236 PEDALINEZ. V. Pepatium. 
below the fertile ones.—A trichotomous herb, with the habit of 
Martýnia. Leaves opposite. Flowers axillary, solitary. Fruit 
like those of Tràpa. 
1 P. mu'rex (Lin. spec. 892.) 
Indies, Ceylon, Malabar, Coromandel, &c. near the sea. 
ill. t. 538. Murex, Lin. fl. 
zeyl. 440. Burm. ind. 139. t. 
45. f. 2.—Herm. zeyl. p. 42. 
Cucu- Mullu, or Kaki - tali, 
Rheed. mal. 10. p. 143. t. 72. 
©. S. Native of the East 
Lam. 
FIG. 23. 
A pretty large, succulent, 
branched plant. Root deep 
orange - coloured, branched. 
Stem hardly any. Branches 1- 
2 feet. Leaves obovate, obtuse, 
regularly toothed, truncate, 
pretty smooth, 3-nerved, 2-3 
inches long, and 13 to 2 inches 
broad; petioles glandular. 
Flowers pretty large, yellow, 
on short pedicels, erect; on 
each side of their insertion is a 
small, roundish, brown gland. 
Drupe nutant, armed with 4 sharp spines, one on each corner, 
at the base. The whole plant has an odour of musk. Of the 
same genus is the Planta Euphrasiæ affinis, Pluk. t. 373. f. 2. 
The sterile filament is terminated by an orange-coloured head. 
This plant, when fresh, has the singular property of rendering 
water or milk mucilaginous, without altering the taste, or colour, 
or smell of the liquid. This effect goes off in the course of 8 or 
12 hours, leaving the liquid in its former state. Butter-milk is 
often sold in the markets of India; and in order to make a 
greater profit on their merchandize, they dilute it with water, 
and then thicken the whole by turning it round a few times with 
a few fresh leafy branches, which makes the adulterated butter- 
milk seem rich, and of the best sort. 
Caltrop-fruited Pedalium. Fl. Aug. Sept, 
1 to 2 feet. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Martijnia, p. 235. 
CIC: 1778. PI: 
Orper CLX. COBEA‘CEZ (this order only contains the 
genus Cobe‘a.) D. Don, in edinb. phil. journ. 1824. vol. 10. 
3 
: Calyx leafy, 5-cleft, equal (f. 24. a.) Corolla inferior, cam- 
panulate, regular, 5-lobed (f. 24. b.), imbricate in eestivation. 
Stamens 5, unequal (f. 24. b.), rising from the base of the corolla ; 
anthers 2-celled, compressed. Ovarium superior, 3-celled, 
surrounded by a fleshy, annular, hypogynous disk; ovula 
several ascending. Style simple; stigma trifid (f. 24. D.) 
Fruit capsular, 3-celled, 3-valved ; with a septicidal dehiscence; 
placenta very large, 3-cornered in the axis, its angles touching 
the line of dehiscence of the pericarpium. Seeds flat, winged, 
imbricated in a double row; their integument mucilaginous. 
Albumen fleshy. Embryo straight. Cotyledons foliaceous ; 
radicle inferior. — Climbing shrubs. Leaves alternate, ab- 
ruptly pinnate; the common petiole lengthened into a tendril. 
Flowers axillary, solitary. This order is readily distinguished 
from Bignonidcee and Pedalinec, the two foregoing orders, in 
the flowers being regular and pentandrous, in the presence of 
albumen to the seeds, &c. ; and from Polemonidcee it is readily 
distinguished, by habit alone, and by the winged seeds. 
COBEACE. Cosza. 
ARAGOACEZ. 
I. COBA'A (named in honour of B. Cobo, a Spanish bota- 
nist.) Cav. icon. 1. p. 11. t. 16-17. and vol. 5. p. 69. t. 500. 
Pers. syn. 1. p. 185. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 
151. 
Lin. syst.  Pentándria, Monogynia. Character the same as 
that of the order. Calyx permanent, covering the capsule; seg- 
ments large, orbicular. 
1 C. sca'wnxws (Cav. l. c.) 
leaflets 3 pairs, elliptic, mucro- 
nate, marginate, and slightly 
ciliated : lower pair close to 
the stem, and sub-auriculate on 
one side at the base; tendrils 
branched ; calycine segments 
broad, roundish, mucronulate ; 
stamens about equal in length, 
hardly longer than the corolla. 
b. G. Native of Mexico, 
in various parts. Sims, bot. 
mag. 851. Calyx glaucous, 
5-winged, before expansion. 
Flowers large, campanulate, 
with a short tube of a dark, 
dirty purple colour. (fig. 24. 
Lobes of corolla rather spreading, broad, short, roundish, im- 
bricate, ciliated. 
Climbing Cobea. Fl. May, Oct. Clt. 1792. Shrub cl. 
2 C.rv EA (D. Don, in edinb. phil. jour. vol. 10. p. 4.) 
leaflets 3 pairs, oblong-lanceolate, acute ; lower pair close to the 
stem; tendrils branched at top; calycine segments lanceolate, 
tapering to the apex; stamens twice the length of the corolla. 
b.» G. Native of Guayaquil. Flowers yellowish, about 
half the size of those of C. scandens. 
Yellow-flowered Cobzea. Shrub cl. 
Cult. The C. scandens is a great favourite with most gar- 
deners; it is a quick-growing, and profuse-flowering climber. 
It is well adapted for a large conservatory or greenhouse. It 
grows also well in the open air, in summer, trained against a 
south wall, or against a house, where it will flower in abundance. 
The plant is best raised from seeds, which ripen in abundance ; 
but it may also be raised from cuttings, which latter mode is 
almost needless. 
Orver CLXI. 
the genus Aragéa.) Genera Bignoniaceis affinis. 
Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 154. 
Calyx deeply 5-parted (f. 25. a.) Corolla tubular, salver- 
shaped (f. 25. 0.) ; limb 4-parted; the lobes convolutely imbri- 
cate in estivation; at length spreading. Stamens 4 (f. 25. c.), 
inserted in the sinuses between the lobes of the corolla, exserted ; 
anthers cordate (f. 25. c.), the cells confluent, opening by a con- 
tinuous line. Style filiform (f. 25. e.) ; stigma capitate, minutely 
papillose. Capsule 2-celled, 2-valved (f. 25. g.); valves cloven; 
dissepiment parallel with the valves. Seeds 4-5 in each cell, 
compressed, with a membranous border. Albumen copious, 
fleshy. Embryo erect; with plano-convex, obtuse, fleshy, coty- 
ledons, furnished with 3 nerves; and a blunt radicle, much 
shorter than the cotyledons.—Much branched shrubs, natives of 
the mountains, near the city of Santa Fe de Bogota, in New 
Granada; with opposite branches. 
imbricated in 8 rows. 
small, white. 
ARAGOA'CEZ (this order only contains 
HB3 et 
Leaves small, coriaceous, 
Flowers axillary, solitary, nearly sessile, 
