252 <S/> C. P. Th unberg's Description of suck Species of Chironia 



Florcs in ramis terminates, solitarii, purpurei. 



Pedunculi e ramis continuati, hexagoni, parum incrassati. 



Calyx angulatus, laciniis ovatis, acutis, erectus. 



CHIRONIA LYCHNOIDES. 



Cn.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. PL Capens. p. 35. 



Crescit in summitate montis Hottentots Holland. 



Floret Decembri. 



Caulis herbaceus, uti tota planta glaber, subtetragonus, flexuoso- 

 erectus, laxus, spithamaeus. 



Rami alterni, simplices, remoti, pauci, patentes, vel cernui, cauli 

 similes. 



Folia opposita, sessilia, lineari-lanceolata, utrinque attenuata, In- 

 tegra, patentia, pollicaria. 



Flores in ramis terminales, solitarii, purpurei. 



Calycis lacinise ovatae, acutse. 



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 plantte elongati, frequentes, dichotomi, 



filiformes ramis capillaribus, parum angulati, erecti, subfas- 



tigiati. 



Folia 



