293 



Fish River, Burchell, 3739 ; Port Alfred, Haagner, 74. Albany 

 Div. ; Assegai Bosch, Baur, 1028 ; Fish River Heights, Rattan. 



This variety, which has been treated by Schoch as part of the 

 var. dilatata distinguished by E. Meyer (Comm. PL Afr. Austr. 180), 

 certainly serves to connect Meyer's variety, which has subspathu- 

 lata oblong-obtuse leaves, 2-2*5 cm. long, and 4-6 mm. wide, with 

 typical C. baccifera, but it seems preferable to follow Burchell in 

 recognising it as a distinct variety, which he did in a field note 

 dated 22 September, 1813. As Burchell remarks in that note, this 

 variety has altogether the habit of typical G. baccifera which is 

 hardly the case as regards var. dilatata. 



The large-flowered form of G. baccifera, confined to a restricted 

 area in the Uitenhage and Port Elizabeth Divisions, distinguished 

 by Grisebach as var. grandifiora^ which has been relegated by 

 more recent writers to typical G. baccifera^ is quite entitled to the 

 status accorded to it by its author. On the other hand, the form 

 recognised by E. Meyer as var. elongata, with unusually long 

 pedicels, which is based on a specimen that has the distinction of 

 being the only authentic record of the existence of C. baccifera 

 beyond the Coast Region of Cape Colony, is not really varietally 

 separable from G. baccifera proper. 



963. Chironia (Linochiron) gracilis, Salisb. [Gentianaceae- 

 Chironieae] ; species G. emarginatae, Jarosz, quam maxime 

 affinis ; ditfert tamen calyce altius lobato, lobis lanceolatis vel 

 anguste oblotigis, nee late triangulis basi subauriculatis. 



Suffrutex erecta, glabra. Gaulis 10-20 cm. altus, obscure 

 1-gonus, ramosus, ramis gracilibus virgatis. Folia mimerosa, 

 anguste linearia vel subulata, opposita, decussata, 1*5-3 cm. longa, 

 1-1-5 mm. lata. Flares 1-3 terminales, pedunculis gracilibus 

 1*25-2-5 cm. longis. Calyx alte 5-fidus, 0'75-l cm. longus, lobis 

 lanceolatis vel anguste oblongis saepius tandem subpatentibus 

 tubo parum longioribus. Corolla 5-loba, tubo anguste campanulas 

 calyce breviore, lobis oblongis vel ovatis obtusis vel subacutis 

 8-12 mm. longis 6-7 mm. latis. Stamina in parte superiore tubi 

 corollae inserta ; antherae rectae vel minopere curvatae. Ovarium 

 ovoideum, obtusum, 6 mm. longum. Capsula oblonga, obtusa, 



mm. longa. G. It 



Linn. Soc. vii. 252, -„ •«». —^ - „ -, AK 



1070 ; Burch. Trav. i. 19 ; Griseb. in Gen. et Sp. Gent. 10o et m 

 DC. Prodr. ix. 41, syn. G. unijiora, Eckl., non Lamk. excl. ; Jwkl. 

 V n - It. n. 40; Schoch in Bot. Centralbl. Beih. xiv. 20,3, t. lb, 

 fig. 4 ; nee Linn. 

 Afr. Austr. 180 



Will 



ar 



syn 



var. Zeyheri, Griseb., excl. G. lychnoides, Cham, et Schiecht. in 

 Linnaea i. 190, syn. G. emarginata, Jarosz, excl.; nee Berg. u. 

 vulgaris, var. intermedia, Cham, in Linnaea vi. 6±o. 



r S. Africa. Without locality, Sparrmann; Osbeck; Burmtmn ; 



Zeyher, 237; Krauss, 458; Lelunann; ^!*&£& 

 ganger. Cape Colony : Van Rhynsdorp Div. ; W indhoek, 

 M»en. Tulbagh Div. ; New Kloof, Zeyher ; J:? 1 ^ J^f; 

 XcMon ; Elands Kloof, 1000-1500 ft.. Dreg* Jf* n 1 VoZ 

 Div. ; near Dutoits Kloof, 1500-2000 ft., Drege • near Vogel 

 Valley, Ecklon ; mountains near Worcester, Behmann, <*W. 



