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furnishes a sugar known as jaggery ; its fermentation gives an 

 alcoholic drink, from which distillation produces the strong spirit 

 known as arrack, while further fermentation gives vinegar. The 

 fr. while young contain a pint or more of a sweetish watery fluid, 

 a refreshing drink ; it decreases as the nut ripens. The kernels are 

 eaten raw, or in curries, milk is expressed from them for flavouring, 

 and oil is extracted by boiling or by pressure, in the latter case the 

 kernels being first dried into what is known as copra. The refuse 

 cake or poonac, left after the expression of the oil, is a valuable 

 fattening food for cattle. The great use of the 'oil is for soap-making 

 and margarine. In recent years a large industry has sprung up in 

 desiccated coconut, largely used in confectionery, the kernel being 

 sliced and dried in special desiccators. The outer wood of the stem 

 (porcupine wood) is used for rafters, orn. articles. &c. The thick 

 outer husk, rarely seen in Europe upon the nut, contains a large 

 number of long stout fibres running lengthwise. The nut is placed 

 in water till the soft tissues between these fibres decay, and the fibre 

 (coir) is then beaten out ; or sometimes the fibre is obtained by special 

 machinery. 



Cocos or cocus wood, Brya Ebcmts DC. 



Codia Forst. Cunoniaceae. 9 New Caledonia. 



Codiaeum Rumph. ex A. Juss. Euphorb. (A. n. 5). 6 Indomal., 

 Polynes., Austr. C. variegatum Blume cult., esp. in trop., for its 

 coloured 1. ; usu. known as Crotons, and also used as hedges. Some 

 have curious 1 , often twisted, or with two blades separated by a 

 length of petiole. 



Codlins and cream, Epilobium hirsntum L. 



Codon L. Hydrophyllaceae. 3 S. Afr. 



Codonacanthus Nees. Acanthaceae (iv. B). 2 Khasias, China. 



Codonanthe Hanst. Gesneriaceae (i) 10 trop. Am. 



Codonocarpus A Cunn. ex Hook. \Gyrostemon Desf. f.). Phyto- 

 laccaceae. 3 Austr. 



Codonocephalum Fenzl. Compositae (4). 2 W. As. 



Codonopsis Wall. Campanulaceae (i). 15 As. Cult. orn. fl. 



Codonorchis I.indl (Pogonia BH.}. On-hid, (n 2). 2 temp. Am. 



Codonosiplion Schlechter. Orchid, (n. 16). 2 New Guinea. 



Codonostigma Klotzsch (Scyphogyne JBH.). Eric (iv. 2). i S. Afr. 



Codonura K. Schum. Apocynaceae (n. i). i Cameroons. 



Coelachne R. Br Gramineae (9). 5 Indomal , China, Austr., Madag. 



Cortacnyrum Nees (Eragrostis p. p. BH.}. Gram. (n). 2 S.W. As. 



Coelanthum E. Mey. Aizoaceae (l). 2 S. Afr. 



Coelartnron Hook. f. (Amlropogon p.p. EP. ). Gramin. (2). i Indomal. 



Coelebogyne J. Sm . = Alchornea Sw. p.p. (Euphorb.). 



Coelia Lindl. Orchidaceae (11. 6). 5 trop. Am., W.I. 



Coelidium Vog. Leguminosae (ill. 3). 8 S. Afr. 



Coelina Nor. Inc. seel. Nomen. 



Coeliopsis Reichb. f. Orchid. (H. 13). i Panama. 



Coelocarpum Balf. f. Verbenaceae (i). 2 Socotra, Madag. 



Coelocaryon Warb. Myristicaceae. 5 trop. Afr. 



Coelococcua H. Wendl. (Metro.\ylou p.p.)- Palm. (in). 2 Polynes. 



Coelodepas Hassk. Euphorbiaceae (A. n. 2). ? Indomal. 



