1106 GENTIANE® (Hill and Prain). [ Chiron. 
Eastern REGION: Swaziland ; Vlei near Oshoek, Burtt Davy, 2845 ! 
Also in Tropical Africa. 
Closely allied to C. rosacea, Gilg, and perhaps only a form of that species, but 
readily distinguished by its narrower leaves and longer calyx-lobes. 
11. C. palustris (Burch. Trav. ii. 226); stems terete, scapiform, 
1~2 ft. long ; leaves mostly radical, subrosulate, obovate-spathulate, 
obtuse or subacute, gradually narrowed to the base, 14—24 in. long, 
6—9 lin, wide, persisting ; cauline in 1-2 remote pairs, oblanceolate, 
acute or obtuse, }—2 in. long, 2-4 lin. wide ; flowers in lax terminal 
panicles with branches 2-3 in. and peduncles $—2 in. long, spreading ; 
calyx 3-4 lin. long, divided half-way ; lobes linear-lanceolate, 
acuminate ; corolla-tube cylindric, as long as the calyx; lobes 
elliptic, obtuse or subacute, usually entire, 6—8 lin. long, 3-4 lin. 
wide ; anthers distinctly spiral; ovary oblong, acute, 35 lin. long. 
Engl. Jahrb, x. 243; Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. xxvi. 106 and in Ann. 
Nat. Hist. Hofmus. Wien, xv. 66. C. palustris, var, radicata, Schoch 
in Bot. Centralbl. Beth, xiv, 234. Plocandra albens, var. radicata, 
LE, Meyer, Comm, 182. P. palustris, Griseb. in DC. Prodr. ix. 43 
(eaxel. syn. Chironia Krebsii). 
Van. foliata (Prain) ; radical leaves oblanceolate, 2-5 in. long, 4-6 lin. wide ; 
cauline lanceolate, acute, 14-24 in, long, 2~3 lin. wide ; panicle branches 1-3 in. 
Jong ; peduncles 4-3 in. long. C. galustris, Hook. f. in Bot. Mag. t. 7101; 
Schoch in Bot. Centralbl. Beth. xiv. 233; hardly of Burch, Plocandra albens, 
E. Meyer, Comm, 182. P. palustris, var, foliata, Griseb. in DO. Prodr, ix. 43. 
Sours Arnica: without locality, Zeyher, 1194! dolub, 251! 4252! 5582! 
Var. 8, Mrs. Barter, 19! 
Coast Rxecioy: Queenstown Div.; summit of Shepstone Berg, 5800 ft., 
Galpin, 1920! Kaftraria, Fraser! Var. B: Cape Div, ; neighbourhood of Cape- 
town, Castelnau, 487! Bathurst Div.; banks of and near the Kowie River, 
Zeyher! Albany Div. ; without precise locality, J/iss Bowker | King Williamstown 
Div. ; between Yellowwood (Kachu) River and Zandplaats, 1500-2000 ft., Drege, 
4922! East London Div. ; near East London, grassy slopes by sea-shore, Watson ! 
Galpin, 7345! Komgha Div.; near the mouth of the Kei River, 200 ft., 
Flanagan, 1207 ! j 
Centrat Rectox: Wodehouse Diy. ; near Mooi Plaats, Drége ! 
Katananr Recon: Griqualand West ; Griqua Town, Burchell, 1925! Orange 
River Colony ; Sanddrift Spruit, Burke, 298! near Harrismith, Wood, 4763! 
Bethlehem, Richardson | and without precise locality, Cooper, 987 | Bechuanaland ; 
near the sources of the Kuruman River, Burchell, 2510! Marloth, 1050! Trans- 
vaal; between Trigardsfontein and Standerton, Rehmann, 6748! near Wilge 
River, 4600 ft., Schlechter, 4127 ! and without precise locality, Sanderson ! 
Eastern Rucion: Transkei; marshes near Ibeka, 2500 ft., Schlechter, 6255! 
Griqualand East ; marshes near Kokstad, 4300-5000 ft., Tyson, 1676! and in 
MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Austr.-Afr. 1291! Kumbu, Krook, 2029! Natal; 
Camperdown, 2000 ft., Wood, 463! Haygarth in Herb. Wood, 1958! near 
Glencoe, 4000-5000 ft., Wood, 5124! near Ladysmith, Gerrard, 670! and 
without precise locality, Gerrard, 780! MacOwan! Var. 8: Tembuland ; moist 
places near Bazeia, 2000 ft., Baur, 451! Transkei; swampy ground near 
Kentani, Miss Pegler, 305! ane 
In var. 8 are found combined the foliage of C Kvatied and the floral characters _ ; 
of typical C, palustris, Le 
