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40550. CHAETOSPERMUM GLUTINOSUM. From William
S. Lyon, Manila, Philippine Islands. A Philippine tree allied to
Citrus and recommended for trial in semiarid regions as a stock for
the cultivated citrus fruits. Occurs on gravelly hillsides almost
devoid of rainfall during seven months of the year. It is probably
susceptible to damage by frost.

41705. CHAMAEDOREA TEPEJILOTE. Palm. From Dr.
C. A. Purpus, Zacuapam, Vera Cruz, Mexico. Said to be a hand-
some ornamental palm, with pinnate leaves composed of 20 to 30
crowded, sword-shaped leaflets. The showy, yellow inflorescences
are said to produce an excellent vegetable, the undeveloped flowers
forming a favorite article of diet throughout Vera Cruz. Native of
Mexico.

CHAYOTA EDULIS. Chayote or mirliton. Perennial, rampant,
climbing cucurbit, bearing annual crops of green or white pear-
shaped fruits, more delicate in flavor than squash. Excellent
creamed, stewed, as salad, or baked with meats. Good shipper. A
promising truck crop on well-drained, fertile, sandy loam soils.
Fruits prolifically in Florida, southern California, and around New
Orleans.

CHENOPODIUM QUINOA. Tall annual, largely cultivated on
the dry slopes of the Andes for its nutritious but acrid seeds, used in
soups or prepared similar to rice in several changes of water. Recommended
for trial as a substitute for spinach, for which purpose
its leaves have long been used in France during the hot offseason for
this vegetable. Its culture is similar to mustard.

42202. CHILOPSIS LINEARIS. Mimbres. Collected by Dr.
David Griffiths, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Handsome flowering
tree related to the catalpa, which it resembles only in its smaller
purple-tinged flowers. Its leaves are willowlike. The tree is quite
open in habit, but it stands pruning and can be easily shaped as
desired. Native from western Texas to California and southward.

CHIONANTHUS RETUSA. Chinese fringe tree. One of
the most attractive and distinguished of hardy deciduous shrubs.
Somewhat resembles the American fringe tree (C. virginiana), but
has the abundant shorter and broader panicles erect, and flowers on
the young shoots of the year. Flowers snow white, the corolla hav-
ing four strap-shaped petals three-fourths of an inch long. The
whole shrub is usually a mass of bloom in June and July.
        