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from the amount of albumen it con- 

 tains. Two varieties are cultivated, one 

 producing very pale seeds called the White, 

 which is that employed as food, and a 

 dark-red fruited one called the Red Quinoa. 

 A sweetened decoction of the seeds of the 

 latter is used medicinally, as an application 

 to sores and bruises, and cataplasms are 

 also made from it. This species attains a 

 height of four to five feet, and has a stout 

 furrowed branched stem, large triangular- 

 ovate deeply-sinuate leaves, on long foot- 

 stalks, and densely-clustered small green 

 flowers, produced in axillary and terminal 

 panicles. Botanically, the genus Cheitopo- 

 clium is distinguished by a five-parted 

 perianth, five stamens, two styles crown- 

 ing the ovary which contains a single 

 round flattened seed. [W. T.] 



CHERAMELLA. An Indian name for 

 the subacid fruits of Cicca disticha. 



CHERIMOYER. Anona Cherimolia, a 

 delicious Peruvian fruit. 



CHERMESINE. A kind of crimson. 

 CHE-ROOT. Oldenlandia umbellata.. 



CHERRIS. An Indian name for the 

 resinous exudation of the Hemp, Cannabis 

 sativa. 



CHERRY. A well-known fruit produced 

 from cultivated varieties of the Wild 

 Cherries, Cerasus avium and C. vulgaris. 

 — , BARBADOS. Malpighia glabra. — , 

 BASTARD. Cerasus Pseudo-cerasus. — , 

 BEECH or BRUSH. Trochocarpa lauriva. 

 — , BIRCH. Betula leuta. —, BIRD. Ce- 

 rasus Padus. — , CHOKE. Cerasus virgini- 

 ana ; also C. serotina, hiemalis, and burculis. 

 - , CLAMMY. Cordia Collococca. —, CO W- 

 HAGE. Malpighia urens. —.CORNELIAN. 

 Cornus mascula. — , GROUND. Cerasus 

 Cltamcecerasus ; also an American name for 

 Physalis. —.HOTTENTOT. Cassine Mau- 

 rocenia. — , NATIVE, of Australia. 

 E.rorarpus cu press iformis; — , of N. S. 

 Wales. Nelitris ingens. — , WINTER. 

 Physalis Alkekengi ; also sometimes applied 

 to Physalis angulata and Cardiospermum 

 Halicacabum. 



CHERRY-CRAB. A variety of the 

 Siberian Crab, Pyrus Mains baccata. 



CHERRY-LAUREL. Cerasus Lauro- 

 cerasus. 



CHERRY-PEPPER. Capsicum cerasi- 

 forme. 



CHERRY-PIE. A garden and popular 

 name for the Heliotrope. 



CHERUI. (Fr.) Si urn Sisarum. 



CHERVIL. A garden potherb, Clmro- 

 phyllwm sativum, also called Anthriscus Ce- 

 refolium. The name Chervil is also applied 

 generally to the plants referred to Chcero- 

 phyllum. — , GREAT. Myrrhis odorata. 

 — , NEEDLE. Scandix Pecten veneris. — , 

 PARSNIP. Clicerophyllum bulbosum, or 

 Anthriscus bulbosus. — , SWEET. Myrrhis 



odorata. — , WILD. Chmrophyllum syl- 

 vestre, 



CHERVIS. (Fr.) Slum Sisarum. 



CHESNEYA. A genus of dwarf woody 

 plants, belonging to the pea-flowered Leg li- 

 nt inosa?, nearly related to Calophaca and 

 Colutea, from both of which it differs, in 

 having the spaces between the seeds in the 

 pod occupied by a spongy pith-like sub- 

 stance. The leaves are alternate, un- 

 equally pinnate, with from three to nine 

 pairs of wedge-shaped leaflets, about half 

 an inch long, and downy. The flower-stalks 

 are axillary, bearing on their apex one 

 to three yellow or violet-coloured flowers, 

 whose tubular calyces are curiously swollen 

 above at the base. The pods are from one 

 to two inches long, roundish, or somewhat 

 flattened, containing four to six seeds. 

 There are about eight species known : one 

 of them, C. cuneata, found in Tibet at an 

 elevation of eight to twelve thousand feet, 

 but the greater portion in W. Asia, and 

 chiefly in Persia. [A. A. B.J 



CHESTNUT. The common name for 



Castanea. — , HORSE. jEsculus Hippocas- 

 tanitm. — , MORETON BAY, or NEW 

 HOLLAND. The large fleshy seeds of Cas- 

 tanospermum australe. — , SPANISH. 

 Castanea vesca, the fruits of which are 

 known as Sweet Chestnuts. — , TAHITI. 

 Inocarpus edulis. — , WATER. Trapa 

 nutans. — , WILD. A name given by the 

 settlers at the Cape to the seeds of Brabe- 

 jum. — , YELLOW. Quercus Castanea. 



CHESTNUT OAK. Quercus Castanea; 

 also sometimes applied to the timber of 

 the sessile-fruited English oak, Quercus 



sessiliflora. 



CHEVEUX DE VENUS. (Fr.) Adian- 

 tum Capilius-Veneris ; also applied to Cus- 

 cuta major, and Nigella damascena. —, 

 DU DIABLE. Cuscuta major. 



CHEWREFEUILLE. (Fr.) Lonicera. 



— DES BOIS. Lonicera Periclymcnum. 



— D'lTALIE. Lonicera ctrusca. — DE 

 VIRGINIE. Lonicera sempervirens. 



CHEVRILLE. (Fr.) Lactuca perennis. 



CHEYNIA. A handsome-flowered genus 

 of the myrtle family, native of the Swan 

 River territory. The plant is a small much- 

 branched shrub, with fine heath-like leaves 

 arranged in four rows, and bears handsome 

 scarlet flowers with a long calyx tube, and 

 a five-parted limb. The five petals are in- 

 serted into a thick rim lining the throat of 

 the calyx, as also are the numerous stamens, 

 which are separate from each other, and of 

 unequal lengths, the connective of the an- 

 ther being slightly swollen ; the ovary is 

 five-celled and many-seeded. [M. T. M .] 



CHIAZOSPERMUM. A genus contain- 

 ing an annual herb from temperate Asia, 

 allied to Hypecoum, and like it forming a 

 connecting link between the orders Papa- 

 veracea and Fumariacece. It differs from 

 Hypecoum by having the seeds somewhat 



