figured in the London Flor. andBot. Magazines. 221 



other species, which were discovered by Allan Cunningham, in 

 New Holland. {Bat. Reg., March.) 



KristolochiacetB. 



^RISTOLO'CHIA. 



A. trilobata is figured in Paxton's Magazine of Botany, for 

 February. It is there stated to be a native of South America, 

 where it grows in damp woods. In England it is a strong climber, 

 " of no mean appearance, growing freely in sandy heath mould 

 and loam." This is a genus of which very few species are yet to be 

 found in our collections ; we do not recollect of ever seeing but 

 two, A. sipho, which is perfectly hardy, and A. serpentaria, the 

 common shake root of the druggists. A. sipho, the singular flowers 

 of which so much resemble the Dutchman's pipe, as to receive 

 that name, is a desirable perennial, and should be in every com- 

 plete collection. Many of the green-house species should also be 

 introduced. 



Hosdcea. 



KAGENE'CKM (M. de £'ao-enec&, Embassador from the Emperor of Germany to the King of 



Spain.) 

 cratcBgifolia Lindley, Synonyme .- K. crataegoides D. Don Cmttegus-leaved Kagenecl<ia. 

 A pretty evergreen half hardy shrub : growing four or five feet high; flowers white ; appear- 

 ing in June ; a native of Chili ; propagated by seeds and by layers. Bot. Reg., 1836. 



" A very pretty" shrub, which needs some protection in the 

 climate of England, and would probably require a green-house in 

 our climate. It is very similar to some of the cratceguses. The 

 flowers appear in corymbs, six or eight in each, in the axils of the 

 terminal branches. Figured from specimens which flowered in the 

 London Horticultural Society's garden. (Bot. Reg., Feb.) 

 Leguinindcea. 



KENNEDYS 



glabrita Lindley Bmooih-leaved Kennedya. A pretty green-house climber; with scarlet 

 blossoms ; appearing in May ; a native of New Holland; propagated by cuttings. Bot. Reg., 

 1838. 



Communicated from specimens which flowered in the collection 

 of Mr. Knight, of the King's Road. The plant has slender wiry 

 stems, broad ovate sharp-pointed stipules and smooth leaves, which 

 are shining and almost destitute of hairiness ; characters which 

 " sufficiently mark the species." The flowers appear in clusters, 

 from three to six in each, on axillary peduncles, and are of a very 

 brilliant scarlet ; a green spot, bordered with dark brown, at the 

 face of the standard, gives additional effect to the color. {Bot. 

 Reg., March.) 



A species called K. splendens is figured in Paxton's Magazine 

 of Botany, for March. It is a splendid plant, and if a Kennedya, 

 of which there is some doubt, is by far the most magnificent that 

 has yet appeared. The specimen, from which the drawing was 

 taken, was from the collection of the Messrs. Young, of Epsom, where 

 the plant flowered in October last, for the first time in the country. 

 Its native country is uncertain, but the Messrs. Young think they 

 received it from Brazil, with some other plants. It is an evergreen 



