





OF ORNAMENTAL EXOTIC PLANTS. 87 
C. LATIFOLIA Dec. 
This species has rather broad leaflets, shaped something like the leaves of the Box tree. The flowers have 
footstalks, but they are less numerous and less showy than those of the other species. 
GENUS IV. 
PODALYRIA Lam. THE PODALYRIA. 
Lin, Syst. DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Generic Cuaracter.—Calyx five-cleft, without unequal lobes, thrusting at the base. Wexillum large, covering the keel and wings. Stamens 
ten, permanent, somewhat connate at the base. Stigma capitate. Legume sessile, ventricose, many-seeded. (G. Don.) 

Description, &c.—All the species belonging to this genus are pretty little Cape shrubs, usually covered with 
silky hairs, and having purplish, rose-coloured, or white flowers. 
1.—PODALYRIA BUXIFOLIA Willd. THE BOX-LEAVED PODALYRIA. 
Synonymes. —P. pedunculata Pers.; Sophora buxifolia Retz; | | Sprciric Cuaractrer.—Leaves oval or obovate, glaucous above and 
Sophora pedunculata Thunb. | silky beneath. Pedicels one-flowered, about the length of the leaves. 
Encravines.—Bot. Reg., t. 869; Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 1020; and | Calyxes covered with rusty hairs. 
our jig. 4, in Pl. 21. | 
Description, &c.—This species is often confused with the P. buaifolia of Lamarck, a plant which has paler 
and larger flowers, and smaller leaves. The P. busifolia of Willdenow was introduced in 1790, and it forms a 
shrub about two feet high. 
There are several other species of Podalyria, all of which are ornamental plants in greenhouses 
GENUS V. 
CHOROZEMA Ladill. THE CHOROZEMA. 
Lin, Syst. DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Generic Cuaracter.—Calyx half five-cleft, bilabiate ; upper lip bifid, lower one three-parted. Keel of flower ventricose, shorter than the wings. 
Style short, hooked, crowned by an obliquely obtuse stigma. Legume ventricose, one-celled, many-seeded, sessile or subsessile. (G. Don.) 
Description, &c.—The plants belonging to this genus are all highly ornamental tender shrubs, with splendid 
flowers; and they are all natives of Australia. The name of Chorozema is derived from two Greek words, viz. 
choros, a dance, and zema, drink; and this seemingly odd name was given to the genus by Labillardiére, who, when 
he went on a voyage to the South Seas in quest of the unfortunate La Peyrouse, landed on the south-east coast 
of New Holland, and having suffered excessively from thirst when exploring the country, and having been tantalised 
by finding many salt springs, at last met with an ample supply of fine fresh water, which flowed in a refreshing 
stream, on the banks of which he found a pretty flowering plant, to which he gave the name of Chorozema in 
memory of the delight he had experienced in quenching his thirst. 
All the species of Chorozema are easily propagated by cuttings, which may be treated according to the following 
directions, which are quoted from the ‘ Botanical Register ” for February, 1838 :—“ The cuttings may be taken off 
at any season of the year, but the best time is early in spring. The soft newly-formed parts of the plant should be 






