Chironia. | GENTIANE (Hill and Prain), 1097 
spiral, exserted. Ovary 1-celled; placentas 2-fid, little intruded ; 
ovules numerous ; style subulate ; stigma simple or 2-lobed. Capsule 
ovoid or subglobose, septicidal, 2-valved ; rarely (C. baccifera) fruit 
almost indehiscent, baccate. Seeds numerous, globose, foveolate. 
Annual or perennial glabrous herbs, often branched ; leaves 1-3-nerved, usually 
numerous, sessile ; flowers usually pink, rarely purple, cymose ; cymes sometimes 
reduced to a single flower, sometimes paniculate. 
Distrip, Species 33, in South Africa, Tropical Africa and Madagascar. 
Critical notes on this genus have been published in the Kew Bulletin, 1908, 
341-376. 
Section 1. Rastinta. Calyx 5-partite ; corolla-tube cylindric, narrowed 
under the limb ; anthers straight ; ovary obtuse ; fruit globose, baccate. 
A single species ... vr os ied ve ... (1) baccifera. 
Section 2. Linocutron. Calyx 5-fid, rarely 5-partite; corolla-tube narrow- 
campanulate ; anthers straight or faintly spiral; ovary obtuse ; capsule 
obtuse. 
Stems diffuse ; branches patent ; calyx-lobes broad, 
spreading : 
Calyx 5-partite, longer than corolla-tube ; corolla- 
lobes obovate or suborbicular ... me 
Calyx 5-fid, not longer than corolla-tube ; corolla- 
lobes elliptic-lanceolate ... ae Re ... (3) Schinzii, 
Stems erect ; branches erect or ascending ; calyx 5-fid: 
Calyx longer than corolla-tube : 
Leaves narrow-linear or subulate : 
Calyx-lobes wide-triangular, obtuse or acute, 
erect, overlapping and subauriculate at the 
(2) arenaria, 
ees _ is : ... (4) emarginata. 
Calyx-lobes narrow, acute or subobtuse, often 
slightly spreading, not subauriculate at the =. 
base ... ais ate Say on ... (5) gracilis. 
Leaves narrow-spathulate ; calyx-lobes rounded at : 
the apex, erect, not subauriculate ... ... (6) Zeyheri. 
Calyx not longer than corolla-tube ; lobes triangular, : 
acute, erect, not subauriculate ; leaves linear... (7) linoides. 
Section 3. HErTERocHIRON. Calyx 5-partite ; corolla-tube cylindric ; anthers 
faintly spiral ; ovary subacute ; pedicels and calyx-lobes externally faintly 
puberulous. 
A single species ... vie at ay a .-. (8) Bansei. 
Section 4. PsrvposaBBaTIA. Calyx 5-fid ; corolla-tube cylindric ; limb slightly 
widened ; anthers from faintly to distinctly spiral ; ovary acute ; capsule 
Stem-leaves in 4-8 pairs; radical leaves few, usually 
soon vanishing ; panicles lax, their branches 
spreading ; anthers faintly spiral : 
Stem-leaves broad, ovate-lanceolate ; calyx-lobes 
rarely longer than the tube ; corolla-lobes ovate, 
obtuse, less often ovate-lanceolate, acute -.. (9) rosacea, 
Stem-leaves narrow, lanceolate ; calyx-lobes longer 
than the tube; corolla-lobes ovate-lanceolate, 
aves eee is eee (10) transvaalensis, i Se : 
