha (9 et 1), corollam subzequantia. Pistillum 
corolla longius. Germen longe stipitatum, pubescens, 8—-10-ovulatum. Stylus 
subulatus, glaber, germine longior, rectiusculus. Stigma parvum, obtusum. 
Legumen \ineari-oblongum, sericeo-pubescens, polyspermum, stipite (ut in ger- 
mine) calycem equante, stylo subulato longe acuminatum.—Frutex voludilis 
glaber Brasilie australis. Yolia uni- v. trifoliolata ; foliola basi bistipellata. 
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CamprosEMA rubicundum,; scandens fruticosum glabrum, foliis trifoliolatis, 
foliolis ellipticis apice retusis intermedio longe petiolulato, racemis com- * 
positis axillaribus folio multoties longioribus, pedicellis calycem vix aequan- 
tibus. be 
Camprosema rubicundum. Hook. et Arn. in Bot. Mise. v.3.p.201. Walp. 
—— -Repert. v. 1. p. 761, and v. 5. p. 532. 
_ Kenyepya splendens. “ Cat. Hort. Bollwill. et Mulhaus. 1851. Meisn. Plant. 
"Preiss. v. 1. p.89 (in nota). Walp. Repert. Bot. v. 5. p. 530.” 
A very handsome climber, long ago described from dried 
specimens in the ‘ Botanical Miscellany,’ and for some time cul- 
tivated in Germany, and since in England as “ Kennedya splen- 
dens.” Tt was so named, as we learn from Mr. Bentham, by 
Meisner, who cautiously observes, “ Originis ignote ;” while 
Dr. Walpers confidently says, “Hab. in Nova Hollandia.” It 
has the habit of a New Holland Kennedya, but it is a native of 
southern Brazil and the adjacent Argentine provinces. It is 
only lately that, being trained immediately under the glass of 
the Palm-stove, it has yielded flowers with us. The racemes 
remind one of those of Laburnum or of Wistaria Sinensis, but 
they are of a deep ruby-red colour. 
OCTOBER Ist, 1851. 
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