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sub loborum sinibus inserta ; filamenta antheris parnm breviora ; 

 antherae parum contortae. Ovarium oblongum, apice acutum, 

 8 mm. longum ; stylus 3 mm. longus ; stigma 2-lobum. 



Noeth-east Rhodesia. Kambole, south-west of Lake Tan- 

 ganyika, at about 5,000 ft., Nutt ! 



967. Chironia (Hippochiron) Peglerae, Prain [Gentianaceae- 



Chironieae] ; species (7. pedunculari, Lincll., proxima ; differt 

 tamen foliis minoribus tenuioribus, caule erecto angulari et floribus 

 minoribus, antherisque manifeste contortis. 



Herba erecta, glabra, Caulis 30 cm. altus, distincte 4-gonus, 

 ramosissimus, ramis gracilibus 4-gonis ascendentibus. Folia 

 numerosa, late ovata, basi rotundata, apice obtusa vel subacuta, 

 opposita, decussata, 3-5-nervia, nervo centrali ceteris robustiore, 

 1*5-2 cm. longa, '75-1 cm. lata. Flares terminates et in axillis 

 summis solitarii, pedunculis gracilibus 4~gonis 3-5-5 cm. longis. 

 Calyx 5-sectus, 2*25 cm. longus, lobis lineari-subulatis, tubo 

 subnnllo. Corolla 2*5 cm. longa, tvho anguste cylindrico calyce 

 vix aequilongo, i'auce parum contmctR, lobis ovato-lanceolatis, 

 acuminatis 8 mm. longis, 3 mm. latis. Stamina parum sub 

 loborum sinibus inserta ; antherae distincte contortae. Ovarium 

 anguste oblongum, acutum f 8 mm. longum. Capsula oblonga, 

 acuta, 2 cm. longa, 5 mm. lata. 



South Africa. Transkei ; in valleys in the Kentani District 

 at 1,000 ft,, Miss A. Pegler, i2$ I 



Miss Pegler notes that the flowers are pink and open only in 

 the mornings. This very distinct species is evidently most closely 

 related to C. peduncular is, Lindl., from which, however, it differs 

 in the points noted above. The consistence of the leaves and the 

 general facies of the plant recalls various species of the section 

 Plocandra, where also the calyx-lobes are free almost to the base ; 

 with these it further agrees* in having much twisted stamens. 

 The narrow corolla-tube, somewhat constricted just under the 

 limb, shows, however, that the more natural position of (7. Peghrae 

 is in the section Hippochiron, though it serves as a link connecting 

 that section with Plocandra, in which the corolla tube is very 

 short, and widened under the limb. 



We are indebted to Dr. Bolus for an opportunity of studying 

 the specimen from which the description of C. Peglerae has 

 been made. 



968. Chironia (Ixochiron) seabrida, Griseb. var. ligulifolia, Prain 



[Gentianaceae-Chironieae] ; varietas a C- seabrida, Griseb., typica 

 roliig oblon?o-lanceolatis vel lanceolatis 3—0 mm. latis, nee 

 ellipticis oblongisve, 6-8 mm. latis, tuboque corolla calyce yix 

 longiore recedens. C. jasminoides, Cham, in Linnaea vi. 6U 

 (quoad specimina in planitie capensi lecta tantuni) ; Knobl. 

 in Bot. Centralbl. lx. 328, quoad syn. G. viscosa; nee Linn. 

 v. jasminoides, var. /3, Banks ex Edw. Bot. Reg. in. sub t. IW. 

 C jasminoides, var. lychnoides, Griseb., Gen. & Sp. Gent. JO. 

 (quoad specimina ab Ecklon lecta tantum) et m DC. Prodr. 

 **• 40. 0. viscosa, Zevh. ex Griseb. in DC. Prodr ix. 40. 

 O. tetragona, Schoch in Bot. Centralbl. Beitr. xiv. 196, quoad 

 syn. C. viscosa ; nee Linn, f . C tetragona, var. linearis, Griseb, 



