13 6 CHAMAEANTHUS 



Chamaeantbus Schlechter. Orchidaceae (ll. 20). \ Java, Borneo. 



Chamaeanthus Ule. Commelinaceae. i Amazon valley. 



Chamaebatia Benth. Rosaceae (in. 3). 2 California. 



Cbamaebuxus (Tourn.) Spach = Pol) gala L. p.p. (Polygal.). 



Cbamaecbaenactis Rydberg (Chaenactis p p ). Comp (6). i U.S. 



Chamaecladon Miq. (Homalonenia p.p. El\) Arac. (v). 40 Malaya. 



Chamaecrista Moench. = Cassia Tourn. p.p. (Legum.). 



Cbamaecyparis Spach. Coniferae (Pinaceae; see C. for gen. char.). 

 8 N. Am., Japan. C. mitkacnsis Spach (Thuya excelsa Bong.) is 

 the Sitka cypress or yellow cedar; C. sphaeroidea Spach (Thuya 

 sphaeroidalis Rich.) the white cedar of N. Am.; C. (Cuprcsstis) 

 Lawsoniana Parl., C. (T/i.} pi si f era Sieb. et Zucc. and C. (Th) olilnsa 

 Sieb. et Zucc. are Japanese. All yield useful timber, especially the 

 first two. The genus is much confused with Thuya and Cupressus 

 (in nomenclature). 



Cbamaedapbne Moench. (Lyonia p.p. EP. ; Cassandra BH.). Eric, 

 (n. i). i N. temp. 



Chamaedorea Willd. Palmae (iv. i). 60 trop. and subtrop. Am. Small 

 reedy palms, often forming suckers. Dioecious. 



Cbamaedrys Moench. = Teucrium Tourn. p.p. (Labiat.). 



Cbamaegeron Schrenk (Aster p.p. EP.}. Comp. (3). i C. As. 



Cbamaelaucium Desf. Myrtaceae (n. 2). nW. Austr. Heath-like. 



Cbamaele Miq. Umbelliferae (in. 5). 3 Japan. 



Cbamaelea (Toui n. ) Adans. (Cnconuti p.p. ). Cneor. r Canaries. 



Chamaelirium Willd. Liliaceae (i). 2 All. N. Am. 



Cbamaemeles Lindl. Rosaceae (n). i Madeira. 



Cbamaemelum Vis. = Matricaria Tourn. (Compos.). 



Cbamaenerion (Tourr.) Adans. (Epilobium BH.}. Onagraceae (2). 

 4 temp, and subtrop., exc. Austr. 



Chamaeorchis Koch (HerminiumW\\\A. BH.}. Orchid, (n. i). i Mts. 

 of Eur., C. alpina Rich. See Miiller's Alpenbliniifn, p. 73. 



Chamaepericlimenum Ascliers. et GraeLn. (Com its Tourn. p.p. BH.). 

 Cornaceae. 2 N. temp. 



Cbamaepeuce DC. -Cnicus Tourn. ( J 5A r .) = Cirsium Adans. p.p. 



Cbamaepitys Tourn. ex Rupp. = Ajuga Tourn. p.p. (Lab.). 



Cbamaeranthemum Nees. Acanthaceae (iv. B). 3 trop. Am. 



ChamaerapMs R. Br. Gramineae (5). ^ trop., exc. Afr. 



Chamaerbodos Bunge. Rosaceae (in. 2). 6 Siberia, N.W. Am. 



Chamaerops L. Palmae (I. 2). 2 Mcdit. C. hnmilis L. is the only 

 sp. of palm found in Eur. Decorative. 



Cbamaesaracba A. Gray. Solanaceae (2). 6 N. Am., Japan. 



Cbamaesciadium C. A. Mey. Umbelliferae (in. 5). i W. As. 



Cbamaescilla F. Muell. Liliaceae (in). 2 W. Austr. 



Cbamaespbacos Schrenk. Labiatae (vi). 3 C. As. 



Chamaexeros Benth. (Acanthocarpus Lehm. EP.). Liliaceae (in). 

 (Juncaceae BH.}. 2 Austr. 



Chamagrostis Borkh. = Mibora Adans. (Gramin.). 



Cbambeyronia Vieill. Palmaceae (inc. sed.). 3 New Caled. 



Cbamelum I'hil. Iridaceae (n). 3 Chili. 



Chamira Thunb. Cruciferae (i). '2 S. Afr. 



Cbamisal. cf. Chaparral. 



