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CHIRITA 8, 
— a 
Cyrtandraceæ § Didymocarpeæ. 一 Didynamia-Angiospermia. 
CHARACT. GENERIS. — Chir : Calyx Chirita Ham, in Dox Prodr. Fl. nep. 89 
bulosus sub 5-gonus 5-idus, lobis ی ما‎ Chirata G. Dox Gen. syst. Gard. et Bot. IV. 659. 
— Corolla basi tubulosa superne (Chirita Bocuanan. sec. . Lindley! +) 
a campanulata, limbo 5-lobo bilabiato , “obi R. Brows in Honsr. Pl. Jav. 116. 
ubrotun d Stamina 2 antherifera, 3-sterilia mi- . DC. Prodr. IX. 268. (exceptis (1).) 
nima; eræ reniformes nudae superne coher Á 
entes Hales Caen rium siliquosum. MOM ` CHARACT. SPECIEI. I - C. acaulis, foliis pi- 
Stigma bipartitum, lobis oblongis. Capsu li 
quæformis timed stylo terminata GE septo | P® edunculis erectis subbi foris (1), corolla laciniis 
valvulis adnato bipartito. Semina numerosa minuta | 95usis, callis duobus linearibus in labium inferius 
calva subulata. — Herbæ perennes hirsutæ nepal- altero lato obtuso in superius, antheris ديفا ی‎ 
enses (presenti sinense!) Caulis simplices. Folia Chirita sinensis Linot. Bot. reg. t. 59. 1844 
opposita sepius disparia et bast vix in lia 
petiolata serrata. Pedunculi azillares oppositi bi- A 
bracteati sepius 1-flori. Corolle magne rubre , aut (1) In figura Lindleyana pedunculi duo adsunt et triflori. 
flavæ (in presenti lilacine), 
Texte du Botanical Register de M. Lindley. 
CHINESE CHIRITA, 
CHIRITA SINENSIS. 
ETYMOLOGY 2; + see hereafter. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. ۱ an 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
This charming pes greenhouse plant is one of the first results of any eener from the voyage 
to China, by Mr. Fortune, on account of the Horticultural Society. It was sent hom 
case, eni its Ge large lilac fox-gloye-like flowers were open when it arrived. 
We were Ger o unable to describe the flowers, for whose structure we are therefore obliged 
to trust to our artist, who we hope has been correct in the drawing. From this it appears that t the 
plant ider to the genus Chirita, vem gum. from Didymocarpus by its stigma, having the upper 
lip abortive, and the lower two-lobe 
Those who see what this is may Vitis how desirable it would be to obtain from India the other 
species of the genus, among which are some still finer. And they are all so easily cultivated, that 
they are just the things to introduce into gardens. Any body who can grow a Gloxinia can manage a 
Chirita . 
Fig. 1. represents a section of a corolla; 2. the ovary; and 3. its section. 
It appears to be a stove plant, requiring to be potted in a compost of peat loam and san in equal 
proportions. During the summer season an ample supply of water ae be given to e roots, 
i o wet the leaves as seldom as possible. In winter, water once a week wil be quite 
sufficient. It may be propagated from leaves, cut at the base of the veins, Gg laid down on a pot 
filled with silver sand. 
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