Chironia. | GENTIANE& (Hill and Prain). 1101 
8. C. Schinzii (Schoch in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 2™° sér. ii. 1012) ; 
stems angled, leaty, $—} ft. long; branches diffuse ; leaves wide- 
linear or narrow-elliptic, obtuse or subacute, 2-3 in. long, 1-1} 
lin. wide ; flowers solitary, terminal ; peduncles $ in. long; calyx 
2} lin. long, divided half-way ; lobes ovate-lanceolate, acute, slightly 
spreading ; corolla-tube narrow-campanulate, as long as or slightly 
longer than the calyx ; lobes elliptic-lanceolate, subacute or obtuse, 
4 lin. long, 1} lin. wide ; anthers straight ; ovary ovoid, obtuse, 
3 lin. long. Schoch in Bot. Centralbl. Beih. xiv. 199. 
Coast Recion: Malmesbury Div. ; near Hopefield, Bachmann, 990 ! 
Only known from a single gathering ; most nearly allied to C. arenaria, of 
which it has somewhat the habit and appearance, but from which it differs in 
having shorter calyx-segments, a longer corolla-tube with narrower corolla-lobes 
and a narrower ovary. 
4. C. emarginata (Jaroscz, Pl. Nov. Cap. 11); stem slightly angled, 
usually branching upwards, leafy, $—-1 ft. long; branches rather 
straight ; leaves narrow-linear or subulate, }—} in. long, 4—} lin. 
wide ; flowers 2-3 or solitary, terminal; peduncles }-2 in. long; calyx 
4—5 lin. long, divided half-way; lobes wide-triangular, obtuse or 
subacute or acute, the outer subauriculately overlapping at the 
base ; corolla-tube narrow-campanulate, shorter than the calyx; 
lobes oblong or ovate, retuse, 54-8 lin. long, 3-4 lin. wide ; anthers 
straight ; ovary ovoid, obtuse, 3 lin. long. : linoides, Berg. Deser. 
Pl. Cap. 43 (excel. syn.) ; Burch. Trav. i. 56 (Rondebosch specimens) ; 
Griseb. Gen..et Sp. Gent. 104 (as to C. uniflora, Eckl. only) ; not of 
Linn.  C. linoides, var., Lam. Encyel. Meth. i. 736 partly. C. linoides, 
var. Zeyheri, Griseb. in DC. Prodr. ix. 41. ©. linoides, var. brevi- 
sepala, Schoch in Bot. Centralbl. Beih. xiv. 203. ©. lychnoides, 
Cham. & Schlecht. in Linnea, i. 190 (as to C. emarginata, Jaroscz, 
only) ; not of Berg. C. vulgaris, var. lychnoides, Cham. in Linnea, 
vi. 343. OC. uniflora, Eckl. ea Griseb. Gen. et Sp. Gent. 105; not of Lum. 
C. baccifera, Zeyh. ex Griseb. in DC. Prodr. ix. 41; not of Linn. 
Sourn Arrica: without locality, Grubb in Herb. P. J. Bergius! and cultivated 
specimen | 
Coast Rraron: Piquetberg Div. ; Elands Berg, Wallich! Malmesbury Div. ; 
near Hopefield, Bachmann, 991! 992! Tulbagh Div. ; Mitchells Pass between 
Tulbagh and Ceres, Wyley! Cape Div. ; Cape Flats, Oldenland! Burmann | 
Thunberg ! Nelson! Banks and Solander! Mrs. Elliott, 551 Scholl! Ecklon, 75! 
348! 645 mainly! Pappe! Zeyher, 1197 mainly! Wallich, 162! Harvey, 214! 
609! Reeves! Lehmann! Schulze, 39! Miss Cole! Rehmann! Wolley Dod, 351! 
681! Schlechter, 27! near Rondebosch, Burchell, 157! 720! Wallich, 405! 
at the base of Muizen Berg, 100 ft., Bolus, 3369! Simons Bay, Prior! Caledon 
Div. ; near Genadendal, Boental! Swellendam and George Div. ; without precise 
localities, Bowie, 1! 
Closely allied to C. gracilis, but readily distinguished by its subauriculately 
_ Overlapping calyx-lobes. As in the somewhat parallel case of C. tetragona and 
C. tabularis, the question whether the differences exhibited by the calyces of 
_ these respective forms entitle them to specific rank is one that can only be 
answered by field-workers in South Africa. ae ke oo 
