subulate. Veacillum roundly and broadly obcordate, 2 -eared at
the base with a slender unguis, orangy scarlet, with two confluent
yellow spots near the base, edged with purple. Alee or
wings spathulate, purple, the points bent inwards, with a sharp
hooked ear at the bottom of each, and a very slender unguis. Carina blunt, shorter than the wings, with two sharp straight
ears at the base, dark purple and scarlet mixed. Stamens 1 0 ,
one distinct, and 9 united, but distinct at the points. Ovarium
sessile, linear, slender, slightly pubescent. Style smooth, ascending.
Stigma capitate.
This very handsome climbing plant is a native of the Southwest
coast of New Holland, and was introduced to the Royal
Gardens at Kew in 1803; but we believe it was again lost, as we
had never seen it in any collection till lately, when it was raised
from seed in the collection of Robert Barclay, Esq. at Bury-
hill, and was also raised about the same time in Mr. Mackay’s
Nursery at Clapton, from seeds sent by Mr. W. Baxter. Our
drawing was made from a fine strong plant, covered with flowers,
at the Nursery of Mr. Colvill, in the King’s Road, Chelsea,
from a plant that was presented to him by Mr. Barclay. It is
certainly one of the most splendid of our Greenhouse climbers,
and will therefore be a valuable plant, thriving well in a light
sandy soil, or an equal mixture of turfy loam, peat, and sand,
will suit it very well. Young cuttings root readily, taken off at
a joint, and planted under bell-glasses in a pot of sand plunged
in a gentle heat.
The genus was first named by Ventenat, in compliment to
Mr. Kennedy, then in partnership with the late Mr. James
Lee, at the Hammersmith Nursery.
1. Calyx. 2. Vexillum. 3.The two wings. 4. Keel. 5.into a tube and distinct at the points, the tube spread open. T6h.e T nhinee d Sistatimncetn Ss tuanmiteend. 7. Ovarium slightly pubescent, terminated by the Style and capitate Stigma.