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THE FLORIST’S JOURNAL. 
Chorizema cordata (cordate leaved).—This is a beautiful species 
when well grown. The leaves are heart-shaped, of a dark green, 
and show spinous teeth all round the edge ; the stems are very 
weak and slender ; and the flower’s spire is somewhat pendant, 
and proceeds from the apex of the shoots. The colour of the 
vexillum is bright orange, with a little yellow and red in the centre. 
The alae, or wings, are maroon, and deflexed, or bent downward. 
The carina, or keel, is very small and straw-coloured, and tipt with 
red. The calyx has five teeth, and much shorter than the corolla, 
and somewhat spreading. A native of Swan River, introduced in 
1836. 
Chorizema varium. —The vexillum of this species varies in 
colour from a light orange to a straw colour. The wings are 
nearly of the same colour as the last species, but are much smaller, 
and lie close together : not so in the last species—the wings 
spread very much. The vexillum of this species is more bifid at 
the upper edge than in cordata ; the teeth of the calyx are more 
spreading, and somewhat bent back; the leaves are cordate and 
pubescent, which gives the whole plant a greyish appearance ; the 
edge of the leaves has spinous teeth, which are somewhat bent 
back ; the whole plant is more robust than the last species. The 
figures here given are true to nature. A native of New Holland, 
introduced in 1836. 
Chorizema ilicifolia. — This is another very pretty species, 
very nearly allied to cordata; a native of New Holland, intro¬ 
duced in 1803. The colour of the flower is scarlet. 
Chorizema nana, (dwarf prickly).—This is a very curious little 
species, and very distinct; a native of New Holland, introduced in 
1803. The colour of the flower is scarlet. 
Chorizema Dicksonii. —The colour of the flower is scarlet and 
yellow; a very stiff growing little species. This is a beautiful 
plant, a native of Swan River, introduced in 1836. 
Chorizema rhombia. —This is a climbing species. The leaves 
of this species vary very much in form ; the shoots are very 
slender; when well grown it is one mass of scarlet flowers. 
A native of New Holland, introduced in 1803. 
Chorizema scandens. — The Mirbelia Baxteri of the Botanical 
Register. The flowers are yellow, and the plant is climbing ; it 
is rather a pretty species; a native of New Holland ; introduced 
in 1824. 
