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fly differed from it by tlie declinutc atyle, and 

 twisted anthers, all the other characters being 

 often common to Gentlana ; but it had from 4 

 to 1*2 stamens and parts to the corolla : when 

 above 5, this character blended with Chlora. 

 Adanson ascribed 4 stigmas to Qhlora and 

 only one to his Sahbatia formed by the CliL 

 dodecandra of L, wliich is not true. Piirsh 

 transfered the Sabbatia to the American Chi- 

 ronias, without giving any definite peculiar 

 character to it, and Sir J. Smith would not ad- 

 mit therefore of this Genus. The whole is yet 

 in utter confusion, there is a crowd of fine N. 

 sp. from N. America, forming two distinct 

 Genera at least. The African Chironias offer 

 also several anomalies and may form various 

 Genera: even Chlora must be divided, and I 

 shall try to fix their true essential characters. 

 The fruit is as in Gentlana except in Roesli- 

 nia. 



491. Chironia Raf. cal. camp. 5part. equa- 

 lis? cor. hypocrat. limbo Sfido, stam. 5, anthe- 

 ris spiralis, stylo declinato, stig. capitato bilobo. 

 caps, uniloc. bivalvis.— Type the South African 

 sp. but they all require to be verified, as the 4 

 next Genera prove. 



492. Chondropis Raf. (membr. keel.) diff. 

 491 cal. ineq. sepalis membranaceis carinatis, 

 stylo erecto &-c. — Type Ch. trinervis R. Chi- 

 ronia do L, Pers. JExacum do alis auct. Fol. 

 lane. acum. 3nerv. fl. ped. opp. coruleis. — In 

 Ceylon and South Arica, perhaps 2 sp. blended. 

 Ch. 4go?ia is another sp. of this Genus, 



493. EupoDiA Raf (well pedunc) diff. 491. 

 cal. tubulosus Sfidus Snervis, stylo apex flexo — 

 Type E. purpurea Raf. Ch. peduncularis bot. 



