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Choripetalae (Warming) = Archichlamydeae. 
Chorispora R. Br. Cruciferae (iv. 19). 12 sp. E. Medit., Cent. As. 
Chorizanthe R. Br. Polygonaceae (1. 1). 34 sp. Am. Some possess 
an ochrea, usually absent in this group. Firs, usually single inside 
the involucre (cf. Eriogonum). 
Chorizema Labill. Leguminosae (ill. 2). 15 sp. Austr. 
Chrysalidocarpus H. Wendl. Palmae (iv. 6). 1 sp. Madag. (C. lutes- 
cens H. Wendl.). Included in Hyophorbe in Nat. Pfl. 
Chrysanthemum (Tourn.) Linn. (incl. Pyrethrum Hall.). Compositae 
(Vli). 100 sp. Eur., As., Afr., Am. C. segetum L. (corn-marigold) 
and C. Leucanthemum L. (ox-eye or dog daisy) in Brit. The autumn- 
flowering C., now so fashionable, are cultivated forms of C. indicu??i 
L. and C. sinense Sabine (China, Japan). As in the Dahlia, all the 
florets have become ligulate. C. Parthenium Bernh. (Eur.) is the 
feverfew, a popular remedy against slight fevers ; C. ciner arifolium 
Vis. yields Dalmatian insect powder (dried and powdered firs.), and 
C . roseum Adam. Persian powder. 
Chrysobalanaceae (Warming) = Rosaceae (suborder vi). 
Chrysobalanus Linn. Rosaceae (vi. 13). 3 sp. W. Afr., Am. The 
style is basal, so that the fir. is slightly zygomorphic. C. Icaco L. is 
the Coco plum, whose fruit is eaten in the W. Ind. 
Chrysocoma Linn. Compositae (ill). 8 sp. S. Afr. (For C. Linosyris 
L. see Aster.) 
Chrysogonum Linn. Compositae (v). 1 sp. E. N. Am. 
ChrysophyUum Linn. Sapotaceae (1). 60 sp. trop., esp. Am. Several 
serial buds are formed in each leaf-axil in some sp., and the unde- 
veloped ones subsequently give rise to firs, borne on the old wood 
(p. 156). C. Cainito L. is the star-apple, cultivated in the W. Ind. 
for its edible fruit. 
Chrysopsis Ell. Compositae (ill). 13 sp. N. Am. 
Chiysosplenium Tourn. Saxifragaceae (1). 40 sp. N. temp. 2 in 
Brit, (golden saxifrage). Small herbs with rhizomes bearing both 
vegetative and flowering shoots. Infl. cymose. The small greenish 
firs, are perigynous and apetalous ; they are homogamous and visited 
by various small insects. Cf. Adoxa. 
Chuquiraga Juss. Compositae (xn). 40 sp. S. Am. In each leaf- 
axil are thorns, probably representing the leaves of an undeveloped 
axillary shoot; above them is a normal branch. 
Chusquea Kunth. Gramineae (xm). 35 sp. Am. Like Bambusa. 
Chysis Lindl. Orchidaceae (15). 6 sp. trop. Am. Epiphytes. 
Cibotium Kaulf. = Dicksonia L’Herit. 
Cicendia Adans. Gentianaceae (1. 2). 1 sp., C. pusilla Griseb., S. W. 
Eur. (incl. Channel Is.). [For C.ftliformis Delarb. see Microcala.] 
Cicer (Tourn.) Linn. Leguminosae (in. 9). 14 sp. W. As., Medit. 
Accessory buds occur in the leaf-axils in some sp. C. arietinwn L. is 
the chick-pea or gram, largely cultivated for food in S. Eur. and India. 
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