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THE LADIES’ FLOWER-GARDEN 
a homontal frame-work, it made a large plant. Thus treated, it became quite woody, and produced an immense 
quantity of large showy flowers. These appeared in April, and are consequently much earlier than the flowers 
of any other species of the genus. 
OTHER SPECIES OF CHOROZEMA. 
C. RHOMBEUM Dec. 
The flowers of this species have dark copper-coloured wings and keel, with an orange-coloured standard, having 
a yellow base. It was introduced in 1803. 
C, TRIANGULARE Lmdl. 
This species is veiy nearly allied to C. naniim, but it differs in haHng its leaves much more deeply 
pmnatifid, and then’ points drawn out so much that some of the leaves are almost halbert-shaped. The flowers 
are small, but they ar’e of a remarkably rich colom’. The species is rather tender, and very apt to damp off in 
winter. It was introduced about 1830. 
C. ANGUSTIFOLIA Hugcl. 
This is the plant called Dillwynia glycinifolia in the Botanical Eeyister ; and, in fact, as it has very little 
the appearance of a Chorozema, it is most probable that it does not belong to that genus. It is a native of King j 
George’s Sound, and was introduced in 1832. 
C. SPECTABILE Lindl. 
This is one of the most beautiful of all the species of Chorozema, in consequence of its long drooping 'I 
clusters of orange-coloured flowers, which appear in great abundance during the winter months. It is a twining 
plant of very easy cultivation, and it is very nearly hardy. It grows best trained over a small trellis, but when Ij 
kept in too wai’m a situation it is very frequently attacked by the red spider. 
GENUS VI. 
PODOLOBIUM R. Broivn. THE PODOLOBIUM. 
Lin. Syst. DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Stigma simple. Legume pedicellate, linear-oblong, rather vcntrieose, 
smooth inside, (ff. Don.') 
Generic Character.— Calyx five-cleft, bilabiate ; upper lip bifid ; 
lower lip three-parted. Carina compressed, length of wings, and about 
equal to the wide vcxillum. Ovary four-seeded. Style ascending. 
Description, &c. — The species belonging to this genus are all small Australian shrubs, so nearly allied to 
Chorozema, that it is extremely difficult to distinguish them from the plants belonging to that genus when they 
are in flower, as tlie principal difference consists in the seed-pod being on a stalk within the calyx ; and hence 
the genus takes its name from the Greek words podos, a foot, and lobos, a pod. 
1.— PODOLOBIUM TRILOBATUM B. Broim. THE THREE-LOBED PODOLOBIUM. 
Synonymes. — Chorozema trilobatum Smith ; Pultemea ilicifolia 
Andr. 
Engravings. — Bot. Mag., t. 1477; Bot. Rep., t. 320. 
Specific Character. — Leaves opposite, somewhat three-lobed, with 
a transverse base, spiny-toothed ; lateral lobes much shorter than the 
terminal ones. Ovary silky. 
Description, &c. — This plant is so exceedingly like a Chorozema, that it is very difficult even for a botanist 
to distinguish between them when the plant is not in fruit. It is a veiy pretty little plant with yellow flowers, 
which have a red keel, and the standard red at the base. It was introduced in 1792. 
