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THE DICTIONARY 
CF GARDENING, 
" COBURGIA. This is now included in the genus 
Stenomesson. 
COCCOCYPSELUM (from kokkos, fruit, and kypsele, 
a vase; in allusion to the form of the fruit). Sys. Bice- 
lium, Tontanea. ORD. Rubiacew. A genus of creeping 
soft-wooded stove plants. Peduncles axillary, solitary, 
and in the alternate axils, each bearing a few-flowered 
head, surrounded by a short involucre. Leaves opposite, 
on short petioles; stipules subulate, solitary on both sides. 
The species are of easy culture in a mixture of peat and 
sand. Increased readily by separating the creeping stems. 
с. 
campanuliflorum 
axillary or terminal heads; throat ye 
Brazil, 1827. SYN. Hedyotis campanuliflora. 
) 
cordifolium (heart-shaped-leaved white, pubescent, dis- 
е in de Metros креде Жым. „Жы equalling 
the petioles in length. 4. cordate, obtuse, hairy. Brazil. 
C. metallicum T Per Л. white. l with a metallic 
lustre. Guiana, 1866. 
C. re стөе ^" blue, almost sessile, collected in the 
aXiLP of ths amy 3 мз, few-flowered ; peduncles very short 
while bearing the flowers, afterwards becoming more elongated. 
May. J. ovate, pubescent on both surfaces. West Indian Islands, 
1795. Annual 
. COCCOLOBA (from kokkos, a berry, and lobos, a pod; 
in reference to the fruit). Seaside Grape. Овр. Poly- 
gonee, A rather large genus of stove evergreen trees, 
some of which are ornamental. They grow well in good 
loam. Cuttings (of most of the species) of ripened wood, 
with leaves entire, taken off at a joint, will root freely in 
sand, under a bell glass. The best species are given below. 
C. obovata (reversed-egg-shaped). Л. white, green. A. 50ft. New 
Grenada, 1824, 
C. pubescens (downy). Л. white, green. West Indies, &c., 1690. 
C. avifera tnt Л. white, М ч, x 0а, cor- 
1690. (В. M. $130) lossy green. ез es, &c., 
COCCULUS (from coccus, the systematic name of 
cochineal, applied to this genus on account of the greater 
part of the species bearing scarlet berries). Syn. Wend- 
landia. ORD. i eœ. A genus of stove, green- 
house, or hardy evergreen climbing or twining shrubs. 
Cymes or panicles axillary; those bearing the male flowers 
i i Cuttings 
of half-ripened side shoots will root easily in spring or 
Я ы poe in sand and placed in bottom heat, 
. C. carolinus PANE Л. greenish, in 
panicles, July. i racemes or 
mm ^. 20%. United States "Plant Rn repere c "d 
. C.laurifolius -leaved) fl. white, green, small ; 
lateral and axillary i at the top, rather С eei 
Ў January. 1 UE oblong, acuminated, i 
C. Thunbergii (Thunberg’s). . axillary, panicled. 1. ovate 
бозе, with a point, eke сн als a : 
triangular, ien cU Japan. ott — 
See Scale Insects. 
(from cochlear, a spoon; the 
cies are hollowed, like the bowl of a Ug 
вв; Spoonwort. ORD. Crucifere. Annus or 
herbs, usually smooth and fleshy, cemes 
| ; d со, heed filiform or some- 
 stalked: e» p, eaves Very variable; radical ones usual] 
stalked; eauline ones often auriculate-sagittate, There 
are about twenty-five Species, widely distributed over the 
"e pn cold regions of the Northern hemisphere, 
. Cochlearias are of the simplest culture in ordinary gardey 
Cochlearia—continued. 
Propagated by seeds (which are produced freely by most 
of the species), sown in the open air, in early spring. 
a 
Fig. 479. COCHLEARIA ARMORACIA. 
C. Armoracia (Horse-Radish). fl. white, with a spreading Сї 
May. L, radical ones large, oblong, crenated; cauline 
elongated, lanceolate, toothed or cut. Root large, 
h, 2ft. Eastern temperate Europe (naturalised in Britain). . 
Fig. 479. For detailed culture, see Horse-Radish. 
