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Curronta BaccirerRA. BERRY-BEARING 
- CHIR ONTA. 
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Clafs and Order. 
PENTANDRIA MoNoGYNIA.,. 
Generic Charaéer. 
Cor. rotata. Piftillum declinatum. Stamina tubo corolle in- — 
fidentia. Anthere demum fpirales. Peric. 2-loculare. 
: Specific Charaéer and Synonyms. E 
CHIRONIA baccifera frutefcens baccifera. Linn. Sy. Veget. 
: ed.14. Murr. p. 229. Ait. Kew. v. 1. p. 258. 
CENTAURIUM minus arborefcens pulpiferum. Comm. rar. — 
g. 7. Q. : 
CENTAURIUM nitinus africanum arborefcens anguftifoliun. — 
Old. afr. 26. a 
The Chironia baccifera, a native of Africa, is a plant not — 
unfrequent in our greenhoufes; its flowers are curious in — 
their ftru€ture, of a lively hue, and fucceeded by round feed- — 
veflels, which, when ripe, have the appearance of red berries, — 
whence its name of daccata ; if we carefully examine thefe feed- — 
veffels, we fhall find that they are not properly berries, for — 
on cutting them tranfverfly, they are found to be hollow and — 
to be divided into two cells (vid. Pi.) in which are contained — 
{mall black feeds, whofe furface is beautifully reticulated with 
impreffed dots; the fides of the feed-veffel are flefhy, and do — 
not appear to divide or fplit in any regular manner for the ~ 
difcharge of the feed; they muft however be regarded rather — 
as capfules than berries: in the genus Hypericum, the feed- — 
veffels are found to vary in a fomewhat fimilar manner; in 
this part of the fruétification there is not, therefore, that de- — 
viation which has been fuppofed, but there if a very great one — 
in the anthére, which do not ultimately become fpiral. a 
This plant, which grows to the height of a foot and a half — 
or two feet, becomes very bufhy, rather too much fo in point — 
_ of ornament, and produces both flowers, and fruit, during — 
moft of the fummer. a a 
Though regarded as a greenhoufe plant, it does not ripen — 
— its feeds well unlefs kept in the ftove ; is with difficulty raifed 
from cuttings, from feeds readily, by which it requires to be 
frequently renovated. = see 
_ Was cultivated by Mr: Mitten in 1759. Ait, Kew. 
