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CHOROZEMA spectabile. 
Showy Chorozema. 
DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. Legum1nos#, or FaBAcez. 
CHOROZEMA. Botanical Register, vol. 12. fol. 986. 
C. spectabile; caule volubili tereti, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis mucronulatis 
subtus glabriusculis, racemis multifloris laxis, calycibus semiquadrifidis ; 
laciniis tubo longioribus. Supra misc. no. 66. 
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A Swan River shrub of great beauty, in consequence of 
its long drooping clusters of orange-coloured flowers, which 
appear in profusion in the months of winter. It is far 
superior to both C. rhombeum and ovatum in all respects, and 
differs from them both in foliage and in its many flowered 
racemes, which however are not always so long as in the 
accompanying figure, although they often are so. C. ovatum 
has moreover winged branches and reticulated leaves, neither 
of which are found in this. 
Fig. 1. represents the stamens and the tube of the calyx, 
with a linear bract adhering to it; it will be observed that 
the tenth stamen is smaller than the others, flexuose, and 
more slender. Fig. 2. shews the appearance of the ovary 
when cut through ; it contains twenty-six ovules in two rows. 
The figure is from the Garden of the Horticultural 
Society ; I have also received the plant from Mr. Standish of 
Bagshot, and from Robert Mangles, Esq. of Sunning Hill. 
It is a greenhouse twiner of very easy cultivation. It 
grows best in a light free soil composed of peat and leaf 
mould with a little loam and sand. Seeds are produced from 
it in abundance, and therefore it may easily be increased in 
this way or by cuttings which strike readily in silver sand. 
August, 1841. R 
