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COTINUS. See Rhus. 



C O T O N E A M A L U S. See Cvdoxia. 

 C O T O N E A S T E R. See Mespilus. 



it is propagated by feeds, which fliould be fown in a 



imall pot filled v/ith light earth as foon as it is re- 

 ceived from abroad i the pots fliould be plunged into 



a bed of tanners bark, where the heat is near fpent, COTUL A. Lin. Gen. Plant. 868. 

 andcoveredwicha common frame in winter, toproteft 

 the feeds from froft, fnow, and hard rains. In the 



if the pots are removed into a moderate hot- 



' ' when they are 



fpnng, 



bed, the plants will foon appear: 

 about an inch high, they Hiould be each tranfpknted 

 into a feparate fmall pot, obferving to Ihade them until 

 they have got new roots ; foon after which they {hould 

 be gradually inured to the open air, and in June 

 they Ihould be placed abroad in a fheltered fituation ; 

 where they may remain till Odober, when they Ihould 

 be placed in a common frame, where they may be 

 protefted from froft, being too tender to live abroad 



in England. , - ■ 

 CORYMBUS [Ko'fU|ag(^, Gr.l fignifies among bo- 



tanifts, round clutters of berries, as thofe of Ivy. 

 Jungius ufes it to fignify the extremity of a ftalk, fo 

 fubdivided and laden with flowers, or fruits, as to 



compofe a fpherical figure. 



It is alfo by modern botanifts ufed to fignify a com- 

 pound difcous flower, which does not fly away in 

 down, as the Chryfanthemum, Daify, Chryfocome, 

 &c. For thefe kind of flowers, being fpread into 

 breadth, do, after a fort, refemble an umbrella, or 

 bunch of Ivy-berries. 



CO ST US. Lin. Gen. Plant. 3. 



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; It bath a ftmple fpadix and fpath^e^ with a fmall em- 



faleme7ity divided into three parts^ fitting on the germen. 



The flo-wer hatk three concave petals, which are ere^ and 

 . equals zvith a large oblong neUarium of one leaf, having 



t'wo lips, the lower being broad, and as long as the petaL 



"The upper is fhorter and fpear-fhaped, changing toafta- 



. ' piina y this is faflened to the upper lip of the ne5larium, 



: to which adheres a bipartite fummit*-^ ."Tbe'gerineh isji- 



■riuated within the' receptacle of the fl<mer^ . which js 



ijroundifii, fupporting a flendcr ftyle, or owned by a com- 



\\prej[ed indented ftigma. She germen afterward becomes a 



r'oundifh capfule with three cells, containing fever al trian- 



■ ■gular feeds, :i il.ui v:j- i" .-J ■ ■ ■ • ■ ' V , 



b'This genus of plants Is ranged in the firft fefbion of 



■^- Linna;us's firft clafs, intitled Monandria Monogynia, 

 ,v the flower having but one ftamen and one flyle, . 



We have but one Species of this plant, viz. v 

 CosTus {Arabicus). Hort. Cliflf. 2. Coftus Arabicus. C. I this fort are permitted* to fcatterj^^the plants will come 



Ananthccyclus. 

 Vaill. Aft. Reg. Scien. 17 19. Mayweed. 



The Characters are, 



// hath a flower compofed of hermaphrodite florets in the 

 difk, and female half forets which form the rays\, thefe 

 are included in one common convex empaUment, divided 

 into feveral oval pa-rts. "The hermaphrodite florets art 

 tubular, and cut into four unequal fegments at the top •, 

 thefe have four fmall ftamina, terminated by tubular fum^ 

 mits, and have two cbtufe figmas, having one fmall^ 

 oval, angular feed to each. 'The female half florets hav^ 

 an oval compreffed germen, fupporting a flendcr ftyk^ 

 crowned by two ftigmas, but have no ftamina \ thefe art 

 fucceeded by Jingle hear t-fljaped feeds, plain on one fide, and 

 convex on the other, with an obtufe border. 

 This genus of plants is ranged in the fecond feftion 

 of Linnseus's nineteenth clafs, intitled Syngenefia 

 Polygamia fuperflua ; the plants of this fe6tion have 

 hermaphrodite and female flowers, which are fruit- 

 ful. . ; 



The Species are, 

 CoTULA {Anthemcides) foliis pinnato-multifidis, co- 

 rollis r^dio deftitutis. Hort. Cliff. 417. Mayweedwitb 

 many pointed winged leaves, and no rays^ to the fioiver. 

 Cham^melum luteum capite aphyllo. C. B. P. 135. 



ceptaculis fubtus inflatis, tur- 



binatis. Hort. Cliff. 417. Mayweed whofe receptacles 



arefwollen and turbinated beneath. Cotula Africana c::* 



- lice eleganter c^efio. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 495. 



g^ Cotula [Corqnopi folia) foliis lanceolato-linearibus, 



■ - arnplexicaulibus pinnatifidis. Hort. Clifl". 417. May- 



weeTwith narrow fpedr-fhaped leaves embracing the ftalk, 



mattf points, Chryfanthemum exoticum minus, 

 capite aphyllo, Cham^meli nudi facie. Breyn. Cent. 



The firft fort grows naturally in Spain, Italy, and 

 the Archipelago ; this is an annual plant, which rifes 

 with a branching ftalk half a foot high, gamifned 

 with leaves which are finely divided like thofe of 

 Chamomile. The flowers are produced fingly at the 

 end of the branches, which are very like thofe of the 

 naked Chamomile, but the heads rife higher in the 

 middle like a pyramid. This flowers in May and 

 Tune, and the feeds ripen in Aue:uft. If the feeds of 



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B. P. 36. Arabian Coftus. 

 -This hath a flelhy jointed root like that of Ginger, 

 which propagates under the Turface as that doth ; 

 from which arife many round, taper, herbaceous 

 ftalks, garnifhed with oblong- fmooth leaves, em- 

 bracing the ftalks like thofe of a Reed j thefe ftalks rife 

 near two feet high; out of the center, the club, or 

 ■ head of flowers is produced, w^hich is. near two inches 



the thicknefs of a man's finger, and blunt at 

 the top, compofed of feveral leafy fcales, out of 

 which the flowers come-, thefe have but one thin 

 v/hite petal, which is of fliort duration, feldom con- 

 tinuing longer than one day before it fades, and is 

 never fucceeded by feeds in this country. - The time 

 of its flowering is very uncertain, for fometimes it 

 flowers late in the winter, and at other times it has 

 flowered in fummer, fo is not conftant to any feafon 

 in England. It grows naturally in moft parts of India. 

 This is propagated by parting of the roots ; the beft 

 time for doing this is in the fpring, before the roots 

 put out new ftalks. The roots muft not be divided 

 too fmall, becaufe that will prevent their flowering. 

 They fliould be planted in pots, filled with light 

 kitchen-garden earth, and plunged into the tan-bed 

 in the ftove, where they fhould conftantly rerriain, 

 and may be treated in the fame manner as the 

 Ginger, which is fully treated of under the article 



Amomum. . . I ■- ■ '■ -. , .V, -" ■ -., 



up in the fpring, and require no other care but to 

 keep them clean from weeds, and thin the plants 



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rays, with a pale yellow diflc. 



The roots of this plant were formerly imported from 

 India, and were much ufed in medicinej butof Ute 

 years they have not been regarded, the rootsofGin""er 



being generally fubftituted for thefe. • , v-j.;, .,-._ ,.T - 



. where they are too clofe. 

 The fecond fort grows naturally at the Cape of Good 

 Hope, . from whence I have received the feeds ; this 

 is an annual plant, fending out many branching ftalks 

 from^ the root, which fpread on the ground, and arc 

 garnilhed with very fine divided leaves, covered with 

 a lanugo, or cotton. The flowers are produced 

 fingly upon long foot-ftalks, arifing, from the fide of 

 the branches ; thefe have a narrow border of white 



It flowers in June and 

 July, and the feeds ripen in autumn.,- This fort muft 

 be raifed on a moderate hot-bed in the fpring, and 



. when the plants have obtained ftrength, they may be 

 tranfplanted into a warm border, where they will ripen 



: their feeds very well. v.;. / . ■ ;.-;., ,.■ 'r . . 

 The third fort is an annual plant, which fends out 

 trailing ftalks about fix inches long, garnlflied with 



, fucculent leaves, in fhape like thofe of Bucklhprn 

 Plantain. The flowers grow from the divifions of 



. the ftalks' upon fhort weak foot-ftalks, being deftitute 



-of rays'jthey' are of a fulphur colour, and appear 



• about the fan^e time with the former. If the feeds 

 of this fort are fown on a warm border where die 

 plants arc to remain, they will require no other cul- 

 ture but to keep them clean from weeds. 



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flowers of the two laft forts ftand cre6t, when theymlt 

 appear, but fo foon as the florets are impregnated, 

 and their colour changes, the foot-ftalks become very 

 flaccidto\v^ard thetop, and the flowershang downward; 



but. when the feeds are ripe, the foot-ftalks become 



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