Chironia. | GENTIANE (Hill and Prain). 1099 
1. C. baccifera (Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, 190); stem distinctly angled, 
leafy, much-branched, }-3 ft. long; branches divaricate; leaves 
linear, acute, $—} in. or (elongata form) 1 in. long, }—} lin. wide ; 
flowers solitary or 2-3, terminal, with peduncles 1—3 or (elongata 
form) 1-1} in. long; calyx 24 lin. long, divided three-fourths ; 
lobes ovate, subacute or acute ; corolla-tube cylindric, rather longer 
than calyx ; limb narrow ; lobes obovate-oblong, obtuse, 2$—3 lin. 
long, 2 lin. wide ; anthers straight ; ovary subglobose, 2 lin. long ; 
fruit baccate. Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 2, 273; Lam. Encycl. Meth. i. 736 ; 
Gertn. f. Fruct. ii. 156, t. 114, fig. 3; Thunb. Prodr. 35, in Trans. 
Linn. Soc. vii. 253 and Flor. Cap. ed. 2, ii. 107; Willd. Sp. Pl. i. 
1070; Pers. Syn. i. 282; Curt. Bot. Mag. t. 233; Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 
2,i1.7; R. Br. Prodr. 451; Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg. iv. 203 ; 
Burch. Trav. i. 15, 31,59; Cham. in Linnea, vi. 345; E. Meyer, Comm. 
180; Griseb. Gen. et Sp. Gent. 105 and in DC. Prodr. ix. 41; Gilg 
in Ann. Nat. Hist. Hofmus. Wien, xv. 65 and in Engl. und Prantl, 
Pflanzenfam. iv. 2, 78; Schoch in Bot. Centralbl. Beth. xiv. 188, 
t. 16, fig. 1. CO. baceifera, var. elongata, E. Meyer, Comm. 180. 
C. parviflora, Salisb. Prodr. 136. ©. baccata, Hoffmg. Verz. Pflanz. 
Nachtr. 211.  Reslinia tetragona, Moench, Meth. Suppl. 212. 
Roslinia baccifera, G. Don, Gen. Syst. iv. 203. 
Var. 8, grandiflora (Griseb. Gen. et Sp. Gen. 105); leaves narrow-linear, 
4-4 in. long, 4-3 lin. wide; calyx-lobes obtuse or subacute ; corolla-lobes elliptic- 
oblong, subacute or obtuse, 5 lin. long, 24 lin. wide. Griseb. in DC. Prodr. 
ix. 41, 
Var.y, Burchellii (Prain in Kew Bulletin, 1908, 292); leaves narrow-oblong, 
obtuse or subacute, reflexed, 4-4 in. long, 14 lin. wide; calyx-lobes obtuse. 
C. baceifera, var, dilatata, Schoch in Bot, Centralbl. Beih. xiv. 189 partly, hardly of 
E. Meyer. 
Var. 6, dilatata (E. Meyer, Comm. 180); leaves subspathulate-oblong, obtuse, 
#+1 in. long, 2-3 lin. wide ; calyx-lobes obtuse, @riseb. in DC. Prodr. ix. 41; 
Schoch in Bot. Centralbl. Beth. xiv. 189, mainly. 
Soutn Arrica: without locality ; Oldenland! Oldenburg! Burmann! Commer- 
son! Banks and Solander! Forster! Masson! Spielhaus! Hunnemann (Herb. 
Willdenow, 4506)! Hesse! Brogniart! Niven, 12! Bowie, 2! Sieber, 187! 
Ludwig! Harvey! Thom, 285! Pappe! Rehmann, 1970! Elliott! Kay, 3779! 
and cultivated specimens! Var. B: Thom! Var. y: Osbeck! Harvey, 607! and 
cultivated specimens ! 
Coast Recton: Clanwilliam Div. ; Belle Fontein, Lange Valley, Wallich! 
Malmesbury Div. ; near Hopefield, Bachmann, 989! 1808! Tulbagh Div.; New 
Kloof, 1000-2000 ft., Drége! Tulbagh Waterfall, Ludwig! Mitchells Pass, 
between Tulbagh and Ceres, Wyley ! Worcester Div. ; Hex River Valley, 1600 ft., 
Tyson, 759! near Worcester, Rehmann, 2492! Paarl Div. ; Paarl, Prior! Cape 
Div. ; various localities, Sparrman! Thunberg! Osbeck! Sonnerat! Wahlberg! 
Spielhaus! Grondahl! Gaudichaud! Bergius! Lalande! Burchell, 241! 774! 
Bojer! Ecklon, 31! 79! 650! 652! Scholl! Verreaux, 687! Lehmann! 
Jameson! Jelinek, 18! Prior! Milne, 182! Bunbury! Rehmann, 760! 1974! 
Wright! Mrs. Elliott, 54! 93! Penther, 2012! Wilms, 471! 3471! Kuntze! 
Bolus, 3378! Wolley Dod, 681! Schlechter, 16! Brown! Barnard Fuller | 
Stellenbosch Div, ; Hottentots Holland, Verreaux! Riversdale Div. ; without 
precise locality, Rust, 435! Oudtshoorn Div. ; Cango, 2100 ft., Bolus, 12158! 
_ Mossel Bay Div.; Mossel Bay, Fraser! Great Brak River, Schlechter, 5755 ! 
_ Knysna Div. ; Viugt Valley, Bolus, 2395! Keurboom River, Penther, 2015! 
