CHAM^DOREA 



CHAM^ROPS 



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roots from above the base: Ivs. 6-8 in a cluster, broadly 

 lanceolate; Ifts. about 14, the upper pair sometimes 

 confluent, acuminate, straight: fls. reddish orange: fr. 

 globose. Mex. B.M. 4845. 



EE. Spadix appearing much below the Ivs., conspicu- 

 ously cauline. 



6. Tepejildte, Liebm. St. 10 ft. high, closely ringed, 

 about 1 1 A in. thick: Ivs. 4 ft.; Ifts. 20-30, 7-nerved, 

 close alternate, falcate, acute, narrowly lanceolate, 

 13-15 in. long, \}/<i in. wide; rachis convex on the back, 

 canaliculate above: fls. yellow. Mex. B.M. 6030. 



7. elatior, Mart. (C. Karwinskidna, Wendl.). St. 

 20-30 ft., bamboo-like: Ivs. 6 ft. long, the sheath 18 in. 

 long; Ifts. 15 or 16, the lower very narrow, opposite 

 or nearly so, the upper lanceolate, acuminate at each 

 end; petioles 1^-3 ft. long: spadix simply branched, 

 appearing at least 6 ft. below the Ivs.; fls. reddish 

 orange: fr. globose, ovoid. Mex. Intro, by Fran- 

 ceschi in 1898. 



8. Arenbergiana, Wendl. (C. latifolia, Hort.). St. 

 slender, 5-6 ft., green: Ivs. usually only 5 or 6, erect- 

 spreading; Ifts. 10-15 pairs, alternate and drooping, 

 very long-pointed, plicate and many-ribbed: fls. yel- 

 lowish white. Guatemala. B.M. 6838. 



cc. St. or trunk none. 



9. Pringlei, Wats. Acaulescent or nearly so: Ivs. 

 usually rather stiff, erect, pinnate, 3 ft.; Ifts. 12-15 

 on each side, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, 6-^-8 in. 

 long, ^-JHjin. wide; rachis triangular: spadix simple, 

 8 in. long. San Louis Potosi, Mex. 



C. atrdvirens, Mart. St. bamboo-like, stiff and simple, about 9 

 ft. high: Ivs. bright green, spreading, about 2J^ ft. long. Mex. 

 Not common in the trade but grown in fanciers' collections. C. 

 bambusoides, Hort.. Sts. tufted, thin, reed-like, with feathery 

 light green Ivs. Honduras. C. fprmdsa, Hort. A showy pinnate- 

 Ivd. palm of unknown botanical status. G.C. II. 5:724. C. 

 geonomaefdrmis, Wendl. St. 4 ft.: Ivs. simple, deeply cut, about 9 

 in. long: spadix from among the Ivs. long-pendulous. Guatemala. 

 Gn. 24, p. 244; 30, p. 593. There are said to be a number of 

 unidentified species scattered about Calif. 



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CHAM^ELIRIUM (dwarf or ground lily, a Greek com- 

 bination). Liliacese. Sometimes spelled Chamselirion. 

 Rhizomatous whitish flowered hardy plant, sometimes 

 planted in the herbary. 



Erect, tall unbranched herb 2-4 ft. high (or perhaps 

 2 species), inhabiting low grounds from Mass, to 

 Fla. and W.: rootstock tuberous: dioecious, the 

 sterile plant less leafy than the other: Ivs. radical 

 and cauline, the lowermost spatulate, the upper lanceo- 

 late, narrowed at the base: fls. small (Min. across), 

 in a slender terminal raceme; segms. of perianth 6, 

 white, narrow, 1-nerved, withering and persistent; 

 sterile fls. with 6 stamens, and fertile fls. with rudi- 

 ments of stamens; ovary 3-celled and 3-styled: fr. a 

 3-valved caps. 



Ititeum Gray (C. carolinidnum, Willd. Chamselirion 

 carolinia, Hort.). BLAZING-STAR. DEVIL' s-Brr. Vari- 

 able as to height (6 in. to 3 ft. or more), with most 

 of the Ivs. at the base: raceme spike-like, 4-12 in. long; 

 fls. yellowish white, in effect, fruiting pedicels H m - or 

 less long. A good perennial, blooming May- July, 

 thriving in moist shady places. C. obovdle, Small, by 

 some considered not to be distinct, has larger fls. and 

 fruiting pedicels J^in. or more long. ,, jj. B. 



CHAM-^MELUM (small apple, suggested by the 

 odor of the fls.). Composite. Under this name one 

 plant is offered. The genus is by many included in 

 Anthemis, however, the sub-group being distinguished 

 by very short or absent pappus, sometimes making a 

 1-sided border, ray-fls. fertile, and other minor charac- 

 ters. C. caucasicum, Boiss. (Pyrethrum caucdsicum, 

 Bieb.), is listed, with white daisy-like fls. about the size 

 of a marguerite, of trailing habit, very free-flowering, 



recommended for the rockery: perennial, 1-lM ft., 

 smooth, not strong-scented: st. ascending from a 

 rhizome or procumbent or sub-erect: Ivs. oblong, 

 pinnatisect, the segms., cut into linear-subulate parts: 

 fl. -heads large, terminal; involucre-scales oblong- 

 obtuse, margined. High mts. in the Caucasus; variable. 



CHAM^PEUCE: Carduus. L. H. B. 



CHAM^RANTHEMUM (dwarf and flower, from the 

 Greek). Acanthdcese. Three or 4 Brazilian small herbs, 

 allied to Eranthemum, but readily distinguished by the 

 4 (instead of 2) stamens. Lvs. large and membrana- 

 ceous, entire, variously marked: fls. showy, white or 

 yellow, in bracteate clusters. Grown chiefly for the 

 beautiful foliage; greenhouse subjects. C. igneum, 

 Regel (Erdnthemum igneum, Lind.), is in the American 

 trade. It is a low spreading warmhouse plant (cult, 

 of Eranthemum and Justicia), with dark green Ivs., 

 with the veins and sometimes the margins richly 

 banded with orange or yellow: fls. small. F.S. 17 : 1722. 



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CHAM^ROPS (Greek for dwarf bush}. Palmaceae, 

 tribe Sdbalese. Low fan-leaved palms. 



Caudices cespitose, branched from the base and 

 clothed with the bases of the If .-sheaths: Ivs. terminal, 

 rigid, semi-orbicular or cuneate-flabellate, deeply 



896. Chamserops humilis. 



laciniate, the lobes narrow, bifid, plicate; no rachis; 

 ligule very short; petiole slender, bi-convex, the mar- 

 gins smooth or rough; sheath split, reticulate, fibrous: 

 spadices short, erect compressed; branches short, 

 densely fld.: spathes 2-4, broad, thickly coriaceous, the 

 lower ones split, the upper entire; bracts small, subu- 

 late; bractlets none: primary spadix branches bracted: 

 fls. small, yellow: fr. globose or ovoid, 3-sided toward the 

 base, brown or yellow. Species 1 or perhaps 2. Medit. 

 region. From Rhapidophyllum, an American relative, 

 it may be distinguished by its bracted spadix. The 

 common C. humilis is widely cult., and very variable. 

 Many of specific-made names represent forms of this 

 species. Of such cases are evidently the garden names 

 C. arborescens, C. argentea, C. canariensis, C. elata, C. 

 elegans, C. farinosa, C. gracilis, C. littoralis, C. nivea. 

 G.C. II. 23:410. 



The best soil for these palms is fibrous loam two 

 parts, leaf-mold and sand one part, with good drainage. 

 Propagated by suckers and by seeds. These are among 

 the hardiest of all palms, and are well suited to green- 

 houses where a high temperature is not kept up. (G. 

 W. Oliver.) 



htimilis, Linn. Fig. 896. This is the only palm 

 native to Eu. St. 1-1 1 A ft. high: Ivs. ragged, fibrous; 

 margins of the petioles armed with stout, straight or 

 hooked spines; blade suborbicular, truncate or cuneate 

 at the base, rigid, palmately multifid; segms. acumin- 

 ate, bifid. Medit. B.M. 2152. R.H. 1892:84 (show- 

 ing habit and a colored plate of the fr.). Reaches 20 

 ft. in a rather arborescent variety. Var. dactylocarpa, 



