CHLOROGALUM 



A. Pedicels nearly as long as the fls.: segments 

 spreading from near the base. 

 pomeridi&niun, Kunth. Soap-plant. Amole. Stem 

 reaching 3 ft., many -branched, from a very large bulb: 

 fls. small (1 in. or less long) 

 and star-like, numerous, 

 white, with purple veins, on 

 spreading pedicels, opening 

 in the afternoon. — Bulb used 

 by Indians and Mexicans 

 for soap-making. 



AA. Pedicels very short; 

 segments spreading 

 from above the base. 



parvifldrum, Wats. Bulb 

 small (1 in. in diam.) : stem 

 1-3 ft., slender - branched : 

 Ivs. narrow and grass-like: 

 fls. pinkish, Min. long: ovary 

 broad and acute. 



angustifolium, Kellogg. 

 Low, about 1 ft. Resembles 

 the last, but fls. white and 

 green-lined and somewhat 

 larger, the ovary acute 

 above. l. h. B. 



CHLOEOPHtTtJM (name 

 means, in Greek, green 

 plant). LiliAcew. Very 

 closely allied to Antheri- 

 442. Chorizema ilicifolium. cum, but differing in the 

 (X 1^ ) thickened filaments of the 



stamens and the 3-angled or 

 3-winged capsule ; inflorescence often denser ; Its. 

 broader, often oblanceolate and petiolate: seed disk- 

 like. About 40 species, in Asia, Africa, and S. Amer. 

 Consult Anthericum and Paradisea. 



el4tum, R. Br. {Anthericum variegAtum, vittAtum,pic- 

 tur&tum, Williamsii, Hort. ) . Root fleshy and white : Ivs. 

 freely produced from the crown, often 1 in. wide, flatfish 

 and bright green, or in the garden varieties with white 

 lines along the margins, and often (var. picturatum) also 

 with a yellow band down the center : scape terete and 

 glabrous, 2-3 ft. high, branched : fls. white, Kin. long, 

 with revolute, oblanceolate segments, which are ob- 

 scurely 3-nerved on the back. S.Africa. F.S. 21: 2240-1. 

 —A valuable and common plant for vases and pots, and 

 sometimes used in summer borders. Anthericum Call- 

 fornicum, Hort., is perhaps a form of it. l_ jj_ g, 



CHL0E6PSIS BLANCHABDIANA. See Triehloris. 



CHOCOLATE. See Theobroma. 



CHOISYA (J. D. Choisy, Swiss botanist, 1799-1859). 

 Mutdcew. One Mexican shrub, C. teni4ta, HBK., grown 

 in S. Calif, and S. Fla., and sometimes under glass. It 

 grows 4-8 ft. high, making a compact, free-blooming 

 bush, with opposite, temate Ivs., the Ifts. lance-obovate 

 or oblong, thick and entire, with pellucid dots: fls. in a 

 terminal, forking cluster, white, fragrant, orange-like 

 (whence the vernacular name Mexican Orange), 1 in. 

 across. R.H. 1869:330. Gn. 50, p. 203. J.H. III. 34: 253. 

 — A handsome shrub, worthy of greater popularity. It 

 will endure several degrees of frost, and should succeed 

 in the open in many of the southern states. Blossoms 



CHRYSALIDOCABPUS 



301 



CHOKE CHEEKY is Prumcs demissa and P. Vir- 

 ginia iia. 



CHONDEORtNCHA {cartilage and beak). Orchidd- 

 cea, tribe I'dndeie. Three species of S. Amer. epiphytal 

 orchids. Cult, as ior Odontoglossumcrispum. They are 

 practically unknown in the Amer. trade. They are short- 

 stemmed herbs without pseudobulbs, and oblong, plicate, 

 petioled Ivs., the simple scape bearing a single large, 

 odd, yellowish flower. C. Chistertoni, Reichb. f., C. 

 fimbricita, Reichb. f., and C. rbaea, Lindl., are the spe- 

 cies. Keep cool and moist. 



CHOBtSIA (Greek, separate or distinct). Malvctcem. 

 A very few spiny trees, of tropical America. Lvs. al- 

 ternate, digitate, of 5-7 leaflets : fls. large, with linear or 

 oblong petals, the peduncles axillary or racemose: ovary 

 5-loculed and many-ovuled. C. specidsa, St. Hil., of Bra- 

 zil, the "Floss Silk Tree," is cult, in S. Calif., and is 

 adapted to \v;inii L'l:l^s^l,ulses. It is a medium-sized 

 tree, allied to i:i iM.l.h.lron :iii(l Bombax. Lfts. lanceolate, 

 acuminate, d. nt.ti, ; rjh \ irngular, shining outside, but 

 silky inside: ini^ils ..l.iii^c-. yellowish and brown-striped 

 at the base, pubescent on the back. £,_ jj_ g 



CHOBIZfiMA (fanciful Greek name). Sometimes 

 spelled Chorozema. Leguviinosw. Fifteen to 20 Aus- 

 tralian shrubs, of a diffuse or half-climbing habit, with 

 thick and shining simple evergreen lvs. and pea-like 

 red or yellow fls. : ovary villous. Handsome plants for 

 the cool greenhouse, less popular in this country than 

 abroad. When not grown too soft, they will stand slight 

 frost at times. Grown in the oiieu in S. ( 'alif. and S. 

 Fla. They are grown in a ratln r i . :ii\ -,,il. after the 

 manner of Azaleas. Usually re^trd in ih, c.|h n in sum- 

 mer. They are excellent for trainuiL: on pillars and raf- 

 ters. Prop, easily by cuttings; al.^u Liy seeds. 



T&rium, Benth. Lvs. roundish or round-ovate, some- 

 what cordate, spiny-toothed : fls. orange and red, in 

 erect racemes.— The commonest species. Runs into 

 many forms, of which C. Chdndleri and C. grandi- 

 fldrum, Hort., are examples. 



ilioiSdlium, Labill. Fig. 442. Lvs. ovate or lance-ovate, 

 deeply repand-spiny-toothed : fls. yellow and red. 



macrophyllum, Hort. Dwarf : fls. red. l, g_ b_ 



CHOBOGI. See Stuehys. 



CHBYSALIDOCAEPUS (Greek for golden fruit). 

 Palmdci'ir, tribe Arece(e. Spineless, stoloniferous 

 palms, with medium, fasciculate, ringed stems; lvs. pin- 



ion 



segments about 100, bittd 

 at the apex, the lateral 

 nerves remote from the 

 midrib. Species 2, one 

 of them being a popular 

 florist's plant. Mada- 

 gascar. 



Iut6scens, H. Wendl. 

 (Hyophdrbe Indica, 

 Gaertn. H. Commerson- 

 idnn, Mart. Areca lutis- 

 cens, Bory). Figs. 443, 

 444. Stem 30 ft. high, 

 4-6 in. in diam., cylin- 

 drical, smooth, thickened 

 at the base ; lvs. very 

 long ; segments almost 

 opposite, lanceolate, 2 ft. 

 long, 2H in. wide, acute, 

 with 3 prominent pri- 

 mary nerves, which are 

 convex below and acutely 

 2-faced above. Bourbon. 

 A.G. 13:141. A.F. 4:566. 

 -Fig. 443 is from Mar- 

 tins' Natural History of 

 Palms. In growing Chry- 

 salidocarpus {or Areca) 

 lutescens in quantity, it 

 will be found a good plan 

 to sow the seeds either 

 on a bench, in boxes or 

 seed-pans, so prepared 

 that the seedlings will - 

 remain in the soil in 

 which they germinate 

 until they have made 

 two or more leaves. 

 The first leaf made abov 



2%J^ 



443. Chrysalidocarpus lutescens. 



lil is small, and if 

 plants are potted off at this stage they must be very 



