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CHor1zEMA NANUM. Dwarr CuHorizEMa, 
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Clafs and Order. 
DecanpDria Monocynia. 
Generic Charafer. 
Cal. tubulofus, 2-labiatus : labium fuperius emarginatum : 
labium inferius 3-fidum laciniis acutis. Cor. papilionacea, 
carina breviffima. Sty/us recurvus. Legumen oblongum poly- 
{permum, Pe 
Specific Chara&er and Synonym. 2 
CHORIZEMA zanum ; caule eref&to flexuofo, foliis ovalibus 
obtufis fpinofo-dentatis. — 
PULTENAA nana. Bot. Repof. t. 434. 
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Descr. A minute fhrub with upright flexuofe fem, hardly 
exceeding five or fix inches in height. Leaves alternate, rigid, 
holly-like, elliptic, obtufe with undulated {pinous margins 
Stipules minute fpines at the angles of the ftem and the pe- 
duncle. Flewers papilionaceous, diftant, on longifh flexuofe 
racemes growing from the axils of the leaves: pedicles very 
thort, moftly recurved. Calyx tubular, two-lipped: upper lip 
road emarginate: /ower lip fhorter than upper, three-toothed : 
teeth equal, acute, Standard large, emarginate, reflexed, 
yellow with a red, ftreaked ftar at the bafe: wings as long as 
the ftandard, very narrow, pendulous, crimfon-coloured : 
keel not half the length of the wings, white with purple tips. 
Stamens ten, diftin&: anthers globular, white. Germen ovate» 
acuminate, villous; fy/e fhort, recurved: figma truncate. 
- LasiiiarpizRe, who went on the voyage to the South- 
Sea in fearch of the unfortunate La Perouse, has given the 
rft account of this genus in his relation of that voyage. To 
the {pecies, which he found on the fouth-welt coaft of New- 
olland, he gave the appellation of Cuorizema ilicifolium, 
criving its fpecific name from the refemblance of its eer : 
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