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~Chironia Frutescens. Shrubby Chironia.~
_Class and Order._
~Pentandria Monogynia.~
_Generic Character._
_Cor._ rotata. _Pistillum_ declinatum. _Stamina_ tubo corollae
infidentia. _Antherae_ 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 LINNAEUS, 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
sandy earth, and plunged into a moderate hot-bed; sometimes the seeds
will lie a long time in the ground; so that if the plants do not appear
the same season, the pots should not be disturbed, but preserved in
shelter till the following spring, and then plunged into a fresh
hot-bed, which will bring up the plants in a short time if the seeds are
good. When the plants are fit to remove, they should be transplanted
into small pots, four or five in each pot, then plunged into a moderate
hot-bed, where they must have a large share of air in warm weather; when
they have obtained some strength, they must be gradually inured to the
open air; when exposed abroad, they should be mixed with such plants as
require little water, placed in a warm situation, and screened from
heavy rains, which are apt to rot them. The cuttings of this sort take
root if properly managed. _Miller's Gard. Dict._
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~Viburnum Tinus. Common Laurustinus.~
_Class and Order._
~Pentandria Trigynia.~
_Generic Character._
_Calyx_ 5-partitus, superus. _Cor._ 5-fida. _Bacca_ 1-sperma.
_Specific Character and Synonyms_.
VIBURNUM _Tinus_ foliis integerrimis ovatis: ramificationibus venarum
subtus villoso-glandulosis. _Lin. Syst. Vegetab. p. 294._