Chironia.| GENTIANEA (Hill and Prain). 1107 
12. C. Krebsii (Griseb, Gen. et Sp. Gent. 98); stems terete, 
seapiform, 13-3 ft. long; leaves mostly radical, subrosulate, 
oblanceolate, obtuse or subacute, gradually narrowed to the base, 
4—10 in. long, 4-7 lin. wide, persisting ; cauline in 1—3 remote pairs, 
lanceolate, acute, 2-4 in. long, 2}—4 lin, wide; flowers in dense 
terminal panicles with branches }—1} in, and peduncles }—} in. 
long, fastigiate ; calyx 4 lin. long, divided half-way ; lobes linear- 
lanceolate, acuminate ; corolla-tube cylindric, as long as the calyx ; 
lobes lanceolate, acute, usually somewhat erose, 5 lin. long, 14-1? 
lin. wide; anthers distinctly spiral; ovary oblong, acute, 34 lin. 
long. Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. xxvi. 106, and in Ann. Nat. Hist. Hofnus. 
Wien, xv. 66; Baker d& N. E. Br. in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. iv. i. 
554. ©. densiflora, Scott Elliot in Journ. Bot. 1891, 69; Engl. 
Pflanzenw. Ost-Afr. CO. 314; Gilg in Engl. und Prantl, Phanzenfam. 
iv, 2, 77; Schoch in Bot. Centralbl. Beih. xiv. 224, t. 16, fig. 6. 
C. palustris, Knobl. in Bot. Centralbl. 1x. 329 partly, not of Burch. 
Souty Arrica ; without locality, Avebs ! 
Coast REe1on; Uitenhage Div. ; Great Winterhoek mountains, Zeyher! and 
without precise locality, Pappe! Bedford Div.; near Bedford, Mrs, Hutton ! 
Bennie! Stockenstrom Div. ; marshy ground on Lushington mountain, Scully, 
165! Katberg, Hutton! British Kaffraria, Cooper, 390 ! 
CrnTraL Recion: Somerset Div. ; marshy ground, Glenavon, Scott Liliot, 666 
(626)! Bosch Berg, 4700 ft., MacOwan, 1233! 1656! Queenstown Diy. ; 
Winterberg Range, Mrs. Barber, 529! 
Katanart Recton, in marshy ground, 4000-6000 ft. : Orange River Colony ; 
near Harrismith, Swnkey, 174! Transvaal; Umlomati Valley, near Barberton, 
Galpin, 1131! near Brug Spruit, Schlechter, 3752! Athol, M‘Donald! Spitz 
Kop Gold Mine, Wilms, 975! é 
Eastern Reqion; Griqualand East; Newmarket, Krook, 2076! Natal, in 
marshy ground, 1800-5000 ft.; Noodsberg, Wood, 121! 372! near Gillets, 
Wood ! near Howick, Wood, 51.07 ! Newcastle, Rehmann, 7022 ! near Charlestown, 
Wood, 4694! near Emangweni, 4000 ft., Thode, 68! Dargle Farm, Mrs. Fannin, 
69! and without precise locality, Sanderson, 446 partly ! 5 ‘ 
Also in Tropical Africa. 
13. C. humilis (Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. xxvi. 105); stems slightly 
angled, simple, leafy, 4-8 in. long ; leaves rather small, radical sub- 
rosulate, lanceolate, acute, 4 in. long, 1 lin. wide; cauline in 3-6 
remote pairs, linear, acute, in, long, } lin. wide ; flowers 3-9 in 
terminal cymes with spreading branches }—1 in. long, and peduncles 
very short’; calyx 5 lin. long, divided four-fifths ; lobes lanceolate, 
acuminate ; corolla-tube narrow-campanulate, green, shorter than the 
calyx ; lobes dark-purple, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate 
or acute, 6 lin. long, 24-4 lin. wide ; anthers distinctl spiral ; 
ovary oblong, acute, 3 lin. long. Sehoch in Bot. Centralbl. Beith, 
xiv. 230. és : 
beaded oe a lng ra leaves arowcabety 9-1 long, 23 
: ranched upwards, 1-13 ft. ; radical leaves ‘ 5 Bae 
Nan wane resin | in. “Hone flowers in terminal panicles, with branches 
' — §-14 in. long. CL Wi sii, Gilg in Engl. Jahrb, xxvi. 105 y — Bot, — 
