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I. CHIRONIA Linn. get. pl. n. 955 (excl. spec.). E. Meyer comm. Afr. austr. 
fasc. 2. p. 117. Griseb. Gent. p. 16 (ecl. sect. 1 et 2). — Centaurium Tournef. 
1nst, 128. partim. — Roeslinia Mench meth. suppl. p. 211. 
Calyx S-partitus vel 5-fidus. Corolla rotata , marcescens , limbo 5-partito. 
Stamina 5, corolla» fauci inserta, declinata. Anthere immutate, rimis 
demum ad basim usque apertis dehiscentes, valvis involutis,. loculis su- 
perne confluis. Ovarium 4-semibi-semi-4-loculare, ovulis indefinitis mar- 
gini valvularum insertis. Stylus distinctus, incurvatus, deciduus, stig- 
mate indiviso, capitulato vel clavato aut rarius apice bilobo. Capsula 
bivalvis, septicida , pericarpio rarius carnoso. Semina placentis immersa , 
lobosa, testá reticulatà. — Herbe perennes, sepius suffruticosz, vel 
rutices, omnes in Africá australi extratropicá indigenee. Flores speciosi, 
ms anthere premagne, flave, exserte, filamentis brevibus graci- 
ibus. : 
Sectio 1. Hirocnmow Endl. L, c. sec. ic. cit.— Silenophyllum Griseb. 
Gent, p. 99. 
Calyx profunde &-partitus , segmentis lanceolatis non viscogis. Herbs perennes , 
pauolflora. ] 
1l. C. wuprcAULIS (Linn. suppl. p. 151), caule herbaceo , inferne folioso, foliis 
margine leviusculis epunotatis 1-3-nerviis, inferioribus ovalibus obtusis , supe- 
rioribus linearibus , corolle lobis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis tubum tenuem 
cylindricum superantibus, capsul& exsucc& oblong& semi-2-loculari. )/ ad 
eaput Bons Spei in humidis graminosis montis: Tabularis ( Mundt et Maire ! ), 
&lt. 3000 ped, (Drége). Thunb. in Linn. soc. transact. 7, t. 12, f. 3. C. 
jasminoides Lam. ill. t. 108. f. 2. nec Ling. (v. s.) 
B elongata (Eckl.! in Linnza 6. p. 344), oaule elongato sequaliter foliato , 
foliis inferioribus lanceolatis 3-nerviis , superioribus linearibus. — in pa- 
ludosis planitiei Capensis necnon in montosis tert. altit. pr. Swellendam 
(Eckl.!), in rupestribus montosis umbrosis Dutoitskloof alt, 2500-3500 
(Dràge!). .C. lychnoides E. Mey.! 1. c. p. 177, neque sliorum. (v. s.) 
y viminea ( Griseb. 1. c.), caule elongato stricto sequaliter foliato, foliis om- 
nibus linearibus margine revolutis. — in humidis altitud. secünd. Klyn- 
riviersbergen (Eckl !). (v. s.) 
2. C. rEpuxcULARIS (Lindl! in Bot. reg. tab. 1803), oaule herbaeeo sufftu- 
tescente foliato, foliis margine scabris punotatis cordato-lanceolatis 6-nerviis , 
coroll; lobis ellipticis cuspidatis tubum. cylindriconm sequantibus, capsul& ex- 
sucoá oblongo-lanceolatá semi-4-locularis. —2f in cóloni& Capensi in collibus 
arenosis ad sinum Algoabay (Eckl.! Drége!) et ad flumex Buschmans rivier 
pr. Oliphants hook alt. prim. ( Eokl.! ). C. latifolia E, Mey.! l. c. p. 178. C. 
trinervig Aun. de Flore et Pomone pl. 158. C. Barcléyana hort. (v. s.) 
8, C. mAniTIMA (Eckl.! in South Afr. Journ. 1830), caule herbaceo foliato, 
folis margine scabris epunctatis lineari-lanceolatis l-nerviis, corollm lobis 
elliptico-oblongis acutis tubum sub apice constrictum vix squantibus, capsul& 
subcarnosá ovoideá sub-l-loculari. )/ in colonis Capensis littore sinus Algoa- 
bay (Eckl.!) in ripà asper& fluv. Omtata alt. 400 p. (Drége!). — Griseb. l. c. 
p. 100. C. melampyrifolia E. Mey.! l, c. p. 177. an Lam.? — Filamenta longi 
tudine antherarum. ! ! 
B? frutescens, caule frutescente, foliis tenuissime sparse punotatis, corolle 
lobis ellipticis tubum parum constrietum squantibus. — Colitur in horto 
bot. gotting. Àn hybrida ex precedente, a quá foliis uninerviis longis, 
filamentis et ovario 1-loculari recedit? 
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