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KENNEDY J* monophylla; ?;«r. longiracemdsa. 

 Long-racemed variety of the One -leaved Kennedys. 



DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 



Nat. ord. Leouminos/E. 



KENNED YA. — Sapnl, vol. 1 1 . fol. 944. 



K. monophylla; foliolls in apice petioli solitariis glal)ris reticulatis sub- 

 cordatis, stipulis lanceolatis erectis, racemis multifloris petiolo multo 

 longioribus. Dec. prodr. 2, 384. 



Glycine bimaculata. Bat. mag. 263. 



Keniiedya monophylla. Vent. malm. 1. 106, &c. 



Va7\ longiracemosa ; racemis gracilibus foliis longioribus v. subsequalibus, 

 floribus minoribus. 



For this distinct variety of Kennedya monophylla we 

 are indebted to Mr. Rollisson, of Tooting, by whom it was 

 raised from New Holland seeds. We call it variety, because 

 it is so extremely similar in foliage and general appearance 

 to its prototype, that we cannot believe it to be a distinct 

 species ; but at the same time it must be admitted, that 

 the great length of the racemes, and the colour of the 

 flowers, give it an aspect peculiar to itself. 



It is a greenhouse plant, of much beauty, propagated 

 readily by cuttings. Mr. Ridgway observed, that it secreted 

 a great deal of honey while in his possession. Flowers in 

 March and April. J. L. 



* The late Mr. Kennedy, a partner in the celebrated Nursery of Lee and 

 Kennedy, was the j^entleman in compliment to whom this gonns was named 

 by a French Botanist, at a time when a strict correspondence was maintanied 

 between his firm and the amiable and unfortunate Empress Josephine upon 

 Horticultural subjects, while France and England were plunged in a furious 

 and fatal war. Such is the gentle influence of science, which flourishes 

 regardless of foreign convulsions or intestine strife, appearing the more 

 beautiful when surrounded by, and subduing, the fiercer feelings of society. 



