GENTIANZEE. XXXV. Caronia. 
late keeled. Corolla purple; tube length of calyx ; segments 
of the limb ovate, acute, longer than the tube. 
Lychnis-like Chironia. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1816. 
1-2 feet. 
3 C. MELAMPYRIFÒLIA (Lam. ill p. 479. no. 2175.) stem 
nearly simple, terete; leaves lanceolate, with decurrent sides, 
as in the preceding ; flowers pedicellate, axillary, disposed in a 
terminal panicle. b. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Calycine segments straight, acute, shorter than the tube of the 
Shrub 
corolla. Segments of corolla longer than the tube. Perhaps 
only a variety of C. lychnoides. 
Melampyrum-leaved Chironia. Shrub 1-2 feet. 
4 C. wuDpicAv'Lrs (Lin. syst. p. 229. suppl. 151. Cham. in 
Linnaa, 6. p. 344.) herbaceous ; glabrous ; leaves of different 
forms, ovate-oblong, bluntish: radical ones often rosulate; 
stems many, simple, subtetragonal, bearing each 2 opposite lan- 
ceolate leaves, and 1 flower ; superior internodes elongated ; seg- 
ments of calyx subulate, equal in length to the capsule, which 
is cylindrically oblong. %.G. Native of the Cape of Good 
Hope, on the top of the Table Mountain. Thunb. prod. 1. 
p. 35. and in Lin. trans. 7. p. 249. t. 12. f. 3. C. jasminoides, 
Lam. dict. 1. p. 736. ill. t. 108. f. 2. Corolla purple. Calycine 
segments length of the tube of the corolla. 
Var. a, tabulàris (Cham. in Linnza, 6. p. 344.) lower leaves 
elliptie, bluntish. 
Var. B, elongàta (Eklon, mss. Cham. 1. c.) lower leaves linear- 
lanceolate. 
Naked-stemmed Chironia. Pl. 
1 foot. 
5 C. moes (Lin. hort. cliff. 54. spec. 272.) glabrous ; stem 
branched ; branches terete, fastigiate; leaves linear, erect, 
fleshy, acute; peduncles terminal, elongated; calycine segments 
acute, l-nerved ; capsule elliptic. 5. G. Native of the Cape 
of Good Hope, Thunb. prod. p. 35. and in Lin. trans. 7. p. 252. 
Curt. bot. mag. t. 511. Ch. vulgaris, Cham. in Linneea, 6. p. 
343.— Breyn. cent. p. 175. t. 90. Calycine segments lanceolate, 
shorter than the tube of the corolla. Corolla red, with ovate- 
oblong, obtuse segments. Anthers not spiral, but incurved. 
Stem nodulose. 
Var. a, linoides (Cham. 1. c.) shrub taller, looser; leaves 
broader, flat ; calycine segments narrow, 1-nerved. 
Var. (3, intermedia (Cham. l. c.) dwarfer; leaves narrower ; 
calycine segments triangular, 1-3 nerved, sometimes short, and 
sometimes drawn out. 
Var. y, lychnoides (Cham. 1. c.) calycine segments dilated, 
subauriculate, short. Ch. lychnoides, Cham. et Schlecht, in 
Linnea, 1. p. 190. Var. B, and y, a, probably of Lin. and 
Thunb. Ch. emarginàta, Jarouz, pl. nov. cap. 1821. p. 11. 
Flax-like Chironia. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1787. Sh. 1 to 2 feet. 
6 C. senPYLLIFÜLIA (Lehm. sem. hort. Hamb. 1828. p. 16. 
Linnea, 5. p. 362.) stems weak, tetragonal, glabrous ; leaves 
ovate, nearly sessile, thick, dotted beneath; peduncles terminal, 
solitary; calycine segments subulate. h.G. Native of the 
Cape of Good Hope. Stems many from the same root; corym- 
bose at top. Corolla rose-coloured, about the size of those of 
Ch. baccifera. Perhaps a species of Roslinia. 
Wild Thyme-leaved Chironia. Fl. July, Sept. 
Shrub 1 foot. 
7 C. rETRAGONA (Lin. syst. 229. supp. 151.) glabrous; 
branches tetragonal; leaves ovate, 3-nerved, bluntish ; flowers 
terminal, solitary ; calycine segments bluntish, keeled, clammy, 
3 times shorter than the corolla. h. G. Native of the Cape of 
Good Hope, Thunb. in Lin. trans. 7. p. 249. t. 19. f. 2. Co- 
rollas purple. Perhaps a species of Roslinia. 
T'etragonal-branched Chironia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1824. 
Shrub 1-2 feet. 
Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1816. 
Clt. 1829. 
XXXVI. RosLINIA. 
XXXVII. Eryrurza. 203 
Cult. Peat with a little loam is the best soil for the species 
of this genus; and young cuttings planted in the same kind of 
soil, with a hand-glass placed over them, strike root readily. 
Although said to be shrubs, none of the species are long lived ; 
and therefore frequently require to be raised from seeds or 
cuttings. They are all pretty plants when in blossom. 
XXXVI. ROSLI'NIA (meaning unknown to us). Moench, 
meth. supp. p. 211.—Chirónia species, Lin. and others.—Chi- 
rónia, sect. Spurize, Cham. in Linnea, 6. p. 344. 
Lin. syst. — Pentándria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-parted, with 
short, subulate segments. Corolla salver-shaped, with ovate, 
acute, short segments. Stamens 5; filaments short; anthers 
oblong, spiral. Style declinate ; stigma peltate. Berry fleshy, 
l-celled, many-seeded. Seeds rather compressed, nearly glo- 
bose, dark, wrinkled from dots. Small shrubs, with opposite, 
decussate leaves, and terminal, solitary, rose-coloured, or yellow 
flowers. 
1 R. naccírzRA (Moencb, 1}. c.) branches subtetragonal; 
leaves opposite, decussate, glabrous, linear-lanceolate, sessile, 
decurrent, with reflexed edges, longer than the internodes ; 
flowers terminal, solitary ; calycine segments l-nerved, acute, 
propping the much larger globose berry. h. G. Native of 
the Cape of Good Hope.  Chirónia baccífera, Lin. spec. 273. 
Thunb. prod. p. 33. and in Lin. trans. 7. p. 255. Curt. bot. 
mag. 233.—Commel. rar. t. 9. Flowers red. 
Berry-bearing Roslinia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1759. 
1-2 feet. 
2 R. ANGUSTIFÒLIA ; glabrous ; branches terete?; leaves 
linear, spreading; calyx ovate; corollas clammy : segments 
cuneated, acuminated; calycine segments acute, conniving at 
the points; flowers solitary, terminal. h. G. Native of the 
Cape of Good Hope. Chirénia angustifolia, Hort. Kew. ex. 
Sims, bot. mag. t. 818. Flowers red, large. 
Narrow-leaved Roslinia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1800. Shrub 
1 foot. 
3 R.rnurE'scENs; downy; stem and branches terete; leaves 
lanceolate, obtuse, rather tomentose, as well as the branches and 
calyxes; flowers terminal, corymbose ; calycine segments obtuse, 
almost nerveless, inclosing a lanceolate, elliptic berry. h.G 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope, Chirdnia frutéscens, Lin. 
spec. 270. amoen. 4. p. 308. Mill. fig. t. 97. Lam. ill. t. 
108. f. 1. Curt. bot. mag. t. 37.—Commel. rar. t. 8. Corolla 
large, of an elegant red. 
Var. P; leaves narrow-linear; flowers large, red. h. G. 
Chirónia frutéscens, 2, Lam. dict. 1. p. 737.— Burm. afr. 205. 
tds fT. 
Var. y, decussata; plant more tomentose; leaves more crowded; 
branches very short; flowers rather larger. h. G.  Chirónia 
decussàta, Vent. cels. t. 31. Curt. bot. mag. t. 707.  Chirónia 
frutéscens f), latifolia, Wendl. coll. t. 4. 
Var. à, glabra (Cham. in Linnea, 6. p. 344.) plant glabrous. 
Var. €, albiflora; flowers pure white. 
Frutescent Roslinia. Fl. July, Sept. 
1-2 feet. 
Cult. 
Shrub 
Clt. 1756. Shrub, 
See Chirónia above for culture and propagation. 
XXXVII. ERYTHR/EA (from epvOpoc, erythros, red 
flowers). Renealm, spec. 77. t. 76. Borkh. in Reem. arch. 1. 
p. 28. Richard in Pers. ench. 1. p. 283. R. Br. prod. p. 45. 
Schkuhr, handb. t. 59. Chirónia and Gentiàna species of authors. 
Lin. syst.  Pentándria, Monogynia. Calyx subpentagonal, 
5-cleft. Corolla funnel-shaped, marcescent, with a short limb. 
Anthers spiral, in the old state; style erect. Stigmas 2, roundish. 
Capsule linear, 2-valved.—Small annual glabrous plants. Leaves 
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