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* CHOROZEMA cordatum. 

 Mr. Mangles's Chorozema. 



DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Fabace^e, § Papilionaceje. 

 CHOROZEMA. Bot. Reg. vol. 12. fol. 986. 



§ 1. Euchorozema, Bentham legum. comment, p. 71. 



C. cordatum ; foliis subsessilibus cordatis ovato-oblongis obtusis sequaliter spi- 

 nuloso-dentatis glabris, racemis terminalibus axillaribusque laxis nutantibus 

 paucifloris, calycis pubescentis dentibus tubo squalibus. 



Frutex debilis, erectus, glaber, late viridis, nitens. Rami jiliformes, 

 patentes, jirnii. Fclia scepe internodiis breviora, reticulata, pilis quibusdam 

 inconspicuis in petiolum costam stipalasque subulatas. Racemi terminates, 

 nut, foliis orbati quasi axillares. Bracteae subulatce, pedicello breviores ; 

 bracteolce minima, setacece, oppositce, supra medium pedicelli. Calycis 

 labium superius bidentatum, inferius tripartitum. Vexillum bilobum, 

 miniatum, basi luteo maculatum : alee et carina purpurea. 



A pretty new species of this handsome genus, native of 

 the Swan River Colony, and raised in the garden of Robert 

 Mangles, Esq., of Sunning Hill, by whom it has been 

 liberally distributed, and to whom I am indebted for speci- 

 mens. It is very distinct from all the species hitherto 

 known. Mr. Mangles tells me it is the freest grower 

 of the genus. The plant when only twelve months old 

 was two feet and a half high, and although it does not 

 seem strong enough to support itself, yet it clings to nothing 

 for aid ; he thinks it will be an abundant bloomer. The 

 drawing was made in April, 1837. 



The plant is easily propagated by cuttings, which may be 

 taken off at any season of the year ; but the best time is early 



* See Bot. Reg. fol. 1513. 

 Feb. 1838. e 



