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Chironia Decussata. Cross-Leaved 

 Chironia. 



Clafs and Order, 

 Pentandria Monogynia, 



Generic Character. 



Cor. rotata. Ptftillum declinatum. Slam, tubo corolla in* 

 fidentia. Anthera demum fpirales. Per. 2-loculare, 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



CHIRONIA decuffata ,• fruticofa fubtomentofa ; foliis con- 

 fertis decufTatis oblongis obtufis, calycibus glo- 

 bofis quinquepartitis. Ventenat Hort. Celf. 31. 



Monf. Ventenat, in bis accurate work, diftinguifhes this, 

 Chironia from the frutefcens, No. 37 of the Botanical Maga- 

 zine, by the ftalk being more fimple, the branches very fhort, 

 the flowers larger, the calyx more globofe and deeply divided 

 into five fegments, the leaves wider, more obtufe, growing in 

 two ranks, and covered with a clofe fhort pubefcence. There 

 are however fo many intermediate varieties as to leave room 

 for doubt whether it be a genuine fpecies or not. 



It has been long known in our nurferies by the name of 

 latifolia. Is a very ornamental grccnhoufe fhrub, occupying 

 but little fpace and continuing long in bloffom. 



