CHIRONIA CHRYSANTHEMUM. 105 



CHIEONIA. 



GENTIANE.E. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



This genus, like the centaury, is named after the centaur Chiron. 

 THERE are several species of Chironia, which, being 

 chiefly natives of the Cape, may be treated in the same 

 manner. They are little shrubby plants, varying in colour 

 according to the species : blue, purple, yellow, or red. 

 The most common are the berry-bearing kinds, of which 

 there are two ; one, which is, on this account, named the 

 Berry-bearing Chironia; the other, Frutescens, or Fruit- 

 bearing. The first of these is both in flower and in fruit 

 during nearly the whole of the summer. 



These plants must be housed in the winter, but so placed 

 as to receive as much sun as possible ; and fresh air in mild 

 weather. They must be observed daily, that they may not 

 be left with the earth dry, but must have only water suf- 

 ficient to prevent this, particularly in the winter ; and must 

 be preserved from damps. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM. 



CORYMBIFER^E. SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA. 



This name is derived from the Greek, and signifies gold-flower. 



THIS article will be found to contain some of the Mary- 

 golds, of which the different kinds are so dispersed, and 

 so intimately connected with many different genera, that 

 it would rather increase than lessen the confusion to place 

 them all under one head. The Index will refer to such 

 articles as relate to them. 



One of the handsomest of the Chrysanthemums is the 

 Indian *; the flowers of which are three inches or more in 



* Italian, Magellanica. 



