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The seeds should be sown in autumn ; and in the spring, when 

 the plants are come up, they may be put into pots of good 

 earth, and kept supplied with water in dry weather : these 

 pots may be interm xed with other plants, to adorn court- 

 yards, &c. where they will appear very handsome. 



19. Chenopodium Muritimum; Sen Goosefoot, or White 

 (Shisswort. Leaves awl-shaped, semicylindrical. Root an- 

 nual, fibrous, small ; stem eight or nine inches high, erect, 

 branched, round, leafy; leaves alternate, succulent, abound- 

 ing with a salt juice; flowers green, sessile, two to four 

 together in small clusters, with a pair of bractes to each. 

 Common on the sea-coast in various parts of Europe; and 

 is collected for the manufacture of glass. 



20. Chenopodium Aristatem. Leaves lanceolate, some- 

 what fleshy: corymbs dichotomous, awned, axillary j root 

 annual; stem two to five inches high, much branched; 

 flowers small, greenish. Native of Siberia. 



21. Chenopodium Oppositifolium. Leaves opposite, lan- 

 ceolate, awl-shaped, very short; stem somewhat woody, 

 cylindrical, much branched, nearly erect-spreading, oppo- 

 site, striated with reddish lines ; flowers in axillary leafy 

 clusters. Native of Siberia, about the river Jaick. 



Cherleria ; a genus of the class Decandria, order Trigynia. 

 GENERIC CHARACTER. Calix : perianth five -leaved ; leaf- 

 lets lanceolate, concave, equal. Curolla : petals none, 

 except the calix or nectary be so called ; nectaries five, emar- 

 ginate, placed in a circle, very small. Stamina: filamenta 

 ten, subulate, of which the alternate ones are affixed to the 

 back of the nectaries ; antherae simple. Pistil : germen 

 ovate; styles three, spreading; stigmas simple. Pericarp: 

 capsule ovate, three-celled, three-valved. Seeds ; two or 

 three, kidney-shaped. ESSENTIAL CHARACTER. Calix : five- 

 leaved. Nectaries: five, bifid, resembling petals. Anther a : 

 alternate, barren. Capsule -. one-celled, three-valved, three- 

 seeded. The only known species is, 



1. Cherleria Sedoides ; Stonecrop Cherleria. Leaves oppo- 

 site, linear, rugged about the edge, connate at the base into 

 a sheath. When the leaves are fallen, the sheaths remain 

 with the keel of the leaves, investing the lower part of the 

 stem. It forms large green mossy tufts ; stems about two 

 inches high, closely matted ; flowers from the summits of the 

 branches, single, erect, on very short peduncles, yellowish 

 green ; leaflets of the calix streaked on the back with three 

 lines ; nectaries much shorter than the calix, fleshy, and 

 connected.. Scopoli informs us, that in the garden the flower 

 sometimes produces ten entire nectaries, and has all the sta- 

 mina arising from the receptacle. It flowers in July and 

 August, and is found on the mountains of Dauphiny, Swit- 

 zerland, Savoy, the Valais, Austria, Carniola, and the High- 

 lands of Scotland : perennial. 



( 'herry Tn-e, ( 'herry Laurel. See Priinnx and Cordia. 



Chervil. See ChetrophyUum, and Scaiiilic. 



Chestnut. See Fasus. 



Chestnut, Horse. See sEsculus. 



Chickpea. See Ciccr. 



duckweed. See Ahine, and Arenaria. 



Chickweed, Bastard. See Bufonia. 



Chicku-eetl, Water. See Ctillitriche. 



Qumarrhis ; a genus of the class I'entandrm, order Mono- 

 gynia. GENERIC CHARACTER. C<tlix : perianth margin 

 entire, crowning the germen, permanent. Curolla : one- 

 petalled, funnel-form ; tube very short ; border live -cleft; 

 segments lanceolate, concave, blunt, hirsute below, with a 

 longitudinal line running along the middle, and spreading. 

 Utitminn -. filamenta five, subulate, hirsute at the base, below 

 the divisions of the border, the length of the corolla; aafhene 



oval, erect. Pistil: germen roundish, inferior; style fili- 

 form, the length of the stamina; stigma bifid, obtuse. Peri- 

 carp : capsule sub-ovate, obtuse, crowned, two-celled, two- 

 valved ; the valves bifid at the tip. Seeds: solitary. Ivs 

 SENTUJ, CHARACTER. Corolla: funnel-form, with a very 

 short tube. Capsule: inferior," obtuse, two-celled, two-vulved 



the valves bifid at the tip. Seed: one in each cell. The 



only species is, 



1. Chimarrhis Cymosa This is a lofty tree, with a hand- 

 some head, and the boughs spreading out horizontally ; leaves 

 ovate, acuminate at both ends, quite entire, shining, petioled, 

 opposite, a foot long, commonly eight or ten at the end of 

 each twig; flowers numerous, small, with white corollas, and 

 without scent, disposed in cymose racemes, half a foot in 

 diameter; those in the axils opposite and solitary, those at 

 the end usually four together ; capsules small. The wood 

 is white, and serves for beams, rafters, &c. Native of Mar- 

 tinico, where it is commonly called bois de riviere. 



China Root. See Smilax. 



China Kose. See Hibiscus. 



Chiococca ; a genus of the class Pentandria, order Mono- 

 gynia. GENERIC CHARACTER. Calix: perianth five-toothed, 

 superior, permanent. Corolla: monopetalous, funnel-form: 

 tube long, spreading ; border five-parted; divisions equal; 

 acute, reflected. Stamina: filamenta five, filiform, length 

 of the corolla ; antherae oblong, erect. Pistil : germen in- 

 ferior, roundish, compressed ; style filiform, length of the 

 stamina ; stigma simple, obtuse. Pericarp: berry roundish, 

 compressed, crowned witL the calix, one-celled. Seeds : 

 two, roundish, compressed distant. ESSENTIAL CHARACTER. 

 Corolla: funnel- form, equal. Berry: one-celled, two- 

 seeded, inferior. The species are, 



1. Chiococca Racemosa; Climbing Snowberry Tree, or 

 David's Root. Scandent : leaves broad-lanceolate ; flowers 

 lateral; panicle racemed, one stipular tooth. Stem a fathom 

 or more in height, with smooth loose branches, spreading out 

 horizontally; berry snow-white ; seeds two, oblong, acumi- 

 nate. The root of this plant has much the same bitter acrid 

 taste with the Seneka Snake-root, and has been long used 

 as a strong resolutive and attenuant; it is administered with 

 great success in obstinate rheumatisms, and old venereal 

 taints ; nor is it entirely useless in the spina. ventosa : it is 

 best given in decoction. There is a variety of this, which 

 grows to a considerable height, distinguished by large and 

 pale -coloured corollas, which are purple at the corners. Na- 

 tive of the West Indies, in woods, and on the lower mountains 

 of Jamaica. It is propagated by seeds procured from the 

 West Indies, which should be sown in pots, plunged in a 

 moderate hot-bed, where they may remain till the autumn, 

 and should then be removed into the stove for the winter, 

 and placed on a fresh hot-bed in the following spring, in 

 order to bring them up, for they rarely appear the first year. 

 When they are fit to remove, plant them each in a separate 

 small pot filled with light earth, and plunge them in a fresh 

 hot-bed, shading them from the sun till they have taken new 

 root, and then treating them as other tender plants from hot* 

 countries. As they obtain strength, the plants may he set 

 abroad in a sheltered situation, for two months or ten weeks, 

 in the warmest part of the summer; and in the winter should 

 be placed in a moderately warm dry-stove, where they will 

 thrive, and produce flowers in autumn. 



2. Chiococca Harbata. Erect : leaves ovate ; peduncles 

 axillary, one-flowered; corollas bearded in the throat. 

 Native of the Marquesas, Society, and Friendly islands. 



Chionanthus ; a genus of the class Diandria, order Mono- 

 gynia. GENERIC CHARACTER. Calix: perianth one-leafed, 



