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Chrysocoma—continued. d. 
Composite.  Pappus simple; receptacle naked; p 
hemispherical or broadly bell-shaped, imbrieate. A ^ 
species of this genus (about eight) are е. = - 
growing, South African shrubs. The one кее : ow 
(perhaps the only one in cultivation) succeeds д іп 
sandy peat. Cuttings of half-ripened shoots root freely in 
sand, under a glass. 
Fic. 450. CHRYSOCOMA COMA-AUREA, showing Habit and 
Flower-head. 
C. Coma-aurea (golden hair).* 7.-hzads yellow. June. J. linear, 
straight, smooth, decurrent at back. A.2it. Саре of Good Hope, 
1731. A greenhouse evergreen. See Fig. 450. (B. M. 1972.) 
C. Linosyris (Linosyris). /L-heads yellow, in terminal, dense, 
hemispheric. corymbs. A. lft, to 2ft. Northern hemisphere 
(Britain). Hardy perennial. 
CHRYSODIUM. See Acrostichum. 
CHRYSOGONUM (from chrysos, gold, and gonu, a 
knee or joint; the flowers are generally produced at the 
joints of the stem). Orp. Composite. There are some 
half-dozen plants referred to this genus; two are Indian, 
three Australian. The typical species (probably the only 
one in cultivation) is described below. It is a very pretty, 
hardy, herbaceous perennial, thriving best in a loamy 
soil, with the addition of a little peat and leaf mould. 
Propagated by dividing the roots, in spring. 
E um (Virginian)* j.-heads yellow; involucre about 
five-leaved ; receptacle paleaceous ; pappus а small, chaffy crown, 
three-toothed. May. l somewhat ovate, bluntly serrated ; 
petioles longer than the leaves. A. 6in. United States. 
CHRYSOPHYLLUM (from chrysos, gold, and phyl- 
lon, a leaf; referring to the colour of the under side of the 
leaves). Star Apple. ORD. Sapolacegm. Stove evergreen 
trees. Flowers disposed in axillary, umbellate fascicles ; 
corolla campanulately rotate, with a five-parted, spreading 
limb. Fruit globose, one to ten-celled. Leaves alternate, 
entire. These plants are grown principally on account of 
their ornamental foliage, as the fruit is not produced until 
_ they have assumed a very considerable size. They require 
potting in sandy loam and peat, in the proportion of two 
parts of the former to one of the latter. An abundance of 
heat and moisture is needed during the growing season, but 
less during winter, though ey must then by no means be 
allowed to suffer from want of water, or the result will be 
the loss of many leaves, and consequent disfigurement. 
Chrysophylinms may be increased by cuttings of small, 
well-ripened shoots, plunged in strong moist heat, or by 
seeds, when procurable. ы 
argenteum (silvery-leaved) This species differs from C. Cainito 
only in the silvery under surface of the leaves, West Indies, &c. 
C. Cainito (Cainito) fl. whitish, small. May. jr. large, rather 
depressed, rose-coloured, mixed with green and yellow: skin 
smooth and glabrous; flesh soft, clammy,- sweet, and hispid. 
L oblong, пы оре and apex, 341 
rous above, but silky and rusty beneath. Branches clothed 
Per silky rusty down. k. 30ft. to 50ft. West Indies, 1737, 
macrophyllum (large-leaved).* 1, oblong-lanceolate, 6in. to 
6 in length, and 2in. to 3in. in breadth, deep green above, 
lensely clothed on the under side when young with rich golden, 
Mes эш, "s nu. im to Sat сои. ^. 50%, 
7 rare but magnificen . The foli 
assumes its proportions when young. Е м» 
їп, to 4in, long, quite . 
Chrysophyllum —continued. d 
C.monopyrenum (one-stoned) f. whitish, small. jr. shining, 
Ды ПЕ i dp in form like a small date. T alternate, oval. 4in. 
to 5in. long, 2in. broad. h. 30ft. West Indies, 1812. (B. M. 5505.) 
CHRYSOPSIS (from chrysos, gold, and opsis, aspect ; 
in allusion to the golden blossoms). Окъ. Composite. 
Hardy, herbaceous perennials. Pappus of the ray and disk- 
florets similar and double; the exterior short and sca е- 
like; the inner of long, capillary bristles. Some of tne 
species make excellent subjects for naturalising in a shrub- 
bery or in the rougher parts of borders, They are easily 
grown in common ‘oil. Propagated by division in spring. 
C. falcata (sickle-shaped) /l.-heads yellow, small, corymbose. 
August. Z. crowded, linear, rigid, entire, somewhat recurved or 
scythe-shaped, sessile. л. 4in. to 10іп. New Jersey. i 
C. mariana (Maryland). jl.-heads yellow, corymbose, on glandular 
peduncles, reete to October. 1. oblong. h. 106. to 2%. 
New York. Plant silky with long and weak hairs, or, when 
old, smoothish. 
C. trich lla (haíry-leaved). 
narrow-oblong, sub-acute, hairy. 
South United States, 1827. 
C. villosa (villous). (fl.-heads yellow. July to September. J. 
narrowly oblong, hoary with rough pubescence (as is also the 
involucre), bristly-ciliate towards the base. Stem DE nities | 
branched, the branches terminated by single, short-peduncl 
heads. North America, 
CHRYSOSPLENIUM (from chrysos, gold, and 
splen, the spleen; in reference to the golden colour of 
the flowers, and the supposed virtue of the plant in 
diseases of the spleen). Golden Saxifrage. ORD. Kaxi- 
frageew. Hardy, perennial herbs. Flowers yellow, some- 
what corymbose. Leaves thickish, simple, petiolate, toothed. 
The two native species, alternifolium and oppositifolium, 
are not very showy plants, but constitute pretty ornaments 
for damp, boggy places. They grow about біп, high and 
ате very easily progagated by divisions. 
CHEYSOSTEMMA TRIPTERIS. Sec 
fl.-heads yellow. June. l 
Stem slender, 1ft. to 5ft. high. 
Ree Core- 
opsis tripteris. 
CHRYSOXYLON. A synonym of Pogonepus 
(which see), 
CHRYSURUS. Asynonym of Lamarckia (which see). 
CHYMOCARPUS PENTAPHYLLUS. Sco Tro- 
pæolum pentaphyllum. 
Fig. 451. CHYSIS BRACTESCENS. 
CHYSIS (from chysis, melting; in reference to tho 
‘used appearance of the pollen masses). ORD. Orchidew. 
A small but beautiful genus of stove, deciduous epiphytes. 
Flowers very showy, colours bright, texture firm, and the 
Surface even and waxy; lip beautifully marked. Pseudo- E | 
