Chironia.] Lxxxvii. gentiane^ (baker and brown). 555 



the tube. Anthers 1-1;?} lin. long, twisted. Style overtopping the 

 anthers. — C. densijt or a, Scott-EWiot in Journ. Bot. 1891, 09. 



Mozamb. I>ist. British Central Africa : Xyasaland ; Mount Zomba, 4000- 

 6000 ft., Whyte! and without precise locality, Buchanan, 271 I 



2. C. erythraeodes, //{er?i in Cat. Afr. PL Welw. i. 709. An erect 

 glaucous-green annual, about 1 ft. high, rather fleshy. Stems several, 

 narrowly 4-winged. Root-leaves rosulate, ses.sile, f-lA in, long, |-^, in. 

 broad, obovate-spathulate, obtuse. Stem-leaves suberect, oblong or 

 lanceolate, shorter than the internodes, 1 in. or less long, semi-amplexi- 

 caul. Panicle ovoid, rather lax ; pedicels slender. Calyx campanulate, 

 deeply 5-lobed ; segments lanceolate, acuminate, \ in. long. Corolla 

 deep rosy-red, about 4 in. long ; tube very short, campanulate ; lobes 

 ovate, J in. long. Staminal-filaments ^^J in. long, linear-lanceolate ; 

 anthers ^ in. long, oblong, spirally twisted. 



]Lo\irer Guinea. Angola: Huilla; by swamps near LopoUo, 5000 ft., rare, 

 Welivitsch, 1525. 



8. C. humilis, Gilg in Enyl. Jahrb. xxvi. 105. Plant 4-14 in. 

 high, glabrous, apparently perennial or biennial. Rootstock slender, 

 producing 1-7 erect stems cymosely branched above. Radical leaves 

 rosulate, J-2 in. long, 1-21 lin. broad, spathulate, linear, or linear- 

 oblanceolate, obtuse; stem leaves in 4-8 pairs, j-lj in. long, linear, 

 subacute. Cymes rather lax, somewhat flat-topped or subpaniculate, 

 3- to many-flowered ; all or ultimate branchy assuming the character 

 of pedicels, but bibracteate close under the calyx, ascending Sepals 5, 

 narrowly ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, o-4 lin. long, J-1 lin. broad at 

 the base. Corolla bright pink; tube '2-2h lin. long; lobes 5-0 lin. 

 long, 2-d lin. broad, oblanceolate or obovate-acute. Anthers l-\\ lin. 

 long, very much twisted. Style 2^-3 lin. long; stigma ovoid. — C. 

 Wilmsii, Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. xxvi. 105. C. purpiirdscens, Rolfe in 

 Gates, Matabeleland, ed. 2, 404, not of Benth. ct Hook. f. 



XtXozaxnb. I>ist. Rhodesia : Ingan<;a ]\rountains, 6000-7000 ft., Ere/j/n Cecil, 

 190 ! Matabeleland, Gates ! 



Also in South Africa. 



4. C. transvaalensis, Gihj in Eiujl. Jahrb. xxvi. inO. Plant 

 1-2-J ft. high, glabrous, perennial or biennial ? Stems terete, cymosely 

 branched above. Radical leaves rosulate, l-ll in. long, J-.\ in. broad, 

 spathulate-obovate or oblong-oblanceolate, obtuse or acute ; stem-leaves 

 up to the inflorescence in 4-8 distant pairs, erector a.scendiog. 1-:^>J in. 

 long, 1-3J lin. broad, linear or linear-lanceolate, acute. Cyme lax, 

 elongate or flat-topped, 5-18-flowered, with ascending branches. 

 Pedicels h-2h in. long, ascending. Sepals 2J,-3 lin. long, J-1 lin. 

 broad, ovate-fanceolate, tapering to a very acute point, rather stoutly 

 and rigidly keeled. Corolla bright pink ; tube o lin. long ; lobes 0-8 

 lin. long, '2h-'^)h lin. broad, lanceolate, acute. Anthers 2-3J. lin. long, 

 straight or "slightly twisted. Style j-J in. long; stigma compressed- 

 ovoid, shortly bilobed. 



