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CHOROZEMA VARIUM. 



specific character of so accurate a botanist as Mr. Bentham, but that our plant 

 appears to differ in several respects, which will be readily perceived by comparison, 



As regards its cultivation, it succeeds best in a warm part of the greenhouse. 

 It should be potted in a mixture of peat, loam, and sand. The plants are apt to 

 go off when they get to a considerable size, by the small fibres getting around the 

 .sides of the pot ; to prevent which the pot should be placed within another of a 

 larger size, and the space between filled up with moss, sand, or soil. It is readily 

 increased by cuttings of the young wood placed in sand and in a gentle heat. 



For the derivation of the generic name, see an interesting account of the 

 discovery of the original species, by Labillardiere, in vol. 2, p. 18 of the Flor. Cab. 



The specific name varium was applied in consequence of two or three varieties 

 having been raised from the same seeds, one of which had the leaves nearly free 

 from spines. 



Fig. 1, standard; 2,2, wings; 8, inflated keel; 4, calyx; 5, calyx with the 

 segments removed to show the germ and stigma. 



