1114 GENTIANE (Hill and Prain), [Chironia. 
Zeyh. cx Griseb. in DC. Prodr. ix. 40. ©. tetragona, Schoch in Bot, Central. 
Beith, xiv. 196 (as to C. viseosa, Zeyh. only); not of Linn, f. C. tetragona, var. 
linearis, Griseb. in DC. Prody, ix. 40 (as to CL riscosa, Zeyh. only); not of 
E. Meyer. 
Sourn Arrica: without locality; Var. 8: Burmann! Sonnerat! Buettner { 
Banks! Wallich | Nelson! Brown! Sieber! Thom, 769 ! Drége ! 
Coast Rraion: Swellendam Div. ; Rhinoceros Fontein near Sebastians Bay, 
Gornot! Var. 8: Cape Div. ; Cape Flats, Krauss ! Rehmann, 1972! near Cape- 
town, Hesse! Blue Berg, Zeyher, 1200! under Tiger Berg, near Riet Valley, 
Ecklon, 176! 262! near Durban Road, 100 ft., MacOwan, 96! and in MacOwan 
and Bolus in Herb. Norm. 961! Uitenhage Div, ; near Uitenhage, Prior ! 
The varieties recognisable differ very much, as do the two varieties of the nearly 
allied inland species (. tetragona, Linn. £., and C. tabularis, Page. It may 
transpire that this is only a littoral or sublittoral form of a wide-spread and 
protean species including all three. 
23. C. tabularis (Page, Prodr. 121); stems distinctly angled, 
erect, leafy, }-} ft. long; branches virgate; leaves ovate or 
elliptic, acute, 1-3 in. long, 3-4 lin. wide ; flowers solitary or 2-3, 
terminal ; peduncles }—1} in. long; calyx 5-7 lin. long, divided 
half-way ; lobes lanceolate, acute, keeled ; tube strongly kecled or 
with narrow coriaceous wings ; corolla-tube cylindric, about as long 
as the calyx; lobes elliptic-oblong, obtuse, 8 lin. long, 4-5 lin. 
wide ; anthers straight ; ovary ovoid, acute, 4 lin. long. Steud. 
Nomencl. Bot. ed. 2, i. 352. C. jasminoides, Edw. Bot. Reg. t. 197 ; 
EH. Meyer, Comm. 179; not of Linn. OC. tetragona, Schoch in Bot. 
Centralbl. Beih. xiv. 196 (as to syn. Edw. Bot. Reg. only) ; not of 
Linn. f. C. tetragona, var. brevifolia, Griseb. in DC. Prodr, ix. 40. 
(as to syn, Edw. Bot. Reg. only); not of Gen. et Sp. Gent. C. 
tctragona, var, ovata, Schoch in Bot. Centralbl. Beih. xiv, 197 (as to 
9614 Schlechter only) ; not of E. Meyer. Evalthe jasminoides, Raf. 
Fl. Tellur. iii. 77. ; : 
Var. 8, confusa (Prain in Kew Bulletin, 1908, 298); stems 1-1} ft. long; 
leaves narrowly ovate-lancevlate to linear, 1-1} in. long, 1-2 lin, wide ; calyx-lobes 
lanceolate, acuminate. (€ jasminoides, Cham. in Linnea, vi. 344 (Caledon 
specimens only); Griseb. Gen. et Sp. Gent. 101 and in DC. Prodr. ix. 40 (as to 
eseription andy); Gilg in Engl. und Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 78 5 Knobl. in Bot. 
Centralbl, \x. 328; Schoch in Bot Centralbl. Beh. xiv. 194; not of Linn. C. 
tetrayona, var. linearis, Schoch in Bot. Centralbl. Beih. xiv. 197 (as to 4182 Bolus 
only); not of EB. Meyer, 
_ SourH Arrica : without locality, cultivated specimens! Var. 8B: Dréye! Hesse! 
Zeyher! Lehmann Lndwiy! Thom, 808! and cultivated specimens ! : 
Coast Recton: Stellenbosch Div. ; Lowrys Pass, 1000-2000 ft., Drége! 
Bresjasdorp Diy. ; hills near Elim, Bolus, 8578! Koude River, Schlechter, 9614! 
Swellendam Diy. ; salt marshes, Bowie! Var. 8: Caledon Div. ; mountains near 
Greitjes Gat, 1600 ft., Bolus, 4182! Houw Hoek, 1800 ft., Bellon! Schlechter, 
9393 ! Zwart Berg, Pappe! between Caledon and Pot River, Ecklon! Bavians 
Kloof, near Genadendal, Ecklon! Gibbs in Herb. Bolus, 10036 ! near Genadendal, 
Prior! Pappe ! . 
Nearly allied to and, as Knoblauch st , perhaps not specifically 
C. tetragona, Linn. f., from which et is readily distinguished pie 
calyx with narrow, acute or acuminate, instead of wide, foliaceous lobes, The two: 
