CHOROZEMA CORDATUM. 



(Heart-leaved Chorozema.') 



NATURAL ORDER, 



¥ ABACVJE.— (Lifldl.) LEGUMINOS^E. — (JuSS.) 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 

 Chorozema (Labill.) Calyx semi 5-fidus, bilabiatus, labio superiore bifido, inferiore 3-par- 

 tito. Corolla carina yentricosa, alis breviore. Stylus brevis, uncinatus. Stigma obliquum, 

 obtusum. Legumen ventricosum, 1-loculare, polyspermum, sessile, aut subsessile. — SufFrutices 

 Australasia. Folia alterna, simplicia, sinuato-dentata, aut integra. — (Decand. Prod. vol. ii. 

 p. 102.) 



Calyx half 5-cleft, 2-lipped, the upper lip bifid, the lower lip 3 -parted. Corolla with an 

 inflated keel, shorter than the wings. Style short, hooked. Stigma oblique, obtuse. Pod 

 inflated, 1-celled, many seeded, sessile, or nearly so. — Shrubby Australasian plants. Leaves 

 alternate, simple, sinuate, toothed, or entire. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



C. cordatum ; foliis subsessilibus, cordatis, ovato-oblongis, obtusis, aequaliter spinuloso-dentatis, 

 glabris ■ racemis terminalibus axillaribusque, laxis, nutantibus, paucifloris ; calycis pubescentis 

 dentibus tubo aequalibus. (Lindl. Bot. Reg. fol. 10, N. S.) 



Leaves somewhat sessile, heart-shaped, ovate-oblong, obtuse, regularly and spinulosely- 

 toothed, smooth ; racemes terminal and axillary, lax, nodding, few-flowered; teeth of the downy 

 calyx equal to the tube. 



Descr.—A slender, erect shrub, smooth, and of a lively shining green. Branches slender, . 

 spreading. Leaves reticulated, with very short hairs sparingly scattered upon the under surface, 

 but principally upon the petiole and veins. Peduncles clothed with- numerous, short, closely- 

 appressed hairs. Bracteas small, lanceolate, which, as well as the calyx and two minute, oppo- 

 site bracteolce embracing its base, are covered with short hairs. Standard 2-lobed, of a rich 

 vermilion, marked at the base with bright yellow ; wings and keel purple. Legume pubescent. 



For an opportunity of figuring this new and interesting species of Chorozema 

 we are indebted to Messrs. Lowe of Clapton, in whose nursery our drawing has 

 been recently made, and from whom we have received, through the kindness of 

 Mr. Henchman, the following particulars of its introduction : — " It was raised in 

 1835, by Robert Mangles, Esq., of Sunning Hill, from seeds collected at the 

 Swan River colony. The plant from which your figure was taken was liberally 



VOL. II. NO. XIV. APRIL, 1838. D 



LINNEAN SYSTEM. 



DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA, 



