-056 LXXXVII. GENTIANEE (BAKER AND BROWN). [ Chironia. 
Mozamb. Dist. Rhodesia: Umtali, in marshy ground, Hon. Mrs. Evelyn 
~Cecil, 162! Leshumo Valley, south of the Zambesi, Holub ! 
Also in South Africa. 
5. C. angolensis, Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. xxvi. 104. A glabrous 
perennial. Rootstock woody, producing 2-5 stems 2-4} ft. high, 
simple below, branched above, narrowly 4-winged. Leaves 2-3 in. long, 
4-3 in. broad, lanceolate to linear, acute or acuminate, 3-nerved, 
‘Spreading, bright green. Panicle about 1 ft. long and 9-10 in. broad, 
lax; branches widely spreading, trichotomously 3—9-flowered ; pedicels 
3-1} in. long. Sepals 5, narrowly lanceolate, subulate-acuminate, 4-4 
in. long, 1-1} lin, broad at the base, glaucescent-green. Corolla bright 
rose-pink ; tube } in. long; lobes 3—3 in. long, }—} in. broad, lanceo- 
late, very acute. Stamens 5; filaments 2 lin. long, slightly dilated at 
the base, inserted about 1 lin. below the corolla-sinuses ; anthers 34 Jin. 
long, oblong, spirally twisted, rugose, yellow. Style 44-5 lin. long; 
stigma 1-13 lin. long, oblong, shortly bilobed at the apex.—Hiern in 
Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 709. 
Lower Guinea, Angola: Huilla; rocky slopes of the Chella Mountains, 
4000 ft., not far from Muwpulla, Welwitsch, 1526! Chella Mountains, Johnston ! 
6. ©. laxiflora, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1894, 25. Stem long, 
slender, 4-angled. Leaves distant, ovate, acute, }—-1 in. long. Inflor- 
“escence a very lax panicle; branches widely spreading, cymosely 2-7- 
flowered ; pedicels $-l{ in. long. Calyx 4-4 in. long ; segments 5, lanceo- 
late, acuminate. Corolla pale pink; tube shorter than the calyx ; lobes 
5, lanceolate, 5-7 lin. long. Anthers much twisted, i—} in. long. Style 
curved. Fruit capsular, as long as the calyx.—C. rubrocerulea, Gilg in 
Engl. Jahrb. xxx. 379. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Usufua; banks of streams on the 
lower slopes of the Poroto Mountains, 5900 ft., Goetze, 1049 (ex Gilg). British 
Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Manganja Hills, 3000 ft. Meller! near Sochi Hill, 
Kirk ! between Kondowe and Karonga, 2000-6000 ft., W hyte! Nyika Plateau, 
‘6000-7000 ft., Whyte, 141! Urunga; Fwambo, 5200 ft., Nutt! 
5. ERYTHR@A, L. C. Rich.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. ii. 809. 
Calyx tubular, shortly 5-cleft. Corolla-tube long or short; lobes 
5, rarely 4, spreading, contorted. Stamens inserted in the corolla- 
tube; filaments filiform; anthers twisted. Ovary 1-celled; placentas much 
inflexed ; style subulate; stigma 2-lobed. Capsule oblong, septicidally 
2-valved. Seeds numerous, minute, foveolate.—Annual or perennial 
herbs. Leaves sessile or amplexicaul. Flowers in terminal dichotomous 
cymes, usually red. 
Species numerous, principally inhabiting the north temperate zone, but extending 
to Australia and Chili. 
1. E. ramosissima, Pers. ; Griseb. in DC. Prod. ix. b7. Stems 
-erect, usually much branched, }-14 ft.long. Leaves in many pairs, oblong 
or lanceolate, }—1 in. long. Cymes few- or many-flowered, with single 
