Chironia. | LXXXVII. GENTIANEZ (BAKER AND BROWN). 55D. 
the tube. Anthers 1- ik lin. long, twisted. Style overtopping the- 
anthers.—C. densiflora, Seott- Elliot in Journ. Bot. 1891, 69. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Mount Zomba, 4000- 
6000 ft., Whyte! and without precise locality, Buchanan, 271! 
2. C. erythrzodes, Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw.i. 709. An erect. 
glaucous-green annual, about 1 ft. high, rather fleshy. Stems several, 
narrowly 4-winged. Root. leaves rosulate, sessile, }-14 in. long, }—3 in. 
broad, obovate-spathulate, obtuse. Stem-leaves suberect, oblong or 
lanceolate, shorter than the internodes, | in. or less long, semi-amplexi- 
caul. Panicle ovoid, rather lax; pedicels slender. Calyx campanulate,. 
deeply 5-lobed ; segments lanceolate, acuminate, + in. long. Corolla 
deep rosy-red, about } in. long ; tube very short, campanulate ; lobes. 
ovate, 4 in. long. Staminal-filaments yo in. long, linear-lanceolate ;. 
anthers 2 in. long, oblong, spirally twisted. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla; by swamps near Lopollo, 5000 ft., rare, 
Welwitsch, 1525. 
3. C. humilis, Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. xxvi. 105. Plant 4-14 in. 
high, glabrous, apparently perennial or biennial. Rootstock slender, 
eons 1-7 erect stems cymosely branched above. Radical leaves. 
rosulate, 4-2 in. long, 1-2} lin. broad, Aged daseet linear, or linear- 
oblanceolate, obtuse; stem leaves in e 8 pairs, 4-14 in. long, linear, 
subacute. Cymes thee lax, somewhat flat-topped or subpaniculate, 
3- to many-flowered ; all or ultimate branches assuming the character 
of pedicels, but bibracteate close under the calyx, EEE Sepals 5, 
narrowly ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 3—4 ae long, ?-1 lin. broad at 
the base. Corolla bright pink; tube 2-23 lin. i lobes 5-6 lin. 
long, 2-3 lin. broad, Sbbmecolate or Ghavete cae Anthers 1-14 lin. 
long, very much twisted. Style 23-3 lin. long; stigma ovoid. ee: 
Wilmsii, Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. xxvi. 105. C. purpurascens, Rolfe in 
Oates, Matabeleland, ed. 2, 404, not of Benth. & Hook. f. 
Mozamb. Dist. Khodesia: Inganga Mountains, 6000-7000 ft., Evelyn Cecil, 
190! Matabeleland, Oates ! 
Also in South Africa. 
4, C. transvaalensis, Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. xxvi. 106. Plant 
1-23 ft. high, glabrous, perennial or biennial? Stems terete, cymosely 
branched above. Radical leaves rosulate, $—-1} in. long, 4- } in. broad, 
spathulate-obovate or oblong-oblanceolate, obtuse or acute ; stem- leaves 
up to the inflorescence in 4—8 distant pairs, erect or ascending, 1-3} in. 
long, 1-3} lin. broad, linear or linear-lanceolate, acute. Cyme lax, 
elongate or flat- topped, 5-18-flowered, with ascending branches. 
Pedicels 4-2} in. long, ascending. Sepals 23-3 lin. long, ?-1 lin. 
broad, ovate-lanceolate, tapering to a very acute point, rather stoutly 
and rigidly keeled. Corolla bright pink; tube 3 lin. long; lobes 6-8 
lin. long, 24-34 lin. broad, lanceolate, acute. Anthers 2-3} lin. long, 
straight or slightly twisted. Style 4-4 in. long; stigma compressed- 
ovoid, shortly bilobed. 
