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XLVI. A note on Chorozema variant ; a new Greenhouse Shrub 

 from Swan River, vjith a plate. By Professor Lindley. 



Among the multitude of papilionaceous shrubs inhabiting New 

 Holland there is so great a uniformity of appearance that a very 

 few species only are favourites in cultivation. That which is now 

 represented is however a striking exception to the general rule, for 

 the colours of its flowers are lively and varied, its foliage is of a 

 deep rich green tint, and it forms a compact bush, which has no 

 disposition to become naked, or drawn up, if managed with ordinary 

 skill. 



It is a native of the Swan River Colony, was raised in the So- 

 ciety's Garden in 1837, from seeds presented by Mr. Smart, under 

 the name of a native pea, and in the following year produced a single 

 flower about the end of the summer. Since that period the seed- 

 lings have become vigorous and have blossomed most abundantly, 

 both in the Society's Garden and elsewhere. 



There appear to be several varieties already, and it is not impro- 

 bable that this plant may have such a tendency to departure from 

 its wild form as to lend itself freely to the arts of amelioration, in 

 regard to the size and colour of the flowers, as well as that of the 

 foliage. On the accompanying plate two such varieties are re- 

 presented ; of which that on the right has the leaves constantly 

 destitute of the spiny wavy margin present upon the majority of 

 individuals that have been raised, and that on the left has larger 

 and brighter flowers than usual. It has not however been thought 

 necessary to give them separate names. 



It grows well in pots or in the border of the conservatory, strikes 

 freely from cuttings, and is readily preserved during winter if pro- 

 tected from damp, which proves fatal to so many New Holland 



