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a horizontal 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 Dee. 
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 Lindl, 
This species is very nearly allied to C. nanum, but it differs in having its leaves much more deeply 
pinnatifid, and their points drawn out so much that some of the leaves are almost halbert-shaped. The flowers 
are sinall, but they are of a remarkably rich colour. The species is rather tender, and very apt to damp off in 
winter. It was introduced about 1830. 
C, ANGUSTIFOLIA Hiigel. 
This is the plant called Dillwynia glycinifolia in the Botanical Register ; 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 
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 
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 
kept in too warm a situation it is very frequently attacked by the red spider. 
GENUS VI. 
PODOLOBIUM R. Brown. THE PODOLOBIUM. 
Lin. Syst. DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Generic Cuaracter.—Calyx five-cleft, bilabiate ; upper lip bifid; | Stigma simple. Legume pedicellate, linear-oblong, rather ventricose, 
lower lip three-parted. Carina compressed, length of wings,andabout | smooth inside. (G Don.) 
equal to the wide vexillum. 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 the 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 &. Brown. THE THREE-LOBED PODOLOBIUM. 
Synonymes.—Chorozema trilobatum Smith ; ‘ Pultenzxa ilicifolia Sperciric Cuaractrr.—Leaves opposite, somewhat three-lobed, with 
Andr. a transverse base, spiny-toothed; lateral lobes much shorter than the 
Encravines.—Bot. Mag., t. 1477; Bot. Rep., t. 320. | 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 very pretty little plant with yellow flowers, 
which have a red keel, and the standard red at the base. It was introduced in 1792. 

