252 Sir C. P. Tn v N bekg's Description of such Species of Chironia 
Flores in ramis terminates, solitarii, purpurei. 
Pedunculi e ramis continuati, hexagoni, parum incrassati. 
Calyx angulatus, laciniis ovatis, acutis, erectus. 
CHIIIONIA LYCIiNOIDES. 
Ch. foliis lineari-lanceolatis glabris, caule herbaceo, ramis patulis. 
Chironia lychnoides. Linn. Syst. Vegetab. xiv. p. 229- per Gmelin. 
p. 391. Mantiss. p. 207- Thunb. Prod. PI. Capem. p. 35. 
Crescit in summitate montis Hottentots Holland. 
Floret Decerabri. 
Caulis herbaceus, uti tota planta glaber, subtetragonus, flexuoso- 
erectus, laxus, spithamams. 
Rami alterni, simplices, remoti, pauci, patentes, vel cernui, cauli 
similes. 
Folia opposita, sessilia, lineari-lanceolata, utrinque attenuata, In- 
tegra, patentia, pollicaria. 
Flores in ramis terminates, solitarii, purpurei. 
Calycis laciniae ovatae, acutae. 
CHIRONIA LINOIDES. 
Ch.' foliis linearibus glabris, caule herbaceo, ramis fastigiatis. 
Chironia linoides. Linn. Syst. Vegetab. xiv. p. 229- per Gmelin. 
p. 591. "Spec. Plant, p. 272, Thunb. Prod. Plant. Capens. p. 35. 
Crescit in regionibus graminosis trans Swellendam. 
Floret Octobri, Novembri. 
Radix filiformis, fibrosa. 
Caulis herbaceus, uti tota planta glaber, brevis, mox a radice ra- 
mosus, erectus, palmaris. 
Rami ab inferiore parte plantae elongati, frequentes, dichotomi, 
filiformes ramis capillaribus, parum angulati, erecti, subfas- 
tigiati. 
Folia 
