_Cor._ rotata. _Pistillum_ declinatum. _Stamina_ tubo corollæ
infidentia. _Antheræ_ demum spirales. _Peric._ 2-loculare.

_Specific Character and Synonyms._

CHIRONIA _frutescens_, foliis lanceolatis subtomentosis, calycibus
campanulatis. _Lin. Syst. Vegetab. p. 229._

CENTAURIUM foliis binis oppositis angustis linearibus, flore magno
rubente. _Burm. Afric. 205. t. 74. fig. 1._

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Of the genus _Chironia_, ten species are enumerated in Prof. MURRAY's
last edition of the _Syst. Vegetab._ of LINNÆUS, exclusive of the
_Chironia Centaurium_ which we first added to this genus in the 42d
number of the _Flora Londinensis_.

Of these, the _frutescens_ is the most shewy, and therefore the most
cultivated.

It is a native of different parts of Africa.

The flowers are produced from June to autumn, and the seeds ripen in
October. This plant should be placed in an airy glass case in winter,
where it may enjoy a dry air, and much sun, but will not thrive in a
warm stove, nor can it be well preserved in a common green-house, because
a damp moist air will soon cause it to rot.

The seed of this plant should be sown in small pots filled with light