Tas. 8144. 
KE NNEDYA Retrorsa. 
Eastern Australia. 
Lecumrnosak. Tribe PHASEOLEAER. 
Kennepya, Vent.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. p. 531. 
Kennedya retroraa, Hemsl. sp. nov. legumine densissime retrorso-piloso 
insignita. 
Frutex volubilis, praesertim in ramis rufescenti-tomentosus. Folia stipulata, 
trifoliolata, distincte petiolata, 8-15 cm. longa. Stipulae ovatae, circiter 
5mm. longae. Foliola stipellata, petiolulata (terminale longe) crassius- 
cula, inaequalia, elliptica, oblonga, obovata, vel fere orbicularia, 3-12 em. 
longa, apiculata, sopra strigillosa, subnitida, subtus ferrugineo-pubes- 
centia. Stipellae minutae. Flores roseo-purpurei, circiter 15 em. longi, 
fasciculato-racemosi; racemi cum pedunculo 5-15 cm. longi vel in speci- 
minibus nonnullis spontaneis usque ad 25 cm. longi, pedicellis 3-5 mm. 
longis. Bracteae ferrugineo-sericeae, ovato-caudatae, alabastra excedentes, 
ante anthesin deciduae. Oaly« dense sericeo-hirsutus, bilabiatus, labio 
superiore bidentato; labium inferius aequaliter trilobatum, lobis triangu- 
lari-acuminatis. Vexillum oblato-orbiculatum, circiter 1°5 cm. diametro, 
breviter unguiculatum, prope basin macula orbiculari unica alba ornatum. 
Alae et carinae petala similia, obovata vel spathulata, apice rotundata, 
circiter 1°2-1'5 cm. longa, longiuscule unguiculata, auriculata, auriculis 
prominentibus acutis. Stamina praeter superius liberum connata; 
antherae uniformes. Ovariwm sessile, praesertim secus suturam ven- 
tralem pilosum, 4-ovulatum. Legwmen planum, rectum, 4-5 cm. longum, 
7-8 mm. latum, aculeato-apiculatum, undique densissime retrorso-pilo- 
sum, saepius 4-spermum. Semina fere nigra, reniformia, 6-7 mm. longa, 
strophiolo albo claviformi, circiter 4 mm. longo ornata. 
Although unequal as an ornamental plant to some of 
the other species of Kennedya in cultivation, K. retrorsa is 
very pretty, and, as it is a very free grower, it is deserving 
of attention, especially as the wild specimens are much 
finer than the cultivated ones that we have seen so far. 
It was raised at Kew in 1905 from seed received from the 
Sydney Botanic Garden, under the name of K, procurrens, 
Benth. ; but it is quite distinct from that species, the type 
of which is inthe Kew Herbarium. Thewild specimens are 
from Mount Dangar Gungal, Merriwa, Brisbane Co., New 
South Wales, in about 32°S. lat., and 150° E. long. The 
fact that the flowers were produced in March may account 
for their being in smaller clusters than the wild ones. 
Descr.—A twining shrub, the young growths clothed 
with reddish hairs. Leaves trifoliolate, distinctly stalked, 
3-6 in. long. Stipules ovate, about 5 in. long. Leaflets 
Juxy Ist, 1907. 
