ZICH YA COCCIN’EA, 
MANY-FLOWERED ZICHYA. 
EXOGENE, oR DICOTYLEDONE &. 
Natural division 
to which 
this Plant belongs. 
NATURAL ORDER, LEGUMINOSAE. 
£, — — DIADELPHIA, 
SSS DECANDRIA. 
this i read OF LINNEUS. 
CALYCIFLOR &, 
OF 
DECANDOLLE. 
No 120. 
GENUS. Zic CHYA. Hu GE GC lat , bilabiatus, labi 
bidentato, inferiore tripar statis = Conosue vexillum mngiionletamn Is — orbicula- 
Pe eee ee eee ee alis longius. AL# oblonga, 
ultra medium ‘adher Carina incurya, obtusa, alis Speier vel 
sibeequilooge. STaMINa alathicts Aiadelpha, filamento vexillari basi recto 
inarticulato. ANTHER# uniformes. Vagina disci nulla. Ovarrum pluriovu- 
latum. Srytuvs brevis,adscendens,superne in stigma subcapitatum sexpius dila- 
ee ney pie Moines ee desinens. casaphinerta oblsage-inaeare; com. 
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Si MINA ‘ale ata. Frotices ee Australasici. Foxta pinnatim tri- 
foliolata, fall stipellatis. Prpuncuti axillares, apice subumbellatim multi- 
fl Ez et stipule parve. Wako cocciner 
pete ZIcHYA COCC Benrtuam. Fotrorts obovatis oblongisve 
pandis supremis ova Bo. Adsinmelaths acutis, subtus tomentosis, laciniis 
ely tubo subequilongis; carina alis parum breviore, stylo apice vix 
ilata 
fae OF THE Genus, Zicuya. Catyx bell-shaped, two- 
lipped, the upper lip two-toothed, the lower three cleft. STANDARD 
clawed, broadly orbicular, emarginate, reflexed, with two inflexed ap- 
pendages at the base longer than the wings. Wines oblong, adhering 
to the keel above the middle. Kreu incurved, obtuse, shorter than 
the wings, or about as long. Stamens distinctly diadelphous, the 
vexillary filament straight, and not articulate at the base. ANTHERS 
similar in form. Sweats at the base of the ovary none. Ovary 
with several ovules. STYLE short, ascending, ending in a subcapitate 
stigma. Pop oblong, linear, compressed, coriaceous, separated in- 
ternally into several cells by a cellular substance. SEEDS with a stro- 
phiola. 
DESCRIPTION OF THE Species, ZicHya coccinea. Like others of 
the Kennedia tribe, this is a slender climber. BraNcHes usually 
pubescent when young. Petiores short. Leariets from half an 
inch to an inch or more in length, broadly ovate or obovate, and blunt 
in the lower leaves, ovate, oblong, and sharp in the upper ones, with 
