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CHOROZEMA* ovatum 



Ovate Chorozema. 



DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Leguminos* Juss. § Sophorese D. C. (Introduction to 

 the natural system of Botany, p. 87.) 



CHOROZEMA.— Suprd f vol. 12. fol. 986. 



C. ovatum; caulibus debilibus ascendentibus, foliis ovatis acutis, calycis 

 laciniis acuminatis, pedunculis longissimis terminalibus nudis trifloris. 

 Caules jiliformes, ascendentes, pubescentes. Stipulse subulate. Folia 

 simplicia, ovata, acuminata, pilosiuscula. Pedunculi terminates, longissimi, 

 triflori, subpubescentes. Calyx tubulosus, bilabiatus, levissimc pubescens ; 

 labio superiore lato bijido, inferiore tripartito, basi bibracteolatus. Vexil- 

 lum subrotundum, emarginatum, coccineum, basi luteum, alis multb majus ; 

 alee purpurea; carina pallida, minor. Stamina 10, libera, basi calycis 

 inserta. Ovarium lineare, dealbatum, sericeum, polyspermum. Stylus com- 

 planatus, brevis, pilosus, uncinatus, acutus. Stigma anticum, laterale, 

 lineare. 



A native of the south-west of New Holland, where it 

 was collected by Baxter. Its characters are more those of 

 C. rhombeum than of any other species; but it is decidedly 

 distinct. 



Flowers in May; increases by ripened cuttings struck 

 under a bell-glass ; requires a greenhouse. 



Our drawing was made in Mr. Knight's Nursery. 





* See fol. 1513. 



