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CHUFA 



CIBOTIUM 



959. Chufas are eaten raw or baked, or used for the 

 making of coffee. The plant is sometimes cultivated 

 in the North, but it will not withstand the winter. 

 The tubers are oblong, ^ to % inches long, cylin- 

 drical, hard. The plant is grass-like, and in the North 

 does not flower. Tubers are planted in the spring, and 

 the new crop is ready for dig- 

 ging in the fall. It thrives 

 easily in loose and warm soils. 

 The nutty flavor of the hard 

 tubers is very agreeable. 



CHUSQUEA: Bamboo, p. 449, 

 Vol. I. 



CHtSIS (Greek for melt- 

 ing, in allusion to the pollen- 

 masses). Orchidacese. Orchids, 

 pendulous from trees; grown 

 in hothouses. 



Stems fusiform, leafy, 

 thickening after the Ivs. drop : 

 fls. fleshy, in short racemes, 

 which are pro- 

 duced freely 

 in the axils 

 of the young 

 growths; dor- 

 sal sepal and 

 petals similar 

 in shape, the 

 lateral sepals 

 with the foot 

 of the column 

 forming a long 

 foot jlipjoin ted 

 to the column 

 foot, lamellate 

 longitudinally, 

 the lateral 

 lobes upright, 

 loosely sur- 

 rounding the column; pollinia 8. About 6 species in 

 Trop. Amer. Cult, as for Vanda, in baskets, pans or 

 pots. They require tropical temperature when grow- 

 ing, then cooler. 



A. Ground-color of fls. yellow. 



afcrea, Lindl. Fls. 5-8, about 2 in. across; sepals and 

 petals yellow, oblong-oval; lateral lobes of lip yellow, 

 the middle lobe white, downy, spotted with red and 

 yellow. S. Amer. B.R. 1937. B.M. 3617. 



Izevis, Lindl. Fls. 8-12, about 2K in. across; sepals 

 and petals yellow, tinted above with lines of purple- 

 carmine; sepals oblong, the dorsal one inflexed, the 

 lateral falcate; lip yellow, marked with red. Mex. 



Chelsonii, Hort. Fls. 5-7, about 2^ in. across; 

 sepals and petals yellow, with a large blotch of reddish 

 fawn at the apex; lip yellow spotted with red. Hybrid: 

 C. bractescens x C. tews. F.M. 1878:297. 



AA. Ground-color of fls. white. 



bractescens, Lindl. Fig. 960. Fls. 3-5, about 3 in. 

 across; sepals and petals ivory-white; lip with the 

 lateral lobes white outside, the inner surface yellow, 

 streaked red, the middle lobe yellow, streaked and 

 stained with red. Mex. B.M. 5186. R.H. 1859 pp 

 294, 295. I.H. 27:398. O.R. 9:371; 13:236; 19:201. 

 J.H. III. 28:263. C.O. 1. A.F. 28:747. 



Limminghei, Lindl. & Reichb. Fls. 4-7, 1J4-2 in. 

 across; sepals and petals white, with an apical blotch 

 of purple; lip with lateral lobes yellow, marked with 

 reddish purple on the inside, the middle lobe white, 

 streaked with bright purple. Mex. B.M. 5265. I H 

 7:240. C.O. 3. 



Sedenii, Hort. Fls. 3-6; sepals white; petals white 

 with an apical rose-purple blotch; lip with the side 



960. Chysis bractescens. 



(XK) 



lobes sulfur-yellow, purple-streaked within, the middle 

 lobe white, streaked with amethyst. Hybrid: C. 

 Limminghei x C. bractescens. GEORGE V NASH t 



CIBOTIUM (Greek, a little seed-vessel). Cyatheacex. 

 A small group of tree-ferns from Mexico and Polynesia, 

 with bivalved coriaceous indusia, dif- 

 fering from Dicksonia in having the 

 outer valve entirely distinct from 

 the leaf. For culture, see Dicksonia. 

 C. Barometz is the plant that gave 

 rise to the wonder stories of the 

 Barometz or Scythian lamb (Fig. 

 961), which, according to Bauhin, 

 1650, had wool, flesh and blood, and 

 a root attached to the navel. The 

 plant was said to resemble a lamb in 

 every respect, but grew on a stalk 

 about a yard high, and turning about 

 and bending to the herbage con- 

 sumed the foliage within reach, and 

 then pined away with the failure of 

 the food until it died. In 1725 Breyne, 

 of Dantzig, declared that the Baro- 

 metz was only the root of a large 

 fern, covered with its natural yellow 

 down and accompanied by stems, which had been 

 placed in museums in an inverted position, the better 

 to represent the appearance of the legs and horns of a 

 quadruped. 



Young plants of C. Schiedei and C. regale are fre- 

 quently offered by florists at a stage before the trunk 

 has developed and when the leaves are about four or 

 five feet long. They require greenhouse conditions for 

 successful culture. 



A. Outer valve of the indusium larger, or the valves 

 subequal. 



glaftcum, Hook. & Arn. Lvs. ovate-lanceolate, tripin- 

 nate; pinnules about 6 in. long, taper-pointed; segms. 

 close: outer valve of indusium larger, broader than the 

 inner: veins once- or twice-forked. Hawaiian Ms. 



Barometz, J. Smith. SCYTHIAN LAMB. Trunkless: 

 Ivs. scented, tripinnate, the lower pinnae ovate-lanceo- 

 late; pinnules short-stalked, 4-6 in. long, with falcate 

 segms.: valves of the indusium nearly equal: veins 

 prominent, rarely forked. China. 



961. The Scythian Lamb; reproduced from an old book. 



See Cibotium Barometz. 



AA. Outer valve of the indusium smaller than the inner. 



Schiedei, Hook. Trunk 10-15 ft. high: Ivs. oblong- 

 deltoid, tripinnate, with pinnae 1-2 ft. long; segms. 

 falcate, sharp-pointed: sori sparse: veins forked, on 

 the lowest pinnate. Mex. 



regale, Lind. Trunk 10-12 ft. high: Ivs. oblong- 

 deltoid, tripinnate, with pinnae 18-24 in. long; pinnules 

 sessile, with close, falcate, deeply incised segms.; 

 veins pinnate in the lobes. Mex. 



L. M. UNDERWOOD. 



R. C. BENEDICT.f 



