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HARDENBERGIA MACROPHYLLA. 
(broad-leaved HARDENBERGIA.) 
CLASS. ORDER. 
DIADELPHIA. DECANDRIA. 
NATURAL ORDER. 
LEGUMINOS^. 
Generic Character. — See p. 27 of the present Volume. 
Specific Character. — Plant an evergreen climbing shrub. Leaves trifoliate ; leaflets ovately-oblong, 
retuse, mucronulate, about the length of the petioles. Stipules setaceous. Racemes many- 
flowered, dense, half erect, or partially drooping. Flowers deep purple. 
This most beautiful and valuable climbing shrub is one of the numerous inter- 
esting products of the Swan River Colony, the introduction of which to our gardens 
was effected by Sir James Stirling, who sent seeds to England in 1835. These 
were raised at the seat of Robert Mangles, Esq., Sunninghill, Berks, and probably 
at other places ; we are indebted for our figure to Mr. Kyle, gardener to 
R. Barclay, Esq., Layfcon, Essex, with whom it flowered in May of the two 
last years. 
As to its affinities, Dr. Lindley states in the Botanical Register, that " it is in 
many respects so much like Kennedya (now Hardenhergia) Comptoniana^ as to 
render it doubtful whether it is more than a variety of that species. It appeared, 
however, to differ in being altogether a more vigorous plant ; its leaf-stalks were as 
long as the leaflets, and not shorter ; the reticulations of the leaves were more 
coarse ; and I did not remark any tendency to produce those linear leaflets which 
always accompany the original K. Comptoniana." Other more general marks of 
distinction are the divided and branching nature of the racemes of flowers in this 
species, their shortness and partial erectness, the deeper hue and greater density 
of the blossoms, and the abbreviation and breadth of the leaves. All these points 
form strong grounds for considering the plant a separate species. 
In habit it is a remarkably luxuriant plant, growing to a considerable height, 
