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Chironia frutescens. Shrubby Chironia. 
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Clajs and Order. 
Pentandria Monogynia. 
Generic Character. 
Cor. rotata. Pifiillum declinatum. Stamina tubo corollas in- 
lidentia. Anther <e demuni fpirales. Peric. 2-loculare. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
CHIRONIA frutcfcens, foliis lanceolatis fubtomentofis, caly- 
cibus campanulatis. Lin. Syfi. Vegetal, p. 229- 
CENTAURIUM foliis binis oppofitis anguftis Jinearibus, 
flore magno rubente. Bunn. Afric. 205. 
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Of the genus Chironia , ten fpecies are enumerated in 
Prof. Murray’s lalt edition of the Syfi. Vegetab. of Linnalus, 
exclufive of the Chironia Ccntauriinn which we fir 11 added to 
this genus in the42d number of the Flora Londinenjis. 
Of thefe, the frutejeens is the molt fhewy, and therefore 
the molt cultivated. 
It is a native of different parts of Africa. 
The flowers are produced from }une to autumn, and the 
feeds ripen in OHober. This plant Ihould be placed in an 
airy glafs cafe in winter, where it may enjoy a dry air, and 
much fun, but will not thrive in a warm {love, nor can it 
be well preferved in a common greenhoufe, becaufe a damp 
moilt air will foon caufe it to rot. 
The feed of this plant Ihould be fown in fmall pots filled 
with lig^it fandy earth, and plunged into a moderate hot-bed; 
fometimes the feeds will lie a long time in the ground ; fo that 
if the plants do not appear the fame feafon, the pots Ihould 
not be dilturbed, but preferved in fhelter till the following 
Ipring, and then plunged into a frelli hot-bed, which will 
bring up the plants in a Ihort time if the feeds are good. 
When the plants are fit to remove, they Ihould be transplanted 
into fmall pots, four or five in each pot, then plunged into a 
moderate hot-bed, where they mull have a large lhare of air 
in warm weather ; when they have obtained fome ftrength, 
they mull be gradually inured to the open air; when expoled 
abroad, they ihould be mixed with fuch plants as require little 
water, placed in a warm fituation, and fcrecned from heavy 
rains, which are apt to rot them. The cuttings of this lort 
will take root if properlv managed. Miller s Gard. Dili. 
