Encyclopædia Britannica, First Edition/Chionanthus

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CHIONANTHUS, or snow-drop-tree, in botany, a genus of the diandria-monogynia class. The calix divided into four oval segments; and the drupa contains but one seed. There are two species, viz. the virginica and zeylonica, both natives of the Indies.