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CHIRONIA jasminoides. 
Limy jasmine-like Chironia. 
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PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. GEntTIAnm. Jussieu gen. 141. Div. II. Capsula simplex 
bilocularis. ; ’ 
GENTIANER. Brown prod. 449. : 
_ CHIRONIA,. , Cal. 5-fidus aut feré 5-partitus, persistens. Cor. hypo- 
gyna, regularis, marcescens; tubus eequalis calyci, limbus major 5-partitus 
zequalis. Stam. summo tubo inserta, antheris post deflorationem spiralitér 
contortis. Stylus declinatus; stigma capitatum.- Flores azillares aut ter~ 
minales. Species quedam suffrutescentes. Caps. interdiim subbaccata. Juss. 
gen. 142. 
_C. jasminoides, foliis lanceolatis, caule tetragono. Willd. sp. pl. 1. 1066. 
Chironia jasminoides. Lin. ameen. acad. 6. 84. n. 5, Thunb. prod. 35. Id. 
in trans. linn. soc.'7. 251; (non tamén Lamarckti illustr. t. 108. paces 
Chironia jasminoides. 8. Herb. Banks. sub specim. spont. capensi. 
Suffrutex sempervirens, viscoso-nitens, totus uniformiter virens, elastico- 
rigens, subsesquipedalis, paniculato-ramosus ; rami subtetragoni, erecti, fas- 
tigiato roduclt, foliati internodits utringue sulcatis, sulcorum plagis alterné 
(secundum foliorum decussationem ) mutatis, apice HOSEA EE Folia 
coriaceo-carnosula, crassiuscula, sessilia (2 opposita basibus non se tangentia), 
decussata, decurrentia, erecto-patula, internodiis longiora v. interdim breviora, 
angustiis oblonga, cuneato-lanceolata cum acumine brevi, aucta vitreo ato- 
mis albis pruinata, dimidium vel ad summum 3 partes uncie longa, sesqui- 
alteram-v. 2 lineas lata, ‘plana cum costa media subtis prominula, manducata 
amarissima. Flores pedunculati, erecti, terminales, solitarii, roseo-rubentes, 
suaveolentes, viscoso-lucidi, uncia profundiores: pedunculus vix longior flore, 
Sfoliolis 2 oppositis bast bracteatus, wersiis calycem subcrascescens atque nervoso- 
angulatus. Cal. herbaceus, crassus, oblongus, pentagonus; cequalis tubo 
corolla, subsemi-5-fidus, segmentis carinato-lanceolatis, erectis. Corolle tubus 
albidus, cylindricus, rectus, duplo feré brevior limbo, visco copioso obductus ; 
limbus rotatus, laciniis cuneato-lanceolatis acumine brevi. Stam. bis breviore 
limbo, erecto-conniventia: fil. alba: anth. dis sublongiores, lutece, lineares, 4~ 
sulcato-tetragone apice sub-4fide, a:basi infixe, erecta, (nec widimus con- 
tortas ; forte quia nondim rité defloratas)? Germ. virens, elongato-pyra~ 
midatum, angustum, caquale tubo, utringue sutura notatum: stylus conti- 
nuus, albus, declinatus, teres, utrinque striatus quasi ex 2-unitis conflatus, 
duplo longior v. magis at parim crassior filamentis, rigidus, viscidus + stigma 
apex obtusus crassiusculus. Bidae 055 ely. gC 
A species long since upon record; having been published 
by Linnzeus, in the name of one of his disciples, from a 
spontaneous specimen in the Herbarium of the learned 
Burmann. Yet it does not appear in the Hortus Kewensis ; 
nor is it known by any figure; the one under the name, in 
the Illustrations of Genera.by the Chevalier De Lamarck, 
obviously representing a different species. 
