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■ ZlCHYA tricolor 

 Three-coloured Zichya. 



DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 



Nat. ord. FABACEiE, or Papilionace^. 



ZICHYA (H'ugel insc.) Calyx campanulatus bilabiatus, labio superiore 

 bidentato, inferiore tripartite. Corollas vexilluvi unguiculatum, late orbiculatum, 

 eraarginatum, reflexuin, basi biappendiculatum, alis longius. Al(B oblongae, ca- 

 rinas ultra medium adhferentes. Carina incurva, obtusa, alis brevior v. subsequi- 

 longa. Stamina distincte diadelpha, filamento vexillari basi recto inarticulate. 

 AnthercB uniformes. Vagina disci nulla. Ovarium pluriovulatum. Stylus 

 brevis, adscendens, snperne in stigma subcapitatum, ssepius dilatatum v. breviter 

 appendiculatum desinens. Legumen oblongo-lineare, compressum, coriaceum, 

 sutura seminifera incrassata, intus isthmis cellulosis multiloculare. Seraina stro- 



phiolata, Frutices volubiles. Folia pinnatim trifoliolata, foliolis stipel- 



latis. Pedunculi axillares, apice umbellatim multijiori. Bractes et stipulse 

 parvcB, raritis foliacefB. Calyces scepius pilis fuscis villosi. Corolla coccinea. 

 Bentham in Hugel's Arch. t. 1. 



Z. tricolor ; foliolis ovato-oblongis obtusis utrinque praecipue subtus sericeis, 

 calycibus pilis appressis ferrugineis villosis, vexillo cuneato, alis carina ob- 

 tusissima longioribus, stigmate minuto. 



Caules volubiles, pilis appressis rufescentibus sericei. Folia trifoliolata, 

 utrinque sericea ; petiolo dense piloso ; stipulis trianguluribus, subtils villosis, 

 supra glahris sulcatis ; foliolis exacte ovato-oblongis, obtusis, apiculatis, ne 

 minime quidem angulatis vel retusis, lateralibus petiolatis. Pedunculi axil- 

 lares, foliis longiores, sericei, floribus umbellato-cory nibosis . Calyx pilis ap- 

 pressis ferrugineis hirsutus, unguis vexilli longitudine, labio superiore biden- 

 tato, inferiore trifido. Vexillum cuneatum, retusum, angulis rotundatis, 

 supra unguem bicallosum, amoene lateritium, basi luteo biocellatum ; Alee 

 rosecp, obiusce, patulce, carina atropurpured obtusissimd longiores. Stamina 

 diadelpha, inter se cequalia. Ovarium lineare, pubescens ; stylo crasso, corn- 

 presso, glaberrimo, sursiim incurvo et subulato ; stigmate minuto, capitate. 



The genus Zichya has been formed by Baron Hiigel at 

 the expense of the older genus Kennedya, by separating from 

 it the species figured in this work under the name of 

 Kennedya inophylla (fol. 1431), dilatata (fol. 1526), and 

 glabrata (fol. 1838), together with the K. coccinea of Ventenat, 

 and by adding to it a pretty new species, from Swan River, 

 which he has named Z. Molly. The genus thus constituted 

 forms a very natural group, and one which, from its graceful 

 twining habit, is particularly well suited to ornament green- 

 houses. 



* So named by Baron Hiigel, in compliment to the Countess Molly Zichy- 

 Ferraris, now Princess Metternich. 



