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CHOROZEMA NERVOSUM. 
It may be readily increased by seeds which are produced in tolerable abundance, and should be 
sown as soon as they are ripe, as follows :—Take a six-inch pot and fill it half full of draining materials, 
covering well with turfy peat; then fill, to within half an inch of the rim of the pot, with finely sifted 
sandy peat, making the surface firm and even. Sow the seeds evenly, and cover them one-eighth of 
an inch. The soil must be used in a moist state, and no water should be given for a few days after 
sowing. Keep them shaded, by placing a sheet of thin paper over the pot; this will prevent the soil 
becoming too dry, and will also assist the seeds to germinate. As soon as the young plants are one 
inch high, plane them singly in small pots ; cover them with a hand-light for a few days, and inure 
them to full exposure in the ordinary stove, by giving them air daily, gradually increasing it.” 
“ There is nothing gaudy about the Munronia to recommend it. Still it possesses that beautiful 
simplicity which will render it a very general favourite. It may be said to have the aspect of a white 
Jasmine, but divested of its climbing habit, and is perfectly new to cultivators.” 
Munronia belongs to the order Meliacese, and is closely allied to Turroca. It is remarkable in having 
a monopetalous structure, though belonging to a polypetalous group.—M. 
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CHOROZEMA NEBYOSUM* 
W7ESSRS. Henderson, of the Pine Apple Nursery, Edgeware Road, have been successful in raising 
iLL\ this very remarkable species of Chorozema, from seeds sent from the Swan River by Mr. 
Drummond. It might well have borne the name of cor datum had not that been preoccupied; we 
have therefore selected one in reference to the remarkable and conspicuous venation of its foliage. It 
is very distinct and will doubtless prove a very ornamental plant. It bloomed with Messrs. Hender¬ 
son in April last, and we have to thank them for the opportunity of figuring it. The plant from which 
our drawing was made is an erect growing shrub, sparingly branched, the branches terete, densely 
pubescent with short hairs, adpressed on the upper parts. The leaves are alternate, shortly stalked, 
broadly cordate, cuspidato-mucronate, about as long (half-inch) as broad including the cusp which is 
one-eight long, somewhat keeled, undulate, deep green and glossy above, paler beneath, the costa very 
prominent on the lower face, and extended into the sub-rigid cusp; both surfaces are prominently and 
conspicuously reticulate veined, (the veins pallid on a dark ground), and the margin is quite entire and 
thickened. The stipules are small and subulate. The inflorescence consists of short terminal and 
axillary few-flowered racemes ; the pedicels are axillary to a subulate bract, and having a pair of small 
bracteoles on their upper part. The calyx is two-lipped, with triangular incurved teeth. The corolla 
is showy, the standard broadly emarginate, almost two-lobed, coppery-orange colour, having a yellow 
spot at the base margined with crimson; the wings are wedge-shaped laterally curved, twice as long 
as the keel which they overarch, crimson; the keel is acute, swollen, and incloses the stamens and 
stigma. The ovary is silky, subsessile, terminated by the hooked style, and contains about six seeds.—M. 
This very distinct species of Chorozema will not, we imagine, be found one of the least ornamental 
of the genus. As with most of the erect-growing species, to grow it into a fine specimen will 
require careful management; that is, proper care must be taken to get a good foundation, or it 
will be useless to expect a fine plant. There are tw T o ways of doing this, as has been indicated in 
preceding pages ; that is, you may either stop and train a plant until you get it to a good bottom, or 
you may encourage and allow it to grow wildly until the plant has attained sufficient strength to 
admit of its being cut down almost close to the pot, so as to get a number of shoots from the base of 
the stem. The Chorozemas being rather shy-rooting plants, more than ordinary attention must be 
devoted in watering to prevent them having too much, for should the soil become clogged or sodden, 
success wdll be quite out of the question. We should, therefore, recommend the soil to be prepared 
• Chorozema nervosum, n. sp.—Branches downy; leaves broadly cordate, -with a rigid cusp, glabrous, undulated, and some¬ 
what keeled, with entire thickened margins, and prominent conspicuous veins on both surfaces; racemes few-flowered, pedicels 
bibracteolate above the middle, shorter than the calyx.—M. 
