Chironia. | GENTIANEA (Hill and Prain). 1105 
9. C. rosacea (Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. xxvi. 104); stems terete, 
generally branching upwards, leafy throughout, 1}-3 ft. long; 
radical leaves vanishing, cauline in 6—8 remote pairs, ovate-lanceolate, 
acute, base cuneate, 2-4 in. long, 9-12 lin. wide; flowers in lax 
terminal panicles with branches 14-2 in. and peduncles 1-2) in. 
long, spreading ; calyx 24-3 lin. long, divided half-way ; lobes ovate, 
acuminate ; corolla-tube cylindric rather longer than calyx ; lobes 
ovate, obtuse to ovate-lanceolate, acute, entire, 9-10 lin. long, 
3-4 (rarely 5) lin. wide; anthers slightly spiral ; ovary oblong, 
acute, 34 lin. long. Schoch in Bot. Centralbl. Beth. xiv. 229 (as to 
Natal plant only). C. maxima, Schoch in Bull. Herb. Boiss, 2”° sér. 
ii: 1014 and in Bot. Centralbl. Beth. xiv. 220. C. peduneularis, 
Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. ii. 805, not of Lindl. 
Eastern Recron: Griqualand East; Clydesdale, Schlechter, 6618 partly | 
Pondoland ; swampy stream-banks near Sangmeister, Bachmann, 1038! Natal, 
in swampy places; near Durban, Sanderson, 39! near the coast, Wood, 983 ! 
Nonoti, 500 ft., Wood! near the Tugela River, 500 ft., Wood, 3950! near 
Pheenix, 250 ft., Schlechter, 3151! 3154! Zululand ; Inyezaan, below 1600 ft., 
Wylie in Herb. Wood, 596! 5948! 5928! Umlalaas, below 1000 ft., Wylie in 
Herb. Wood, 8453! and without precise locality, Mrs. McKenzie! Gerrard, 1475 ! 
Gerrard’s 1475 in Herb. Kew serves as a connecting link between this species, 
of which it has the broad leaves, and C. transvaalensis, of which it has the long 
calyx-lobes. (. maxima, Schoch, is based on a specimen which has, on the other 
hand, the calyx-lobes rather shorter than usual, but does not otherwise differ 
from normal (@. rosacea; it is to this last form that Gerrard 1475 in Herb. 
. Dublin belongs. 
10. C. transvaalensis (Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. xxvi. 106) ; stems 
terete, simple or sparingly branched, leafy throughout, 1-2} ft. long ; 
leaves few, radical, subrosulate, obovate-spathulate, obtuse or sub- 
acute, gradually narrowed to the base, }-1} in. long, 2-4 lin. wide, 
soon vanishing ; cauline in 4-8 remote pairs, lanceolate, acute, |—3 
in. long, 1-3 lin. wide ; flowers in lax terminal panicles with branches 
1-2 in. and peduncles $-24 in. long, spreading ; calyx 3-34 lin. 
long, divided two-thirds ; lobes ovate-lanceolate, acuminate ; corolla- 
tube cylindric, as long as the calyx ; lobes ovate-lanceolate, acute, 
entire, 6—8 lin. long, 24-34 lin. wide ; anthers slightly spiral ; ovary 
oblong, acute, 34 lin. long. Baker & N.E. Br. in Dyer, Fl. Trop. 
Afr. iv. i. 555, 627; Schoch in Bot. Centralbl. Beth. xiv. 227; 
Thonn. Blitenpfl. Afr. t. 129. 0. palustris, Gilg in Warb. Kunene- 
Samb. Eaped. 334, not of Burch. 
Katanant Reaion: Orange River Colony ; Sanddrift Spruit, Burke, 298 in 
Herb. Brit. Museum! Transvaal; Magaliesberg Range, Burke! Zeyher, 1196! 
Crocodile River, Burke, 883! Zeyher! Johannesburg and vicinity, Ommanney, 
72! Gilfillan in Herb. Galpin, 6232! D’Estourgies | Pilgrims Rest, @reenstocl: ! 
near Pretoria, 4000 ft., McLea in Herb. Bolus, 3101! Burtt Dary, 813! Fehr! 
Wonderboom Poort, Rehmann, 4526! Miss Leendertz, 450! Bronkhorst Spruit, 
near Middelburg, Wilms, 9742! near Lydenburg, Wilms, 974! river side at 
Highland Creek, Barberton, 2700 ft., Galpin, 779! Modderfontein, Conrath ! 
Daspoort, Miss Leendertz! near Pietersburg, 4000 ft., Bolus, 10864! Mazol, 
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