1900 SUPPLEMENT—RECENT INTRODUCTIONS, &C. 
Chionodoxa—continued, 
C. sardensis (Sardis), . similarly coloured to those of 
C. Lucilie, but not shading lighter in the centre; perianth 
stellate-infundibuliform, the limb twice exceeding the tube; 
pedicels cernuous ; scape two- to six-flowered. Z convolute- 
channelled. 1887, (Gn. xxviii., p. 178; R. G. 1255 B-c.) 
CHIONOPHILA (from chion, snow, and phileo, to 
love; the plant is found growing on the snow-capped Rocky 
Monntains of Colorado), Orb. Scrophularinee. A mono- 
typic genus, This species is a dwarf, hardy perennial, 
glabrous or meaty so, thriving in well-drained soil on the 
rockery. It may be propagated by seeds or by division. 
C. Jamesii (Dr. James's). fl. few or many in a dense spike, 
mostly secund; corolla dull cream-colour, above jin. long: 
Summer. 1. thickish, entire, mostly radical in a tuft, spathulate 
or lanceolate, tapering into a scarious, sheathing base; those on 
“the scape-like flowering stems one or two pairs or occasionally 
saa Cae hk. lin, to Sin. 1888. (G. & F. 1888, i., 
Spend: £510: 
CHIONSCILLA (name compounded from Chionodora 
and Scilla). Orp. Inliacee. This name is applied to a 
series of natural hybrids between Scilla bifolia and 
Chionodowa Incilie. For culture, see Scilla. 
C. Alleni (Allen’s) is a very handsome plant, in colour and 
- general habit resembling a good C. Luciliw, but the perianth 
segments are cut to the base; in structure the plant comes near 
to Scilla bifolia. 1889. (G. C. 1897, i., p, 191, f. 57.) 
CHIRITA. Syn. Calosacme. Including Liebigia and 
Tromsdorfia (of R. Brown), This genus embraces about 
twenty species, mostly Indian, a few being West Malayan 
and Chinese ; it is very closely allied to Didymocarpus, but 
the stigma is ‘“‘said to be sub-entire in Didymocarpus, bifid 
in Chiyita ; in Chirita it varies with age” (C, B. Clarke). 
To the species described on pp. 315-6, Vol. I., the following 
should be added : 
C. depressa (depressed). fl. violet, L4in. long ; corolla tube some- 
what inflated, thrice as long as the rounded lobes; cymes few- 
flowered, shortly pedunculate. June. 7. rosulate, shortly and 
broadly petiolate, broadly ovate, obtuse, bluntly serrated. 
Rhizome short, stout. China, 1889. Greenhouse. A dwarf 
species, soon forming a dense mass of foliage. (B. M. 7213.) 
Cc. hamosa (hooked). ae corolla gin. long, the tube slender, 
nearly white, the mouth pale blue or somewhat rose-coloured ; 
peduncles connate and adnate to the petiole. J. opposite, ovate 
or elliptic, acute, lin. to 6in. long, sin. to 4in. broad, rounded at 
base, weakly hairy on both surfaces.. Stem varying from 4in. to 
20in, in length. India, 1896. Syn. Rottlera hamosa (R. H. 
1896, p. 184). 
C. Horsfieldii (Horsfield’s). 1. drooping ; corolla pale yellowish- 
white, with a purple tinge near the base, tubular, the limb of five 
spreading lobes; peduncles aggregated, February. /. large, 
opposite, spreading, ovate or elliptical, acuminate, serrated, 
hairy above, rough with harsh down. Stem herbaceous, 14ft. to 
2ft. high. Java, 1847, Syns. Liebigia speciosa (B. M. 4315), 
Tromsdorfia speciosa, 
Cc. Walkeri (Walker’s). 
flowered. Otherwise like C. Moonit. 
under name of C. Walkerice.) 
_CHIRONIA. Fourteen species of this genus have been 
described. To those given on p. 316, Vol. I., the following 
should be added. Several plants formerly included here 
_are now referred to Exacum, Orphium, and Sabbatia. 
C. angustifolia (narrow-leaved). A synonym of Orphium 
- frutescens. : 
C. decussata (decussate), A synonym of Orphiwm frutescens. 
C. frutescens (shrubby). A synonym of Orphium frutescens. 
C. palustris (marsh-loving). l. rose-red, numerous, in branching, 
leafy cymes ; calyx 4in. Jong ; corolla nearly 2in. across, the seg- 
ments obtuse. Summer, J/., radical ones densely tufted, 4in. to 
Sin. long, very narrow-spathulate, obtuse ; cauline ones sessile, 
noe by their bases, Stem stout, lft. to 1}ft. high. (B. M. 
Cc. peduncularis (long-pedunculate). l. reddish-purple, lin. 
across, borne on long pedicels ; corolla tube terete, equalling the 
ovate, acuminate lobes. July to October. /. sessile, cordate or 
rounded at base, ovate-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, three- 
nerved. 1835 and 1887. Plant decumbent. (B. M. 7047; B. R. 
1803.) Syn. C. trinervis, of gardens (P. M. B. iii. 149). 
C. trinervis (three-nerved). An old garden name for C. pedun- 
cularis, 
CHLZ:NACEZ. A small natural order (eight species) 
of trees and shrubs, of botanical interBst, confined to 
Madagascar, and ranking between erocarpee and 
Malwacez. 
CHLAMYDOSTYLIS. A synenym of Nemastylis 
(which gee). 
jl., larger peduncles one- to five- 
Ceylon,. 1845. (B. M. 4327, 
227 
-CHLAMYSPORUM. A synonym of Thysanotus 
(which see). 
CHLIDANTHUS. Syn. Coleophyllum. This is a 
monotypic genus, the species being that described on p, 316, 
ol. I. 
CHLOIDIA. A synonym of Corymbis (which see). 
CHLOOPSIS. A synonym of Ophiopogon (which sce). 
CHLORITA VIRIDULA. ‘See Potato Insect 
Pests. 
CHLOROCODON (from chloros, green, and kodon, a 
bell; in allusion to.the colour and shape of the flowers). 
Mundi-root. Orb. Asclepiadeew. A monotypic genus. Tho 
species is a tall, leafy, warm-greenhouse climber, allied to 
Periploca. It thrives in any good soil, and is increased by 
cuttings of the ripened shoots, inserted in sand, under a 
bell-glass, in bottom-heat. The aromatic roots are 
extensively collected and sold by the native tribes, being 
used as a stomachie, 
C. Whitei (A. S. White's). j. pale green, between rotate 
and campanulate, jin. across, the segments purple towards the 
base internally, where there is a thickened ring swelling into 
five notched lobes; cymes axillary, corymbose, many-flowered. 
August. J. opposite, shortly petiolate, 6in. to 10in. long, broadly - 
oval-oblong, abruptly acuminate, cordate,at base. Natal, 1869, 
(B. M. 5898; G. C, 1895, ii., p. 224; R. H. 1895, p. 375.) 
CHLOROPHORA (from chloros, greenish, and phoreo, 
to bear ; alluding to the economic properties of C. tinctoria). 
ORD. Urticacew. A genus comprising only two species of 
milky, stove trees ; one is a native of tropical America, and 
the other is tropical African, Flowers dicecions, the males 
in eylindrical spikes, the females in globose or oblong 
heads ; inflorescences of both sexes shortly pedunculate, 
solitary in the axils. Leaves alternate, petiolate, entire or 
toothed, penniveined; stipules lateral, cadncous, Tho 
following species thrives in almost any soil, and is readily 
propagated by enttings of the half-ripened wood. 
C. tinctoria (dyers’). Fustic-tree. _l., male inflorescence lJin. to 
2zin. long; females din. to 4in. in diameter; peduncles pubescent 
or puberulous. 2. distichous, 2in. to 6in. long, 1zin. to 23in. 
broad, ovate or ovate-elliptic, entire or toothed, rarely lobed ; 
etioles fin. to in, long. h. 20ft. Tropical America, 1739. 
ellow, brown, olive, and green dyes are extracted from the 
wood, Syn. Maclura tinctoria. G 
CHLOROPHYTUM. Syns. Asphodelopsis, Hart- 
wegia (of Nees), Schidospermum. The species aro 
natives of Asia, tropical and South Africa, and America ; 
they only differ from Anthericwm in the capsule being 
acute-angled, and in the filaments being usually more or 
less dilated towards the middle. The following species call 
for description. For culture, see Anthericum. 
Cc. arundinaceum (Reed-like). fl. white; perianth segments 
sin. to jin. long; raceme 3in. to 8in. long, simple or shortly 
branched; scape stout, 6in. to 20in, long. 7. oblanceolate, 
obtuse, acute, or acuminate, 6in. to 18in. long, 14in. to 2in. broad, 
usually narrowed into a broad petiole. Fastern Himalayas, 
1876. Half-hardy, 
Cc. brachystachyum (short-spiked). 
dense raceme. @. Eucomis-like, 8in. long. 
Stove. 
Cc. elatum (tall). #., perianth whitish, 4in. long; racemes lax, 
asccnding, 6in. to 12in, long ; scape Sft. to 4ft. long, including the 
inflorescence, which is copiously paniculate. 7. twelve to twenty, 
lanceolate, firm, 1sft. to 2ft. long, lin. broad, with about thirty 
distinet ribs. South Africa. Greenhouse. (Ref. B. 216.) 
C, e. variegatum (variegated). The correct name of Anthericum 
variegatum. 
Cc. Kirkii (Kirk’s). jl., perianth white, greenish outside, in. 
long; raceme lax, simple, 4in. to Sin. long; peduncle shorter 
than the leaves. Summer. J/. about six to a stem, thin, lanceo- 
late, 14ft. long, 4in. to lin. broad. Mozambique, 1882. Stove. 
C. rhizomatosum (rhizomatous). . /l., perianth Jin. long, the 
segments white, with a brown keel ; racemes two, lax, erect, 3in. 
to 4in. long ; peduncle shorter than the leaves. August. 7., pro- 
duced ones about six to a stem, firm, linear, acuminate, 6in. to 
Sin. long, fin: to 4in. broad, not petiolate. Rootstock vertical, 
4in. in diameter, bearing many surperposed relics of old leaves. 
Mozambique, 1885, Stove. 
CHLOROSIS, or BLANCHING, is « disease found 
in many kinds of fruit-trees, as well as upon the Vine. As 
its second name suggests, it is characterised by a loss of 
colour in the foliage, which, instead of being green and 
healthy-looking, presents a yellowish, sickly appearance, 
In France the disease is very prevalent on Vines, especially 
Jl. white, small, in a 
Nyassaland, 1893, 
