CHIRONIA GLUTINOSA. 
(Glutinous Chiron.) 
Class. 
PENTANDRIA. 
Order. 
MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
GENTIANACEiE. 
(Gentian- Worts, Veg. King.) 
Generic Character — Calyx five-parted. Corolla 
salver-shaped, with a narrow tube, and a spreading 
limb, which is longer than the tube. Stamens five ; 
filaments broad, short, rising from the top of the tube ; 
anthers oblong, erect, connivent, at length spirally 
twisted. Style declinate, a little longer than the 
stamens. Stigma capitate, assurgent. Pericarp one- 
celled, two-valved. Seeds numerous. — Don's Syst. 
Specific Character.— Plant an evergreen sub-shrub, 
three to four feet high, of a dark rich green. Stem 
smooth, much branched ; branches rather succulent, 
spreading. Leaves three to five-veined, opposite, ovate- 
lanceolate. Flowers large, two inches or more in 
diameter, of a bright red-lilac colour. Calyx five- 
parted, acuminated ; tube shorter than the corolla. 
Corolla persistent, limb expanded, five-parted, each 
part of an equal size. Stamens longer than the tube 
of the corolla. 
This fine species of Chironia was first detected as a poor and insignificant-looking 
plant, cast aside as rubbish, in the Hull Botanical Garden, four years ago. The 
curator there is said to have raised it from seeds received from Australia, but of this 
nothing certain can be ascertained. 
It is a greenhouse plant, and forms a very neat-growing shrub, with a good 
bushy habit, and is covered with a profusion of flowers for many months in the 
year. 
The cultivation of the plant is easy : a mixture of loam, peat, and well-rotted 
leaf mould in equal parts, is the most suitable soil. 
Like the other species of Chironia, the main things essential to maintain this 
plant in good health and rapid growth are — allowing the roots sufficient room to 
extend, and preserving a regular but not over abundant quantity of humidity in 
the soil and atmosphere. Also, at the time of potting, above an average quantity 
of broken crocks is requisite for drainage. An airy place in the greenhouse should 
also be selected, where it can enjoy a strong light. And lastly, in winter, water 
must be supplied very sparingly. 
