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Chamzdorea—continued, 
Fic. 237 CHAMZDOREA GRAMINITOLIA, 
_C. stolonifera (stolon-bearing). #. yellow, spadices intrafoliolar, 
branched, the males shorter than the leaves. /. terminal, 10in. 
long, bright green, shortly petiolate, obovate, cleft to below the 
middle into two dimidiate-oblong, nine-nerved segments ; outer 
margin of the segments crenately toothed, the inner Buen. 
convex ; petioles lin. to lJ4in. long. Stems slender, 3ft. high, 
growing in dense tufts, with interlaced stolons. South Mexico, 
1882. (B. M. 7265.) 
C. Wobstiana (Wobst's). An ornamental 
Palm, bearing a close resemblance to C. Sar- 
torii, but it is more robust, and has more 
numerous leaves. 1885. 
Other species in cultivation, but very rarely 
met with, are: €. amazonica, C. corallina, 
C. elegantissima, C. Pringlei, C. pygmea, and 
C. Ruizii. 
CHAMZFISTULA. Included under 
Cassia (which see). 
CHAMZZLAUCIUM. Ten species of 
this genus have been described, all Aus- 
tralian, but only one has been introduced. 
C. plumosum (feathery). A synonym of Ver- 
ticordia Fontanesii. 
CHAMZILIRIUM (from chamai, 
dwarf, and Lirion, a Lil¥; in allusion to 
the habit and affinity of the plant). Sywns. 
Dasurus, Diclinotrys, Ophiostachys. ORD. 
Ttliacex. A monotypic genus. The species, 
C. luteum (Syns. Helonias lutea, B. M. 
1062, H. pumila), is a hardy, erect peren- 
nial, native of North America, with a dense 
raceme of tiny yellow flowers, leaves 3in. _ 
to 6in. long, and a stem Ift. to 3ft. high. 
It is of no great horticultural value. : 
* CHAMZNERIUM, or CHAMZE- 
NERION. Included under Epilobium 
(which see). 
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CHAMZPEUCE. To the species described on p, 306, 
Vol. I., the following should be added: 
C. afra (dark). jl.-heads bright purple, large; inyolucre thick, 
with lanceolate scales. 7, dark green, blotched with white, 
disposed in a rosette, sessile, linear-lanceolate, glabrous above, 
white-tomentose beneath. Stem 24ft. high, bearing eight to 
twelve flower-heads. Armenia, &c., 1894, A handsome, half- 
hardy, Thistle-like biennial. 
C. Sprengeri (Sprcupene) Jl.-heads white, fragrant ; involucral 
scales smooth. J. linear-lanceolate, dark green, with white veins, 
the side veins running into two or three marginal spines. 1883. 
Garden hybrid. A hardy perennial, useful for rockwork and 
carpet-bedding. 
CHAMZPITHYS. Included under Ajuga (which 
see). 
CHAMZRANTHEMUM. Two or three species, all 
Brazilian, make up this genus. Flowers white or yellowish, 
solitary or in spikes; corolla tube long and slender, the 
limb of five spreading, imbricated, flat lobes ; stamens four, 
didynamous, affixed towards the middle of the tube, 
included. Leaves rather large, membranons, entire, some- 
times variegated. To the species, &c., described on p. 306, 
Vol. I., the following should be added : 
C. Gaudichaudii (Gaudichaud’s). fl. distant, disposed in a 
solitary, terminal spike l4in. long. /. sub-cordate-ovate, acute, 
Sin. to 3uin. long, 24in. broad ; petioles tin. long. Stem creeping 
at base. 1869. Plant softly velvety. (F. d. S. 1767.) 
C.igneum. Stenandriwm igneum is identical with this species. 
C. nitidum (shining). A synonym of Ebermaiera nitida. 
CHAMZRIPHES. A synonym of Chamerops 
(which see). 
CHAMZROPS. Syn. Chameriphes. According to 
the ‘‘ Genera Plantarum,’’ the two species are restricted to 
the Mediterranean region, but the ‘‘Index Kewensis”’ 
includes one or two others, natives of South America and 
Manritius. See also Acanthorhiza, Livistona, and 
Nannorhops. 
Cc. humilis dactylocarpa (finger-fruited). This variety is 
distinguished from the type in having elongated fruit. 1889. 
There is also a tall, tree-like variety—arborescens. 
Cc. h. elegans (elegant). A very beautiful variety for indoor 
decoration. See Fig. 238. 
Cc. macrocarpa is a variety of C. humilis. 
In addition to dactylocarpa and macrocarpa, the following 
varieties are grown at Kew: bilaminata, elegans, and tomentosa. 
CHAMZA:STEPHANUM. Included under Schkuhria 
(which see). 
CHAMZATHRINAX (from chamai, dwarf, and 
Thrinaz, an allied genus). Orp. Palme. A small genus 
of stove Palms. C. Hookeriana, a native of Buenos Ayres, 
isin the Kew collection, but is not in general cultivation. 
Fic. 238. 
CHAMAROPS HUMILIS ELEGANS. 
