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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, ramp- 

 ant, 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 Xew 

 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. Rec- 

 ommended 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 flow- 

 ering 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 hard^^ deciduous slirubs. 

 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. 



