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late keeled. Corolla purple ; tube length of calyx ; segments 

 of the limb ovate, acute, longer than the tube. 



Lychnis-like Chironia. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1816. Shrub 

 1 -2 feet. 



3 C. MELAMPYRIFOLIA (Lam. ill. p. 479. no. 2175.) stem 

 nearly simple, terete ; leaves lanceolate, with decurrent sides, 

 as in the preceding ; flowers pedicellate, axillary, disposed in a 

 terminal panicle. I? . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Calycine segments straight, acute, shorter than the tube of the 

 corolla. Segments of corolla longer than the tube. Perhaps 

 only a variety of C. lychnotdet. 



Melampyrum-leaced Chironia. Shrub 1-2 feet. 



4 C. NUDICAU'LIS (Lin. syst p. 229. suppl. 151. Cham, in 

 Linnaea, 6. p. 344-.) herbaceous ; glabrous ; leaves of different 

 forms, ovate-oblong, bluntish : radical ones often rosulate ; 

 stems many, simple, subtetragonal, bearing each 2 opposite lan- 

 ceolate leaves, and 1 flower : superior internodes elongated ; seg- 

 ments of calyx subulate, equal in length to the capsule, which 

 is cylindrically oblong, "if.. G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope, on the top of the Table Mountain. Thunb. prod. 1. 

 p. 35. and in Lin. trans. 7. p. 249. t. 12. f. 3. C. jasminoides, 

 Lam. diet. 1. p. 736. ill. t. 108. f. 2. Corolla purple. Calycine 

 segments length of the tube of the corolla. 



Var. a, tabularis (Cham, in Linnaea, 6. p. 344.) lower leaves 

 elliptic, bluntish. 



Var. j3, elongata (Eklon, mss. Cham. 1. c.) lower leaves linear- 

 lanceolate. 



Salted-stemmed Chironia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1816. PI. 

 1 foot. 



5 C. LINOIDES (Lin. hort. cliff. 54. spec. 272.) glabrous ; stem 

 branched ; branches terete, fastigiate ; leaves linear, erect, 

 fleshy, acute ; peduncles terminal, elongated ; calycine segments 

 acute, 1 -nerved ; capsule elliptic. lj . G. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope, Thunb. prod. p. 35. and in Lin. trans. 7. p. 252. 

 Curt. bot. mag. t. 511. Cb. vulgaris, Cham, in Linnaea, 6. p. 

 343. Breyn. cent. p. 175. t. 90. Calycine segments lanceolate, 

 shorter than the tube of the corolla. Corolla red, with ovate- 

 oblong, obtuse segments. Anthers not spiral, but incurved. 

 Stem nodulose. 



far. a, Imvidcs (Cham. 1. c.) shrub taller, looser ; leaves 

 broader, flat ; calycine segments narrow, 1-nerved. 



far. /3, intermedia (Cham. 1. c.) dwarfer ; leaves narrower ; 

 calycine segments triangular, 1-3 nerved, sometimes short, and 

 sometimes drawn out. 



Var. -f, lychnoides (Cham. 1. c.) calycine segments dilated, 

 subauriculate, short. Ch. lychnoides, Cham, et Schlecht, in 

 Linnaea, 1. p. 190. Var. /3, and y, a, probably of Lin. and 

 Thunb. Ch. emarginata, Jarouz, pi. nov. cap. 1821. p. 11. 



Flax-like Chironia. Fl. July, Sept, Clt. 1787. Sh. 1 to 2 feet. 



6 C. SERPYLLIFOLIA (Lehm. sem. hort. Hamb. 1828. p. 16. 

 Linnaea, 5. p. 362.) stems weak, tetragonal, glabrous ; leaves 

 ovate, nearly sessile, thick, dotted beneath ; peduncles terminal, 

 solitary ; calycine segments subulate. (? . G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Stems many from the same root ; corym- 

 bose at top. Corolla rose-coloured, about the size of those of 

 Ch. baccifera. Perhaps a species of Roslinia. 



Wild 'Thyme-leated Chironia. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1829. 

 Shrub 1 foot. 



7 C. TETRAGOKA (Lin. syst. 229. supp. 151.) glabrous; 

 branches tetragonal ; leaves ovate, 3-nerved, bluntish ; flowers 

 terminal, solitary ; calycine segments bluntish, keeled, clammy, 

 3 times shorter than the corolla. \j . G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope, Thunb. in Lin. trans. 7. p. 249. t. 12. f. 2. Co- 

 rollas purple. Perhaps a species of Roslinia. 



Tetragonal-branched Chironia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1824, 

 Shrub 1-2 feet. 



Cult. Peat with a little loam is the best soil for the species 

 of this genus ; and young cuttings planted in the same kind of 

 soil, with a hand-glass placed over them, strike root readily. 

 Although said to be shrubs, none of the species are long lived ; 

 and therefore frequently require to be raised from seeds or 

 cuttings. They are all pretty plants when in blossom. 



XXXVI. ROSLI'NIA (meaning unknown to us). Mcench, 

 meth. supp. p. 211. Chir6nia species, Lin. and others. Chi- 

 ronia, sect. Spuriae, Chara. in Linnaea, 6. p. 344. 



LIN. SYST. Pentandria, Monog^nia. Calyx 5-parted, with 

 short, subulate segments. Corolla salver- shaped, with ovate, 

 acute, short segments. Stamens 5 ; filaments short ; anthers 

 oblong, spiral. Style declinate ; stigma peltate. Berry fleshy, 

 1 -celled, many-seeded. Seeds rather compressed, nearly glo- 

 bose, dark, wrinkled from dots. Small shrubs, with opposite, 

 decussate leaves, and terminal, solitary, rose-coloured, or yellow 

 flowers. 



1 R. BACCIFERA (McEncb, 1. c.) branches subtetragonal; 

 leaves opposite, decussate, glabrous, linear-lanceolate, sessile, 

 decurrent, with reflexed edges, longer than the internodes ; 

 flowers terminal, solitary ; calycine segments 1 -nerved, acute, 

 propping the much larger globose berry. J? . G. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Chironia baccifera, Lin. spec. 273. 

 Thunb. prod. p. 33. and in Lin. trans. 7. p. 255. Curt. bot. 

 mag. 233. Commel. rar. t. 9. Flowers red. 



Berry-bearing Roslinia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1759. Shrub 

 1-2 feet. 



2 R. ANGUSTIFOLIA ; glabrous ; branches terete ? ; leaves 

 linear, spreading ; calyx ovate ; corollas clammy : segments 

 cuneated, acuminated ; calycine segments acute, conniving at 

 the points ; flowers solitary, terminal. ^ . G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Chironia angustifolia, Hort. Kew. ex. 

 Sims, bot. mag. t. 818. Flowers red, large. 



Narrow-leaved Roslinia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1800. Shrub 

 1 foot. 



3 R. FRCTE'SCENS ; downy ; stem and branches terete ; leaves 

 lanceolate, obtuse, rather tomentose, as well as the branches and 

 calyxes; flowers terminal, corymbose; calycine segments obtuse, 

 almost nerveless, inclosing a lanceolate, elliptic berry. I? . G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope, Chironia frutescens, Lin. 

 spec. 270. amoen. 4. p. 308. Mill. fig. t. 97. Lam. ill. t. 

 108. f. 1. Curt. bot. mag. t. 37. Commel. rar. t. 8. Corolla 

 large, of an elegant red. 



Var. /3 ; leaves narrow-linear ; flowers large, red. ^ . G. 

 Chironia frutescens, /3, Lam. diet. 1. p. 737. Burm. aft. 205. 

 t. 74. f. 1. 



Var.y,decussiUa; plant more tomentose ; leaves more crowded; 

 branches very short ; flowers rather larger. Tj . G. Chironia 

 decussata, Vent. eels. t. 31. Curt. bot. mag. t. 707. Chironia 

 frutescens /3, latifolia, Wendl. coll. t. 4. 



Var. I, glabra (Cham, in Linnaea, 6. p. 344.) plant glabrous. 



Var. , albiflara; flowers pure white. 



Fntescent Roslinia. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1756. Shrub, 

 1-2 feet. 



Cult. See Chironia above for culture and propagation. 



XXXVII. ERYTHRJE'A (from epvOpoc, erythrot, red 

 flowers). Renealm, spec. 77. t. 76. Borkh. in Roem. arch. 1. 

 p. 28. Richard in Pers. ench. 1. p. 283. R. Br. prod. p. 45. 

 Schkuhr, handb. t. 59. Chironia andGentiana species of authors. 



Lrs. SYST. Pentandria, Monogynia. Calyx subpentagonal, 



5-cleft. Corolla funnel-shaped, marcescent, with a short limb. 



Anthers spiral, in the old state ; style erect. Stigmas 2, roundish. 



Capsule linear, 2-valved. Small annual glabrous plants. Leaves 



Dd 2 



