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foliosum. C. capitatum (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. 



Chenopodium Botrys, Linne". 



In Baluchistan the young leaves of this herb are a favorite kitchen- 

 vegetable [J. H. Lace]. 



Chenopodium nitrariaceum, F. v. Mueller. 



Interior of Australia, especially in localities occasionally humid, 

 reaching in some places the south-coast. A somewhat woody, tall 

 " Salt-bush/' liked particularly by sheep. Extolled also by Mr. Fred. 

 Turner as cropped down so closely, to allow of recuperation only 

 with difficulty. Through Professor Naudin it has been widely dis- 

 persed and permanently established in Southern France and Northern 

 Africa as a pastoral salt-bush. The plant might be transferred to 

 the genus Rhagodia. 



Chenopodium Quinoa, Willdenow. 



New Granada, Peru, Chili. An annual herb. Admitted here as 

 a savory and wholesome spinage-plant, which can be grown so 

 quickly, as to become available during the short summers of even the 

 highest habitable alpine latitudes. In Peru the seeds are used for a 

 nutritious porridge [Tschudi, Markham]. 



Chionachne cyathopoda, F. v. Mueller. 



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

 (R. Brown), and C. Wightii (Munro) of India and Queensland, a 

 valuable fodder-grass, yielding a large return. Sclerachne punctata 

 (R. Brown) 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 this and C. divaricata 

 (R. Brown), from North and East Australia, as useful summer- and 

 autumn-grasses, even in the cooler clime of New Zealand. 



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, relished by grazing animals ; matures seeds freely. Must 

 be regarded as one of our best desert-grasses, as it will remain in fresh 

 growth through protracted hot and rainless seasons [G. F. Murray]. 

 C. ventricosa (R. Br.) is another valuable East- Australian species. 

 Several other congeners from the eastern or western world deserve 

 the attention of graziers, as furnishing good provender. Chemical 



