eo6 H OUT us JAMA ICE NSIS. coco*. 



!. PANICULATA. PANICI.F.D. 



jiiii-arn^'tiis J rutico.uis citc/iis, spicu viiidi, lava et sfrn'osa.. S!nanO|v 

 v.- 1, p. l-iL', t 91, fc 1. I'oiiiS oblongia, jioribus iuctuiV^e sptcatos^ 

 Jc-ic sc'ss.hbu.s. Bri>wne, p. I??. 



Leaves ovate-ohiong ; stem risiiij^-, paiiiclcd : spikes alternato, terminal, re- 

 ruoce. 



Stem suiTniticose, prostrate, ronn;1, sub-iliviJecI, striated; branches diverging. 

 Leaves acuiniiiue, peiioled, entire, snaooia ; s, ikes rdceuie;!, axi^ary, ana terniin- 

 EiiiiL), short; liowers distinct, whiiisti ; tiie cafyk consi.sts uf five ovate-i.cute leatiets, 

 niiitish witiiic;; corulJa.nojije bnia (.vin-shaped live-cocnercd nectary, surrounding tne 

 germ; t) the edge of uhich the filaments are fixed. Tiie anthers are versatile and 

 jmrjile ; genn ovate ; sty-le su'>uiate, sinspie, red ; stigijia.tnfid ; capsule cov^rea by 

 the perniaiient culjX, with, nuuierous shining seeds. Siv. 



The flowers of this p'ant seldom open, aiiJ are of a yellowisb green colour, with, a 

 blackish style-; the sjeds are so sitiaiJ as singly to be scarce discernible, shining; and 

 of a bnjwn colour, roun iish, and hollowon one side, when vieivcd by a luicruscope. 

 h. grows by the banks of tlie Rio Cohye.S'lounf. 



2. CRISIATA. ,:CRFSTF,D. 



Leaves oblong-ovate ; peduncles round, sub-striated; spikes oblong. 



This is the buli-colotirea ce/osia or cockscomb, a most beautiful plant, which, since 

 its intrajviction,/ lias been genei^ally cultivated, and thrives most luxuriantly- in Ja- 

 Oiaica. It xecciveJ its-iKune from tlie form of its fiijvvers resenil)iing tiiat of the conila 

 of a cock Tatrc are many varieties r..ised from the suuie seed, dilfering in form^ 

 .magnitude, anl co'our ; and some bave been observed variegated witli two or tiire**.- 

 coiours. Ic is a r.ative of Asia. 



Cocks-Hf.ad See French Honeysuckle.. 

 -Cock-Spur See Fi-sgriuo, 



COCOA NUT TREE. COCOS. 



Cl. 25..\/,i/wecia luxandria. Nat. or. Palmar, 



This is called by the Portuguese coco, from the three holes at the end of the shell, 

 iviiig it the apjieurance of a monkey's head. 



Gfn. char. Male flowers in the same spa lis withiihe females. Male calyx an uni- 

 ; _ ver>al univalve spathe ; spadix branching ; perianth three-parted, very small ; di- 

 -''; visio.Ls sub-a-iquetrous, concave, coloured; the corolla has three petals, ovate, 

 ficute, patulous ; the stamens are six.fiiaments, simple, length of the corolla, with 

 sngitiate anthers ; the j^isiil has a scarce jmanifest germ, three short styles, and an 

 obsolete stigma : tne jjericarp abortient. The calyx of the femalefiower is a 

 common spi.the with tiie hermaphrodites, as likewise the spadix ; the perianth i& 

 three-prted, divisions roundish, concave, converging, coloured, permanent j 

 the corolla has three permanent petals, like the calyx, but rather iaVj^er ; the i>ii- 



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