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KENNEDIA COCCINEA ELEGANS. 
(elegant 6CAULET KENNEDIA.) 
CLASS. ORDER. 
DIADELPHIA. DECANDRIA. 
NATURAX ORDER. 
LEGUMIN0SJ3. 
Generic Character Calyx two-lipped, upper two-toothed, lower three-toothed. Corolla papi- 
lionaceous, upper petal {vexilluni) bent back. TFmg'S pressed close to the keel. Legume linear, 
compressed. 
Specific Character. — A climbing shrub, ten to twelve feet high. Leaves in threes {ternate). 
Leaflets betwixt oblong and egg-shaped. Flowers in bunches. Calyx, brownish-gi-een. Corolla 
showy, upper petal bright orange- scarlet with a yellow base. Wings carmine colour. Keel 
purple-brown, covered with the wings. Pods smoothish. 
Variety elegans. — Whole of the Corolla a bright orange-scarlet, and other differences, as seen on 
the plate. 
This is a charming variety of the K. coccifiea, and deserves the most extensive 
cultivation. It grows delicate, and is well suited for climbing up a pillar in a 
conservatory, where it will flower to perfection. A mixture of sandy loam and 
peat is the best compost for it. It strikes fr* ely from cuttings in sand under a 
bell glass, and the pots plunged in a little hes 
