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* CHIRÓNIA pedunculáris. 
Long-stalked Chironia. 
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PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. Ord. GrntTIaANex, Juss. (Introduction to the Natural System 
of Botany, p. 215.) 
CHIR ONIA.—Supra, vol. 3. fol. 197. 
C. peduncularis ; glabra, foliis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis sessilibus 3-5-veniis 
internodiis subbrevioribus, pedunculis unifloris foliis longioribus, calyce tubo 
corolle breviore, caule tereti. 
C. trinervis. Hort. nec Linn. 
Frutex diffusus, 3-4-pedalis, atroviridis, glaber, succo amarissimo sub- 
lacteo scatens. Internodia basi purpurascentia. Folia 3-5-venia, 2-poll. 
longa, sepe internodiis breviora. Pedunculi axillares et terminales, foliis 
dupld longiores, uniflori. Calyx 5-partitus, laciniis linearibus acuminatis, 
tubo corolla brevioribus. Corolla persistens, tubo gracili viridi semun- 
ciali, limbo patente 5-partito, purpureo, ejusdem longitudinis; laciniis 
ovatis acutis post anthesin convolutis. Stamina 5, fauce tubi inserta, a 
stylo aversa, exserta ; antheris linearibus poro duplici apicis dehiscentibus, 
defloratis rectis. Ovarium teres, acuminatum, uniloculare marginibus car- 
pellorum 4 inflexis ovuliferis ; stylo continuo ; stigmate dilatato bilobo. Fruc- 
tus semimaturus carnosus, amarissimus. 
. A very pretty greenhouse shrub, covered with a succes- 
sion of purple flowers from July to October, and propagated 
freely by cuttings. 
Nothing can be easier than its management, as it grows 
in any kind of soil, will thrive out of doors in summer, and 
will survive the winter without injury in a very indifferent 
greenhouse. 
* Named in honour of Chiron the Centaur, one of the earliest medical prac- 
titioners whose names have been preserved. The intense bitterness of the genus 
indicates its powerful tonic properties. 
