300 



CHIONODOXA 



Crttica, Boiss. & Held. Slender : fls. smaller and 

 fewer (1-2 on a scape) than C. Ducilia, white orrery 

 pale blue. Crete. -Of little horticultural value. 



^Alleni, Hort. (Cliionoscllla 

 Alleni, Hort.). Perianth seg- 

 ments cut to the base : habit of 

 C. iMcilke, but the white eye 

 is indistinct. Supposed natu- 

 ral hybrid of Scilla bifolia and 

 Chionodoxa Liicilia. G.C. HI. 

 21:191. 



J. N. Gerard and L. H. B. 



CHLOROGALUM 



these usually several together, and digitate at the apex 

 of the culm. "Species about 40, widely distributed through 

 the warmer countries of the world. Several are culti- 

 vated for ornament. 



«legans, HRK. {C. dUia . VresX) . Fig. 440. An erect 

 perennial 2-3 ft. high, with slightly inflated sheaths. 



CHIONOSClLLA. 



Chionodoxa. 



Consult 



CHINA ASTEE. See Aster. 



CHIBITA (Hindostani name). Oesnerdcecs. 

 Plants much like Gloxinias and Streptocar- 

 puses ; none of them in the Amer. trade. They 

 are natives of eastern Asia. Pis. in shades 

 of purple and blue, tubular, in clusters on 

 the tops of short scapes. 



CHIVES. Sie CI 



tlowmngin advance of the Ivs. Allied to 

 Fls yellow, in a small umbel, terminat- 

 mga solid scape. long-tubed, with 

 wide-spreading segments : Ivs, 

 long and strap-shaped. C. fr4.- 

 grans, Herb., is the species in 

 cult. It bears fragrant fls. 3-4 in. 

 long, in summer, on scapes 15-18 

 m. high. It is increased by off- 

 sets or by seeds. The bulbs 

 should be kept dry and cool dur- 

 ing winter and in spring started 

 m a moderately warm house. 

 After flowering, care must be 

 taken to have the bulbs make 

 their annual growth. They may 

 either be grown in pots plunged 

 m ashes, or planted out where 

 they can be watered occasionally 

 during dry weather. Like other 

 lar plants, they will benefit by a 

 mulching of spent hops or rotted ma- 

 nure (J. w. Oliver and L. H. B. 



CHLOKANTHUS (green flower). Chlo- 

 tanthdeew. The type genus of a small 

 family (25 species) of tropical herbs, 

 shrubs or trees. Chloranthus has about 



species. They are perennial herbs or 

 evergreen shrubs, with .iointed stems, 

 opposite, simple Ivs., and small, incon- 

 spicuous fls., ill sli iMi. 1,1 h.il spikes. 



Perianth repn>< i-lr scale, 



in the axil of ii i , 1 loculed 



ovary, and 3 iinii^^l iMnn,. itlu' side 

 stamens sometiniiMilisiilctci. C. braohy- 

 staohys, Blumc, from Ind. and China, is 

 in the Amer. trade. It is a shrub used 

 for ])ot-growing, reaching a height of 

 1-2 ft., bearing glossy foliage and small, 

 yellow berries There is a variegated- 

 leaved form. L^ jj. B. 



CHLOBIS (Greek for green). Gra- 

 mlnece. Pinoek Grass. Usually peren- 

 nial grasses, with flat Ivs. and attractive inflorescence: 

 spikelets 1-fld., awned, sessile in two rows along one 

 side of a continuous rachis, forming unilateral spikes. 



nd 8-12 silky-bearded 



[iikL- I metered or umbellate at 



le ipe\ottheculms.-Incult. as 



Annual in 



till noithern states. 



trunc4ta, R Br. (C. barbdta 

 vim, Hon.). Pig. 441. A peren- 

 nial with jointed, creeping culms : 

 sheaths compressed and hairy at 

 the apex : inflorescence consist- 

 ing of digitate spikes, widely 

 spreading ; the spikelets 2-flow- 

 ered and long-awned. Austral.— 

 cult, as an ornaments' 

 verticill4ta, Nutt. WindmilI/ 

 Finger Grass. A low, spread- 

 ing perennial with upright culms 

 6-20 in. high. The dark brown, 

 iged OD 

 slender spikes, which are in 

 whorls near the summit of the 

 culm. Both fl. -glumes and empty 

 lumes awned. — It is a good 

 turf-former, and is spoken of by 

 a good grazing grass, 

 and one not easily trampled out. The arrangement of 

 the spikes gives it an odd and pleasing appearance 

 making it useful as an ornamental species for gardens. 

 The cult, form is an improvement on the type. 

 O. poltidnftula, Swartz. A W. Indi.in species wliich has been 



found in SdutluTIl Klu., i-; ilttr.ictivc. 1U].1 Ikis 1.,]i.;:iii,1 t;mcpful 



anotluT -; ' ' / ' 'ni'a, 



Swartz, 1- , I ■.,!■..■,.. ;,v iit- 



tractiv.' ,1 : ■ ' ' , ■ ,:iiiien- 



440. Chloris 



marshes and along the borders of cypress s 



CHLOEOCODON (Greek for green 

 to the How.Tsl. AxrlrpUlditrrir. Onr 

 Afr., C. Whiteii, Hook. f. H..M. .vi- 



It is new riili. ill S. Fla. iiiKl S, 1 - 



ovate nil.; i. I ■• !• II !■■■ I-' ' ■ 



long-ii"i''i . --i- .1 , ;. ■■ 



Stigmil. 'I'iM' r>"'l - :in' u-i-l iiM-lir 



the name of .Miiiidi. Tlio jiLint is 

 house climber, but not handsome. 



CHLOEOGALUM (green and milk, from the Greek, 

 referring to the juice of the plant 1 f,. I. ,),■,•„._ Three 

 species of California, allied to Ciuiii-' ■ ' / ■ i'llniii, 

 Bi),ker = Camassia lieichtUnii). I'.ni ; i hiii- or 

 pink, in a panicle terminating a h;. I i ntsof 



pericnth 3-nerved, at length twistin- .i\ r iln .ivary; 

 style long and deciduous: Ivs. with wavy mar^'ins. Plants 

 of easy culture, to be treated like Camassias or Orni- 

 thogalums. Monogr. by Baker, Journ. Linn, Soc. 13 : 29] ; 

 Watson, Proo. Amer. Acad. 14: 242. 



wing in brackish 

 B. Kennedy. 

 id hrU. alluding 



I i' , and bearing 

 ■ ■ ir the capitate 



II in Natal, under 

 interesting green- 



L. H. B. 



