1845 



=* KENNEDYA Stirlingi. 

 Sir James Stirling's Kennedy a. 



Nat. ord. Leguminos^, or pABACEiE. 

 KENNEDYA.— Snprci, vol. W.fol. 944. 



K. Stirlingi ; foliolis tribus subrotundo-ovatis mucronulatis glabrlusculls, pe- 

 tiolis caulibusque pilosis, stipulis late ovatis acutis, bracteis fasciculatis, v. 

 verticillatis nunc trUobis nunc in involucrum conniventibus, floribus gemi- 

 nis, calycibus pedunculisque pilosis. 



A graceful greenhouse trailing plant, native of the Swan 

 River. It was raised by Robert Mangles, Esq. of Whitmore 

 Lodge, from seeds given to him by Sir James Stirling, the 

 Governor of the Colony, in compliment to whom it has been 

 named. 



Its thin broad pale green leaves, fringed with long weak 

 hairs, and its twin scarlet flowers sufficiently characterise this 

 species, which moreover is botanically remarkable for having 

 its bracts collected into a whorl, or even grown together 

 into a little involucre. 



Flowers in April, and no doubt easily propagated by 

 cuttings. 



* See folio 1421, 



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