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Chamerops Khasyana, Griffith. (Trachycarpus Khasyanus, H. Wendland.) 

 In the Himalayas at elevations of from 4,000 to 8,000 feet, also, 

 according to Kurz, in dry pine-forests of Martaban and Ava. 



Chamserops Martiana, Wallich. (Trachycarpus Martianus, H. Wendland.) 



Ascends the mountains of Nepal to 8,000 feet. This Fan-palm 

 attains a height of 50 feet, and is altogether a noble object. Reaches 

 higher altitudes in the Himalayas than any other species, indeed where 

 snow occurs or covers the soil four or five months during the year. 



Chamserops Ritchieana, Griffith. (Nannorhops Ritchieana, H. Wendland.) 



Arid mountains of Afghanistan; seemingly the only native palm 

 there. Extensively used for cordage; leaves also made into baskets 

 and mats; fruit locally used like dates (Aitkinson). Has proved hardy 

 even in England. 



Chelidonium majus, Fuchs. 



The Celandine. Europe and Western Asia, wild to latitude 63 

 N.. in Norway. A perennial herb of medicinal value. Chemical 

 principles: chelerythrin and chelidonin; also a yellow pigment, 

 chelidoxanthin. 



Chelone glabra, Linns'. 



North-America. The " Balmony." A perennial herb, which has 

 come into therapeutic use. 



Chenopodium ambrosioides, Linne". 



Tropical and sub-tropical America. "Mexican Tea" and "Worm- 

 seed." An annual medicinal herb. Chenopodium anthelminticum 

 seems to be a perennial variety of this species. Easily naturalized. 



Chenopodium auricomum, Lindley. 



Australia, from the Darling-River to Carpentaria and Arnhem's 

 Land. A tall perennial herb, furnishing a nutritious and palatable 

 spinage. It will live in arid desert-regions. It is one of the ** Blue 

 Bushes " of the squatters, who value it as a nutritive and wholesome 

 pastoral plant. Several other species of Chenopodium, among them 

 the European C. bonus Henricus (Linne), afford fair spinage, but 

 they are annual. 



Cnenopodium BliturQ, F. v. Mueller. (Blitum virgatum, Linne*.) 



From South-Europe to Middle Asia. An annual herb, in use 

 there as a cultivated spinage-plant. The fruits furnish a red dye. 

 The genus Blitum was reduced to Chenopodium by the writer in 

 CaruePs Nuovo Gionale Botanico many years ago, and in 1864 by Dr. 

 Ascherson, who gave to B.. virgatum the name Chenopodium foliosum. 

 C. capitatum, Ascherson (Blitum capitatum, Linne) may not be really 

 a distinct species. Nyman regards its nativity unascertained. Some 

 of this group of plants are useful to anglers, attracting fish, when 

 thrown into rivers or lakes. 



