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CHIONODOXA 



CHLOROGALUM 



Cr6tica, Boiss. & Held. Slender : fls. smaller and 

 fewer (1-2 on a scape) than C. Lucilice, white or very 

 pale blue. Crete. Of little horticultural value. 



^Alleni, Hort. (Chionoscilla 

 Alleni, Hort.). Perianth seg- 

 ments cut to the base : habit of 

 C. Lucilice, but the white eye 

 is indistinct. Supposed natu- 

 ral hybrid of Scilla bifolia and 

 Chionodoxa JLucilice. G.C. III. 

 21:191. 



J. N. GERARD and L. H. B. 



CHIONOSCILLA. 



Chionodoxa. 



Consult 



CHINA ASTEK. See Aster. 



CHINA TEEE. 



Melia. 



Consult 



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. 



elegans, HRK. (C. alba, Presl). Fig. 440. An erect 

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



441. 



Chloris truncata. 

 Star Grass. 



CHINKAPIN, CHINQUAPIN. See Chest- 

 nut and Castanea. 



CHIRITA (Hindostani name). Gesnerctcece. 

 Plants much like Gloxinias and Streptucar- 

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

 are natives of eastern Asia. Fls. in shades 

 of purple and blue, tubular, in clusters on 

 the tops of short scapes. 



CHIVES. See Give. 



CHLIDANTHUS (delicate flower, from the 

 Greek). Amaryllidacece. Two or three S. 

 Amer. bulbs, flowering in advance of the Ivs. Allied to 

 Zephyranthes. Fls. yellow, in a small umbel, terminat- 

 ing a solid scape, long-tubed, with 

 wide-spreading segments : Ivs. 

 long and strap-shaped. C. frfc- 

 grans, Herb., is the species in 

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

 long, in summer, on scapes 15-18 

 in. 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 

 in 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 

 in ashes, or planted out where 

 they can be watered occasionally 

 during dry weather. Like other 

 similar plants, they will benefit by a 

 mulching of spent hops or rotted ma- 

 nure. G . W> OLIVER and L. H. B. 



CHLORANTHUS (green flower) . Chlo- 

 ranthacece. The type genus of a small 

 family (25 species) of tropical herbs, 

 shrubs or trees. Chloranthus has about 

 8 species. They are perennial herbs or 

 evergreen shrubs, with jointed stems, 

 opposite, simple Ivs., and small, incon- 

 spicuous fls., in slender, terminal spikes. 

 Perianth represented by a single scale, 

 in the axil of which is the 1-loculed 

 ovary, and 3 united stamens (the side 

 stamens sometimes obsolete). C. brachy- 

 stachys, Blume, from Ind. and China, is 

 in the Amer. trade. It is a shrub used 

 for pot-growing, reaching a height of 

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

 yellow berries There is a variegated- 

 leaved form. L f jj t 3^ 



440. Chloris CHLOBIS (Greek for green). Gra- 

 minece. FINGER 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, 



flat blades and 8-12 silky-bearded 

 spikes, clustered or umbellate at 

 the apex of the culms. In cult, as 

 an ornamental grass. Annual in 

 the northern states, 



truncata, R. Br. (C. barbdta 

 vera, Hort.). Fig. 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. 

 In cult, as an ornamental grass. 



verticillata. Nutt. WINDMILL 

 FINGER GRASS. A low, spread- 

 ing perennial with upright culms 

 6-20 in. high. The dark brown, 

 awned spikelets are arranged OD 

 slender spikes, which are in 

 whorls near the summit of the 

 culm.. Both fl. -glumes and empty 

 glumes awned. It is a good 

 turf -former, and is spoken of by 

 some as 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. 



C. polyddctyla, Swartz. A W. Indian species which has been 

 found in southern Fla., is attractive, and has long and graceful 

 spikes. C. grdcilis, Dur., a native of Cent. Amer. and Mex v is 

 another species occasionally cult, for ornament. C. petrcea, 

 Swartz, found along the coast from Fla. to N. Car., is as at- 

 tractive as many of the grasses grown in gardens as ornamen- 

 tals. C. glauca, Vasey, is a handsome species, well deserving 

 the attention of the florist, and is found growing in brackish 

 marshes and along the borders of cypress swamps. 



P. B. KENNEDY. 



CHLOROCODON (Greek for green and bell, alluding 

 to the flowers). Asclepiaddcece. One species from S. 

 Afr., C. Whiteii, Hook. f. B.M. 5898. G.C. III. 18:243. 

 It is now cult, in S. Fla. and S. Calif. It is a strong, 

 woody twiner, with large opposite, cordate-ovate, thick 

 Ivs. and axillary clusters of odd fls. %-l in. in diam. ; 

 corolla rotate-bell-shaped, thick, green ; the segments 

 ovate and acute, purple at the base inside, and bearing 

 long-notched lobes ; anthers connivent over the capitate 

 stigma. The roots are used medicinally in Natal, under 

 the name of Mundi. The plant is an interesting green- 

 house climber, but not handsome. L. H. B. 



CHLOROGALUM (green and milk, from the Greek, 

 referring to the juice of the plant). Lilidcece. Three 

 species of California, allied to Camassia ( C. -Leichtlinii, 

 Baker Camassia jLeichtlinii) . Bulbous : fls. white or 

 pink, in a panicle terminating a leafy stem; segments of 

 perir.nth 3-nerved, at length twisting over the ovary; 

 style long and deciduous : Ivs. with wavy margins. Plants 

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

 thogalums. Monogr. by Baker, Journ. Linn. Soc. 13 : 291 ; 

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



