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KENNEDYA* inophylla. 

 Close-headed Kennedya. 



DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 



Nat. ord. Leguminos.'e Jz^sy. — (^Introduction to the natural system of 

 Botani/, p. SfS.) 



KENNEDYA.— Suprii, vol. 11. p. 944. 



§ 2. Foliis 3-foliolatis, carind vexillo et alls hreviore. Do C. 

 K. inophylla ; foliolis 3 cuiieatis niucrouatis basi attemuitis siiprii pilosiiis- 

 oulis suhtiis sericeis, stipulis ovalis acutis, pcdunculis ibliis longioribus 

 flores 15-20 dens^ urabellato-capitatos apice gerentibus. 

 K. inophylla. Hort. 



CauUs fruticosus, scaiidens. Folia in genere jnagna, 3-foliolata, foliolis 

 cu7icatis, basi attenuatis, apice mucronatis v. cuspidatis, supra atroviridibus, 

 pilosiusculis, infra sericeis, pallidioribus. Stipulae ovafcc, acutce, sericece ; 

 stipellee subulatce. Pedunculi rigidi, erecti, pilis nigris pared vestiti. Flores 

 15-20, in capitulo subumbellato dense congesti. Calyx pilis nigris appressis 

 dejisissimd tectus, bilabiatus, labio superiore biloho, inferiors tridentato. 

 Vexillum basi maculd pallidc viridi instructuvi, alis et carind longius. 

 Stamina diadelpha. Stigma capltutum. 



This fine species appears to have been first raised from 

 New Holland seeds in the Royal Gardens at Kew. Mr. 

 Low, in whose Nursery our drawing was made, informs us 

 that it was received from Mr. Aiton, in exchange for other 

 New Holland plants, about five years ago, under the name 

 of Kennedya inophylla. The ])lant from which the figure 

 was taken had been struck from a cutting about ei,L,diteen 

 months previous; in July 1830 it was planted in a border 

 of sandy peat and loam, in a propagating house which 

 stands fronting the nortli ; and in April 1831 it had ac- 

 quired the height of four feet, and was covered with 



* Named after Mr. Kennedy, late partner in the firm of Messrs. Lee and 

 Kennedy, Nurserymen, Hammersmith. 



