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Chionacline R. Br. Gramineae (i). 2 sp. Indo-mal. and 1 Austr. 
( C . cyathopoda F. von Muell., a valuable fodder-grass). 
Chionanthus Royen. Oleaceae (1. 3). 2 sp. N. Am., China. C. 
virginicus Linn, (snowdrop tree) is often grown in shrubberies for 
its firs. 
Chione DC. Rubiaceae (11. 13). 4 sp. W. Ind. 
Chionodoxa Boiss. Liliaceae (v). 4 sp. Crete and As. Minor. C. 
Lucihae Boiss. (glory of the snow) is a favourite border plant. 
Chirita Buch.-Ham. Gesneraceae (1). 45 sp. Ceylon, Himal, Indo- 
mal. United with Didymocarpus in Nat. Pji under Roettlera. 
Chironia Linn. Gentianaceae (1. 2). 15 sp. Afr. 
Chlaenaceae. Dicotyledons (Archichl. Parietales). 7 gen. with about 
20 sp. Madag. (p. 148), closely allied to Theaceae. See Nat. Pji. 
Chlidanthus Herb. App. Amaryllidaceae (1). 4 sp. S. Am. Sta. with 
lateral appendages (see order). 
Chlora Ren. (Blackstonia Huds.). Gentianaceae (1. 2). 3 sp. Medit., 
Eur. C.perfoliata Linn, (yellow- wort) on chalky soil in Brit. 
Chloranthaceae. Dicotyledons (Archichl. Piperales). 3 gen. with 35 
sp., trop. and sub-trop. Herbs, shrubs, or trees, with opp. stip. 
leaves. Firs, small, in spikes or cymes, $ or unisexual, sometimes 
with sepaloid perianth. Sta. 1 — 3, united to one another and to the 
ovary. Cpl. 1 ; ovules few, pendulous, orthotropous. Endosperm 
oily; no perisperm; embryo minute. Chief genera: Chloranthus, 
Hedyosmum. Placed in Micrembryae by Benth.- Hooker, in Poly- 
goniflorae by Warming. 
Chloranthus Sw. Chloranthaceae. 10 sp. E. As., E. Ind. Perianth 
of one leaf, anterior; the centre sta. has a complete anther, the laterals 
each half an anther (cf. Fumaria). 
Chloris Sw. Gramineae (xi). 40 sp. trop. and warm temp. Several 
are useful pasture-grasses in Austr., &c. 
Chlorogalum Kunth. Liliaceae (in). 3 sp. Calif. C. pomeridianum 
Kunth has a large bulb whose inner parts are used as a substitute for 
soap (cf. Saponaria). The outer layers yield a quantity of fibre, used 
for mattresses, &c. 
Chlorophora Gaudich. Moraceae (1). 1 sp. W. Afr. and 1 ( C . tinctoria 
Gaudich.) trop. Am. The wood of this sp. forms the yellow dye- 
stuff known as fustic. 
Chlorophytum Ker-Gawl. Liliaceae (in). 50 sp. trop. In C. co?nosum 
Baker the infl . is often replaced by a vegetative mode of propagation, 
long shoots developing in the axils of the bracts; these weigh the 
stem down to the soil and take root there. 
Chloroxylon Rumph. Rutaceae (vn). 1 sp. E. Ind., C. Siuietenia DC., 
the satin-wood. The timber is largely us«d in veneering, &c., as it 
takes a high polish. The tree also yields a gum. [Meliaceae B. & H.] 
Choisya H. B. et K. Rutaceae (1). 1 sp. Mexico. 
Chondrilla (Toum.) Linn. Compositae (xm). 18 sp. N. temp. 
