Application of Chain Rule in Hirsch's text

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In the attachment is one page that I extract from the book "Differential Equations, Dynamical Systems, and an Introduction to Chaos". The two equations are highlighted.

I think the second one is incorrect, and I insert a question right below it. I inspect two different editions of the book and it is the same. It seems to be just a simple chain rule, and this drives me crazy.

Could you help explain why the second highlighted equation is written as it is?

Thanks much!