CHLORIS 



CHOISYA 



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truncata, R. Br. (C. barbdta vera, Host., not C. bar- 

 bdta, Swartz or Nash). STAR-GHASS. A stoloniferous 

 perennial, with erect culms 1-3 ft.: spikes 6-10, 3-6 

 in., becoming horizontal orreflexed; spikelets \Y^. lines, 

 dark at maturity, the awns 3-6 lines long. Austral. 

 Turner, Austr. Grasses 1:17. Cult, for ornament. 



C. grdcilis, Dur.=Leptochloa virgata, Beauv. This has been 

 recommended as an ornamental. C. petrxa, Swartz, and C. glauca, 

 Vasey, both handsome species from Fla., have been recommended 

 for cult, as ornamentals. A g HlTCHCOCK. 



CHLOROCODON (Greek for green and bell, allud- 

 ing to the flowers). Asdepiadacese. Twiners, one of 

 which is planted far South. 



Large plants with opposite cordate entire heavy Ivs., 

 notched stipules and purplish or greenish fls. in axillary 

 panicles: calyx 5-parted; corolla deeply 5-lobed; corona 

 of 5 lobes coming from the base of the filaments, the 

 lobes obcordate or broader, sometimes with an erect 

 or incurved projection or horn on the back; pollen 

 granular. Two species in Trop. and S. Afr. C. 

 ecornutus, N. E. Br., is apparently not in cult. 



Whiteii, Hook. f. Strong woody twiner, with large 

 opposite cordate-ovate thick Ivs. and axillary clus- 

 ters of odd fls. %-l in. diam.; corolla rotate-bell- 

 shaped, thick; segms. ovate and acute, purple and with 

 margins and central stripe green, and bearing long- 

 notched lobes; corona-lobes horned; anthers connivent 

 over the capitate stigma. Guinea to Natal. B.M. 

 5898. G.C. III. 18:243. It is now cult, in S. Fla. and 

 S. Calif. The roots are used medicinally in Natal, 

 under the name of mundi. The plant is an interesting 

 greenhouse climber, but not handsome. ,. jj, g. 



CHLOROGALUM (green and milk, from the Greek, 

 referring to the juice of the plant). Liliacese. Hardy 

 West American bulbs, allied to Camassia. 



Tall plants w r ith a tunicated bulb: Ivs. at base of st. 

 long-linear, wavy-margined, those on the st. very small: 

 fls. white or pink, in a panicle terminating a nearly 

 leafless st., on jointed pedicels; segms. of perianth 6, 

 3-nerved, at length twisting over the ovary; stamens 6, 

 not exceeding segms.; style long and deciduous. Plants 

 of easy cult., to be treated like camassias or ornithog- 

 alums. Three species, in Calif. 



A. Pedicels nearly as long as the fls.: segms. spreading 

 from near the base. 



pomeridianum, Kunth (Anthericum californicum, 

 Hort.). SOAP-PLANT. AMOLE. St. reaching 5 ft., many- 

 branched, from a very large bulb: fls. small (1 in. or 

 less long) and star-like, numerous, white with purple 

 veins, on spreading pedicels, opening in the afternoon 

 (hence the specific name : pomeridianus, post-meridian) . 

 Bulb used by Indians and Mexicans for soap-mak- 

 ing. Has been catalogued as Anthericum californicum. 

 Bulb 4 in. long and half as thick, covered with coarse 

 "brown fibers. 



AA. Pedicels very short: segms. spreading from above 

 the base. 



parvifldrum, Wats. Bulb small (1 in. diam.): st. 

 1-3 ft., slender-branched: Ivs. narrow and grass-like: 

 fls. pinkish, J^in. long; ovary broad and acute. 



angustifdlium, Kellogg. Low, about 1J^ ft. Resem- 

 bles the last, but fls. white and green-lined and some- 

 what larger, the ovary acute above; perianth funnel- 

 form campanulate, the segms. narrow-oblong. 



C. Leichtlinii, Baker=Camassia Leichtlinii. 



L. H. B. 



CHLOROPHORA (Greek, referring to the fact that 

 the fustic-tree bears a green dye). Moracese. Two 

 milky-juiced alternate-leaved trees, one in Trop. Afr. 

 and one in Trop. Amer. Lvs. entire or toothed: 

 dioecious; male fls. in cylindrical spikes, the females in 

 nearly globular or oblong heads, these clusters solitary 

 in the axils; perianth of male fls. 4-parted, the segms. 



broad and obtuse; stamens 4; ovary a minute rudiment 

 in the males; perianth of female fls. 4-parted or -divided, 

 the segms. concave-thickened at the apex; style lateral 

 on the oblique-ovoid ovary: achene equaling the peri- 

 anth or somewhat exserted, covering the receptacle. 

 C. tinctoria, Gaud. (Madura tinctoria, Don) is the 

 fustic of the W. Indies. It reaches a height of 50 ft., 

 and a diam. of trunk of 2 ft.: usually not thorny: Ivs. 

 nearly entire, oblong, acuminate. Variable. The hand- 

 some yellow wood yields a yellow dye, which is used 

 also in the making of browns and greens; it is also a 

 strong and resistant timber. L. H B 



CHLOROPHYTUM (name means, in Greek, green 

 plant). Liliacese. Rhizomatous herbaceous plants, one 

 of which is familiar in greenhouses. 



Very like Anthericum, but differing in the thickened 

 filaments of the stamens and the 3-angled or 3-winged 

 caps.: infl. often denser: Ivs. broader, often oblanceo- 

 late and petiolate: seed disk-like. Some 60 or more 

 species, in warm parts of Asia, Afr., and Amer. Con- 

 sult Anthericum and Paradisea. 



elatum, R. Br. (Anthericum variegdtum, A. vittdtum, 

 A. picturdtum, A. Williamsii, Hort.). Root fleshy and 

 white: Ivs. freely produced from the crown, often 1 in. 

 wide, flattish and bright green, or in the garden varie- 

 ties with white lines along the margins, and often (var. 

 picturatum) also with a yellow band down the center: 

 scape terete and glabrous, 2-3 ft. high, branched; fls. 

 white, Yiv\. long, with revolute oblanceolate segms., 

 which are obscurely 3-nerved on the back. S. Afr. 

 F.S. 21:2240-1. A valuable and common plant for 

 vases and pots, and sometimes used in summer borders. 



Three species that recently have been mentioned in horticul- 

 tural literature are: C. amaniense, Engler, from German E. Afr.; 

 10 in.: Ivs. lanceolate-acuminate, 10 in. long and 3J^ in. or less 

 broad, somewhat fleshy, bronze, with white margin: fls. greenish 

 white, in cluster 6 in. long. C. comdsum, Wood (Natal Plants, fig. 

 279), from Lake Albert, Cent. Afr. ; proliferous: Ivs. radical, linear, 

 deep green, 2 ft. long: fls. small, white, soon fading, usually in 4's, 

 in a branched cluster 3 ft. long. C. Hiiyghei, DeWild, Congo; 

 jvs. in a basal tuft, lanceolate, petioled, about 18-20 in. long, 2-2| 

 in. broad: fls. greenish white, about Jiin. long, in a bracted raceme 

 2-3 ft. long. L jj g 



CHLOR6PSIS BLANCHARDIANA: Trichloris. 



CHLOROXYLON (green wood: Greek). Rutdcese. 

 One species of moderate-sized tree of India, slightly 

 intro. in this country, C. Swietenia, DC. (Swietenia 

 Chloroxylon, Roxbg.). Young parts gray-puberulent: 

 Ivs. abruptly pinnate, the Ifts. 20-40, oblique and obtuse 

 and entire: fls. small, 5-merous in terminal and axillary 

 pubescent panicles; calyx deeply lobed; petals clawed, 

 spreading; stamens 10; disk a 10-lobed pubescent 

 body, in which the stamens are inserted: fr. a coria- 

 ceous 3-celled caps. Heartwood fragrant, with a 

 beautiful satiny luster, whence the name "Indian 

 Satin-wood." An interesting tree for trial on the south- 

 ern borders of the U. S. j^ jj g_ 



CHOCOLATE: Theobroma. 



CHOISYA (J. D. Choisy, Swiss botanist, 1799-1859). 

 Rutdcese. One Mexican shrub, C. ternata, HBK., grown 

 in S. Calif, and S. Fla., and sometimes under glass. It 

 grows 4-8 ft. high, making a compact free-blooming 

 bush, with opposite ternate Ivs., the Ifts. lance-oboyate 

 or oblong, thick and entire, with pellucid dots: fls. in a 

 terminal, forking cluster, white, fragrant, orange-like 

 (whence the vernacular name "Mexican orange"), 1 in. 

 across, with pellucid dots. R.H. 1869:330. Gn. 50, p. 

 203. J.H. III. 34:253. A handsome shrub, worthy of 

 greater popularity. It will endure several degrees of 

 frost, and should succeed in the open in many of the 

 southern states. Blossoms in S. Calif, at different sea- 

 sons; it can be made to bloom, it is said, every two 

 months by withholding water and then watering liber- 

 ally, as is done with roses in S. France. Kardy against 

 a wall in parts of S. England. L, j[. B. 



