Chironia. | GENTIANE® (Hill and Prain). 1115 
24. C. tetragona (Linn. f. Suppl. 151); stems distinctly angled, 
erect, leafy, $-14} ft. long; branches virgate; leaves ovate or 
subelliptic, acute, $—} in. long, 3-4 lin. wide ; flowers solitary or 
2-3, terminal; peduncles }-1} in. long; calyx 7-9 lin, long, 
divided half-way; lobes wide triangular, subacute or acute, 
foliaceous, winged; tube with foliaceous wings; corolla-tube 
cylindric, shorter than the calyx; lobes elliptic-oblong, acute or 
obtuse, 8 lin. long, 5 lin. wide; anthers straight; ovary ovoid, 
acute, 4 lin. long. Thunb. Prodr. 35, in Trans. Linn. Soe. vii. 249, 
t. 12, fig. 2, and Fl. Cap. ed. 2, ii. 111; Willd. Sp. Pl. i. 1071: R. Br. 
Prodr. i. 451; Griseb. Gen. et Sp. Gent. 102 and in DC. Prodr. 
ix. 40; Knobl. Bot. Centralbl. 1x. 328; Schoch in Bot. Centralbl. 
Beth. xiv. 197. ©. tetragona, var. ovata, E. Meyer, Comm. 179. 
C. jasminoides, Thunb. Prodr. 35, in Trans. Linn, Soe. vii. 251, and 
Fl. Cap. ed. 2, ii. 109 (in small part, sheet y partly) ; not of Linn. 
Van. B, linearis (E. Meyer, Comm. 179); leaves narrow-elliptic or lanceolate 
or linear, 3-1} in. long, 14-24 lin. wide. Griseb. in DC. Prodr. ix. 40 (excl. syn. 
C. viscosa, Zeyh.) ; Schoch in Bot, Centralbl. Beth. xiv. 197 (as to Drége 7822 
only). C. tetragona, Schoch in Bot. Centralbl. Beih. xiv. 196 (as to syn. C. 
unifora, Lam., and mainly as to specimens) ; hardly of Linn, f. C. tetragona, 
var. brevifolia, Griseb. Gen, et Sp. Gent. 102 (wholly) and in DC. Prodr. ix. 40 
(cael. syn. C. jasminoides, Edw.).  C. uniflora, Lam. Encycl. i. 737, and Ill. Gen. 
t. 108, fig. 3; Pers. Syn. Pl. i 282. — C. jasminoides, Thunb. Prodr, 35, in Trans. 
Linn, Soc. vii. 251, and Fl. Cap. ed. 2, ii. 109 (as to specimens, sheet B and in part 
sheet y, not as to descr.) ; Griseb, Gen. et Sp, Gent. 101, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 40 
(as to Thunberg’s Swellendam specimens, not as to descr.) , not of Linn. 
Sourn Arrica: without locality ; Burmann! Masson! Zeyher, 162! Var. B: 
Sparrman! Masson! Wallich! Lehmann ! 
Coast Reaton: Cape Div. ; Table Mountain, Fraser, 52! Swellendam Div. ; 
near Puspus River, Thunberg! Knysna Div. ; hills and glens near Plettenbergs 
Bay, Bowie, 10! 11! Uitenhage Div. ; between Van Stadens Berg and Klaas- 
niemans Fontein, Drége! between Van Stadens River and Bethelsdorp River, 
Drége, 2239! plains near Van Stadens River, Ecklon ! plateau near Van Stadens 
Berg, Scott Elliot, 262!° near Witteklip, MacOwan, 1059! near Uitenhage. 
Zeyher, 321! Penther, 2081! Brak Fontein, Zeyher, 3425! Port Elizabeth Div. ; 
between Uitenhage and Algoa Bay, Burchell, 4284! Krakakamma, Burchell, 
4536! near Port Elizabeth, Drege! Zeyher, 3425! Prior! Miss West, 291 
Alexandria Diy. ; Oliphants Hoek forest, #chlon, 635! Albany Diy. ; Sidbury, 
Burke! Geilhoutboom, 800-1200 ft., Drége! near Grahamstown, Burke, 83! 
Var. 8B: Stellenbosch Div. ; Lowrys Pass (Hottentots Holland Kloof), Lrége ! 
Caledon Diy. ; Thom, 961! Swellendam Diy. ; without precise locality, Thunberg! 
Knysna Diy. ; Keurboom River, Penther, 2024! near Knysna, Penther, 2011! 
2014! Uniondale Div. ; Long Kloof, Drége, 7822! Humansdorp Diy. ;_ near 
Humansdorp, 150 ft., Bolus, 1566! Schlecrter, 6029 ! Uitenhage Div. ; downs 
near Cape Recife, Zeyher, 750! Prior! hills near Brakfontein, Zeyher, 321! 
plains near Winter Hoek Mountains and between Kromme River and Uitenhage, 
Ecklon, 636! near Enon, Baur, 1027! Port Elizabeth Div. ; sandhills near 
Port Elizabeth, Prior! Cooper, 1458! 2764! Miss Holland, 49! Cape Recife, 
Zeyher, 3425! B.C.S.A. Herb. 224! Bathurst Div. ; near Kaffir Drift, Burchell, — 
3763! between Barville Park and the sea, Burchell, 4072! Port Alfred, Hutton, 
598! Atherstone, 238! Haagner in Herb, Conrath, 738! Albany Div. ; by the 
‘stream at Grahamstown, Burchell, 3561! Misses Daly and Sole, 537! Bolton! 
without precise locality, Miss Bowker! 
yar. linearis, ‘EB. Meyer, we have followed Meyer. It — : : - 
