300 



CHIONODOXA 



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

 (ewer (1-2 on a scape) than C. lAicilia, white or rery 

 pale blue. Crete. -Of little horticultural value. 

 ,Alleni, Hort. {ClnonoscUla 

 Alleni, Hort.). Perianth seg- 

 ments cut to the base : habit of 

 C. ImcilUB, but the white eye 

 is indistinct. Supposed 

 ral hybrid of ScUla bifolia ant 

 Chionodoxa LucUia'. G.C. Ill 

 21:191. 



J. N. Gerard and L, 



CHINA ASTEK. See Asier. 



CHINKAPIN, CHINQUAPIN. See Cheit 

 nut and Vastanm. 



CHIBlTA (Hindostani name). GesnerAcecp.. 

 Plants much like Gloxinias and Streptocar- 

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

 are natives of eastern Asia. Fls. in shades 

 of purple and blue, tubular, i 

 the tops of short scapes. 



CHIVES. See Cive. 



CHLIDANTHTJS (delicate flower, from the 

 Greek) ■imaiijlUdd.cecf Two or three S. 

 Amer Imlbs, flow "ring m advance of the Ivs. Allied to 

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

 ing a solid scape, long-tubed, with 

 wide-spreading segments : Ivs. 

 long and strap-shaped. C. frA- 

 grans. Herb., is the species in 

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

 I K 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- 

 m.; winter and in spring started 

 in a moderately warm house. 

 \fter 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 

 irailar plants, they will beneiit by a 

 mulching of spent' hops or rotted ma- 

 nure G. tfr Outer 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. 



*leganB, HRK. (C. a7fc«, Presl). Fig. 440. An erect 

 pertnnial 2-i ft. high, with slightly inflated sheaths. 



'\li 



CHLORANTHDS [green flower). Chlo- 

 xinthiicuc. 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. brach^- 

 Btachys, Blume, from lud. 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. jj. B. 



CHLOKIS (Greek for green). Gra- 

 mtnece. 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, 



and one not easily 

 the spikes gives it 

 making it useful as 

 The cult, form is an 

 C. polydfictyla, Swar 

 found in soutlieiii Fhi 

 spikes.-r. ./,-.,-,7;. |> 

 another sj i 



tractive as m 



CHLOROCODON , I 



flat blades and 8-12 silky-bearded 

 spikes, clustered or umbellate at 

 the apex of the culms. — In cult, as 

 au ornamental grass. Annual in 

 the northern states. 



truncAta, R. Br. iC. barbAta 

 iv'r.,, Hurt. 1. I'li.'. ttl. A peren- 

 nial uith.i"iiitr(l. rirr|.ingculms: 



till- :i|HX : iiiri..r.-^ciiice consist- 

 ing of digitate s]iikes, widely 

 spreading ; the spikelets 2-r 

 ered and long-awned. Austral.— 

 In cult, as an ornamental grass. 



verticlllElta. Nutt. Windmili/ 

 FiSGER Grass. A low, spread- 

 ing perennial with upright culms 

 6-20 in. high. The dark brown, 

 awned spikelets are arranged on 

 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, 

 Th 



Qpled 



arrangement < 



and pleasing appearance 

 an ornamental species for gardens, 

 improvement on the type. 

 ;z. A W. Indian species which has been 



Kennedy. 



. 1/ aii.l '" U, alluding 

 I iiii- species from S. 

 s'.is. G.C. III. 18:243. 

 I alif. It is a strong, 

 . .-.irdate-ovate, thick 

 tl-i. '4-I in. in diam.; 

 i-Teen ; the segments 

 . inside, and bearing 

 I <nt over the capitate 

 mally in Natal, under 

 an interesting'green- 



ovate and acute, puipl' ■■<' th. 1,:, 

 long-notched lobes : antln i- .mhh 

 stigma. The roots an >i>. ,1 ni. .Ik 

 the name of Mundi. Tin- plant is 

 house climber, but not handsome. 



CHL0K6GALUM (green and milk, from the Greek, 

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

 species of California, allied to Camassia ( C. LeicMlinii, 

 Tisikev — Camassia LeicMllnii). Bulbous: fls. white or 

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

 perianth 3-nerved, at length twisting over the ovary; 

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

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

 thogalums. Monogr. by Baker. .Joum Linn. Soe. 13: 291 ; 

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



