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CHIRONIA jasminoides. 
Limy jasmine-like Chironia. 
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PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Net. ord. Gentianz. Jussieu деп. 141. Div. II. Capsula simplex ` 
bilocularis. ` А 
GENTIANEA. Brown prod. 449. . 
CHIRONIA. Cal. 5-fidus aut ferà 5-partitus, persistens, Cor. hypo- _ 
упа, regularis, marcescens; fubus equalis calyci, limbus major 5-partitus 
aequalis. Stam. summo tubo inserta, antheris post deflorationem spiralitär 
contortis. Stylus declinatus; stigma capitatum., Flores axillares aut ter- 
minales. Species quedam suffrutescentes. Caps. interdàm subbaccata. Just 
gen. 142. 
С. jasminoides, foliis lanceolatis, caule tetragono. Willd. sp. pl. 1. 1066. 
Chironia jasminoides. Lin. amen. acad. 6. 84. n. 5. Thunb. prod. 38. Id. 
in trans. linn. soc. Т. 251; (non tamón Lamarckii illustr. t. 108. f. 2. )„ 
Chironia jasminoides. 2. Herb. Banks. sub specim. spont. capensi. 
Suffrutex sempervirens, viscoso-nitens, totus uniformitér virens, elastico- 
rigens, subsesquipedalis, paniculato-ramosus ; rami sybtetragoni, erecti, fase 
tigiato-productt, ван internodiis utringue sulcatis, sulcorum plagis alterna 
(secundum foliorum decussationem ) mutatis, apice pedunculato-uniflori. Folia 
coriaceo-carnosula, crassiuscula, sessilia (2 opposita basibus non se tangentia ), 
decussata, decurrentia, erecto-patula, internodiis longiora v. interdüm оға, 
angustiùs oblonga, cuneato-lanceolata cum ucumine brevi, aucta vitreo ato» 
ти albis prusnata, dimidium vel ad summum 3 partes uncis longay sesqui- 
alteram-o. 2 lineas lata, plang cum costá medi subtüs prominuld, manducata 
amarissima. flores, pedencilati, анда er ре, solitarii, ‚[oreo-rubenten, 
sutrocoléntes, viscoso-lucidi, un ores: pedunculus vix flore, 
foliolis 2 oppositis basi bracteatus, esi calycem subcrascescens, айы келер. 
angulatus: Cal. herbaceus, crassus, oblongus, pentagonus; cequális tubo 
corolle, subsemi-5-fidus, segmentis carinato-lanceolatis, етесіз. Corolle tubus 
albidus, cylindricus, rectus, duplo feré brevior limbo, visco copioso obductus ; 
limbus rofatus, laciniis cuneato-lanceolatis acumine brevi. Stam. біз breviora. 
limbo, erecto-conniventia : fil. alba: anth. iis sublongiores, lutea, lineares, 4» 
sulcato-tetragone apice sub-4-fide, à basi infize, ereite, (nec vidimus, cone 
tortas; forte quia nondüm rit? defloratas)? Germ. virens, elongato-pyra- 
midatum, angustum, cequale tubo, utrinque suturá notatum: stylus conti 
nuus, albus, declinatus, teres, utrinque striatus quasi ez 2. unitis conflatus, 
duplo longior v. magis at parüm crassior filamentis, rigidus, viscidus : stigma 
apex obtusus crassiusculus. : 
A species long since upon resord; having been published .. 
by Linneeus, in the name of one of his disciples, from а 
spontaneous specimen іп the Herbarium. of the. learned 
Burmann. Yet it does not appear in the Hortus Kewensis ; 
nor is it known by any figure; the one under the name, in 
the Illustrations of Genera by the Chevalier De Lamarek, Е 
obviously representing a different species. 
