A.chameleon, Chamaeleo vulgaris, Arist. HA503a15, Plin.HN8.120, Lib.Or.1.249; used as an image of changefulness, Arist.EN1100b6, Plu.Alc.23.
II. name of various plants, so called from their leaves changing colour, Thphr. HP6.4.3, 9.12.1, 9.14.1; “χ. λευκός” pine-thistle, Atractylis gummifera, Dsc.3.8; χ. μέλας, Cardopatium corymbosum, ib.9, Plin. HN22.47.