76 SELECT PLANTS FOR INDUSTRIAL CULTURE 



Chenopodium foliosum. C. capitatum, Ascherson (Blitum capi- 

 tatum, Linne), may not be really a distinct species. C. Quinoa, 

 Willdenow, from Chili, deserves hardly recommendation for cul- 

 ture, though a nutritious spinage, it being apt to stray as a weed 

 into cultivated fields. Some of these sorts of plants are useful 

 to anglers, as attracting fish, when thrown into rivers or lakes. 



Chionanche cyathopoda, F. v. Mueller. 



Tropical and Eastern Sub-tropical Australia. With C. barbata 

 of India and Queensland a valuable fodder grass, yielding a large 

 return. Sclerachne punctata, (R. Br.) from Java is closely allied. 



Chloris scariosa, F. v. Mueller. 



Tropical Australia. Particularly recommended by Mr. Walter 

 Hill as a pasture grass. Dr. Curl mentions besides this also C. 

 divaricata (R. Br.) as a useful summer and autumn grass from 

 North and East Australia. 



Chloris truncata, R. Brown. 



The Windmill Grass. South-Eastern Australia, as far south as 

 Port Phillip. This perennial and showy grass is regarded by 

 Mr. Walter Bissill as an excellent summer and autumn grass, 

 of ready growth and relished by grazing animals. C. ventricosa 

 (R. Br.) is another valuable East Australian species. 



Chlorogalum pomeridianum, Kunth. 



California, frequent on the mountains. This lily-like plant attains 

 a height of 8 feet. The heavy bulb is covered with many coatings, 

 consisting of fibres, which are used for cushions, mattresses, <fcc. ; 

 large contracts are entered into for the supply of this material on a 

 very extensive scale (Professor Bolander). The inner part of the 

 bulb serves as a substitute for soap, and it might be tried whether 

 it can be utilised for technological purposes like the root of 

 Saponaria, as it contains saponin. 



Chloroxylon Swietenia, Candolle. 



The Satin-Wood. Mountains of India. Like the allied Flind- 

 ersias, possibly this tree would prove hardy even in cool sheltered 

 places, the cognate Cedrela Taona advancing in East Australia 

 southward to the 35th degree. A resin, valuable for varnishes, 

 exudes from the stem and branches. 



Chrysanthemum cinerarifolium, Trevisan. 



Austria. Furnishes the Dalmatian Insect-powder from the dried 

 flowers. It is superior even to the Persian powder as an insecticide. 

 It will keep for years. It is prepared from half-opened flowers 

 during dry weather, and exsiccated under cover. Best applied in 

 puffs from a tube. To be used also against aphides (W. Saunders). 



