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Chironia transvaalensis

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Identification
Chironia transvaalensis Gilg [family GENTIANACEAE ]
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  • Chironia transvaalensis

Flora

Entry for CHIRONIA transvaalensis Gilg [family GENTIANACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 4, page 1056, (1909) Author: By A. W. HILLand D. PRAIN.
Names
CHIRONIA transvaalensis Gilg [family GENTIANACEAE], in Engl. Jahrb. xxvi. 106;—Baker & N.E. Br. in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. iv. i. 555, 627; Schoch in Bot. Centralbl. Beih. xiv. 227; Thonn. Blütenpfl. Afr. t. 129.
CHIRONIA palustris Gilg [family GENTIANACEAE], in Warb. KuneneSamb. Exped. 334, not of Burch.
Information
stems terete, simple or sparingly branched, leafy throughout, 1–2 1/2 ft. long; leaves few, radical, subrosulate, obovate-spathulate, obtuse or subacute, gradually narrowed to the base, 1/2–1 1/2 in. long, 2–4 lin. wide, soon vanishing; cauline in 4–8 remote pairs, lanceolate, acute, 1–3 in. long, 1–3 lin. wide; flowers in lax terminal panicles with branches 1–2 in. and peduncles 1/2–2 1/2 in. long, spreading; calyx 3–3 1/2 lin. long, divided two-thirds; lobes ovate-lanceolate, acuminate; corolla-tube cylindric, as long as the calyx; lobes ovate-lanceolate, acute, entire, 6–8 lin. long, 2 1/2–3 1/2 lin. wide; anthers slightly spiral; ovary oblong, acute, 3 1/2 lin. long. null
Range
Also in Tropical Africa.
Distribution
EASTERN REGION Swaziland; Vlei near Oshoek, Burtt Davy, 2845!KALAHARI REGION Orange River Colony; Sanddrift Spruit, Burke, 298 in Herb. Brit. Museum! Transvaal; Magaliesberg Range, Burke! Zeyher, 1196! Crocodile River, Burke, 383! Zeyher! Johannesburg and vicinity, Ommanney, 72! Gilfillan in Herb. Galpin, 6232! D'Éstourgies! Pilgrims Rest, Greenstock! near Pretoria, 4000 ft., McLea in Herb. Bolus, 3101! Burtt Davy, 813! Fehr! Wonderboom Poort, Rehmann, 4526! Miss Leendertz, 450! Bronkhorst Spruit, near Middelburg, Wilms, 974a! near Lydenburg, Wilms, 974! river side at Highland Creek, Barberton, 2700 ft., Galpin, 779! Modderfontein, Conrath! Daspoort, Miss Leendertz! near Pietersburg, 4000 ft., Bolus, 10864! Mazol, Eyles, 527!
Notes
Closely allied to C. rosacea, Gilg, and perhaps only a form of that species, but readily distinguished by its narrower leaves and longer calyx-lobes.

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