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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Celogyne—continued. 
Massangeana (Massange’s).* Л., sepals and petals light ochre- 
coloured ; lip tritid, beautifully maroon-brown, with ochre- 
coloured veins; raceme pendulous, many, but loosely, flowered. 
Pseudo-bulbs pyriform, bearing two Stanhopea-like leaves, 1879. 
This species is closely allied to С. asperata. (Е. M. n. s. 373.) 
C. media (middle).* /. on spikes 10in. high; sepals and petals 
creamy-white; lip yellow and brown. Khasia, 1857. A pretty 
small-growing winter-flowering species, with short round pseudo- 
bs, and leaves Тїп. long. : 
|. €. ocellata (е ed).* fl., ве and petals pure white ; lip curiously 
|. fring c tak pede sd gi and spotted with yellow and 
. brownat the base; side lobes with two bright yellow spots on 
each; column bordered with bright orange; racemes upright. 
March and A 1. long, narrow, bright green, longer than the 
racemes, Plouio bane ovate. India, 1 A very pretty 
, 1822. 
species, well adapted for block culture. (B. M. 3767.) The variety 
maxima is a very handsome form, with a raceme of about eight 
. star-like flowers; the segments lanceolate; lip saddle-shaped, 
with a terminal lobe marked with yellow. 1879. 
odoratissima (very sweet-scented).* 7. ue white, excepting 
the centre of thelip, where they are stained with yellow, sweet- 
scented; raceme slender, pendulous, Winter. 
green, lanceolate, about 4in. long. Pseudo-bulbs thickly clustered 
together, about lin. high. India, 1864. This species grows freely 
if not kept too warm, i i 
cool orchid house. See Fig. 494. (B. M. 5462.) 
C. pandurata (fiddle-shaped),* Л. upwards of 3in. in diameter, 
_ very i 
crests running parallel upon its surface, oblong, but curious] 
bent down at the sides, tice assuming somewhat the form of 4 
У В еа роо longar than ign "wig many-flowered. 
une, July. J. bright shining green, 1ft, t, ft. long. 
bulbs large, broa: ү Им. о tie eins 
Borneo, 1853, 
(B. M. 5084.) 
с. ра (Parish’s). Л, yellow, brown, Moulmein, 1862. (B. M. 
С. plantaginea (Plantain-leaved).* f, greenish-yellow ; lip white 
streaked with brown. A. 14ft. India, 185 istin | 
pas ae E dia, 1852. A distinct and 
Reichenbachiana (Heichenbach's) z, i ж produced in 
Pairs ; sepals and petals Tose-coloured ; lip rose, bu! i 
рери, and fringed in front with cri чы don bee 
ecies, and i 
netted, Eos 1868. A rare and very distinct peckes SYN, 
leione . 5753.) 
1 жылын (Rhodes) f White, fragrant ; lip brown, 
C. Schilleriana (Schiller's) * Solitary, Sin. long : sepa? 
* ч , . $ 8 d 
petals pv lanceolate р ыш contracting ^d ihe middie, 
ij | | [ 
. Regular purplish blotches, Woobed lamina, marked with 
June, 1, oblong-lanceolate, tapering 
@ М.А) udo-bulbs small. №, біп, Moulmein, 1858. 
c. speciosa (showy).* Л. ш in. i 
i ‘p J upwards of зіп, in di 
produced in pairs at the end of a slender peduncle; жы es 
| рх brownish or olive-green, the latter very long, and narrower 
is: lip very beautiful, both in the colour and 
А (viscid),* у, and hite ; lip y 
Fry ic A ыр эө yw, алыр 
; towards the base. Pseudo-bulbs fusiform in 
Ja, 1870. A rare species, not very unlike б, flaccida, 
la Ша». Л. ons Ан. Pe SWeet-scented 
E n i 3 
пе, but striped in t е centro mig cloned ; 
ANT. Bluish, 
"I Coffee, a province of Narea, in Af 
Coffee grows in abundance), Coffee. 
- Stove evergreen trees and shr 
Coffea—continued. 
loam and sand; and require plenty of water, and ample 
pot room, Ripe cuttings strike freely in sand, under 
a hand glass, in a moist heat; and the young plants so 
raised produce flowers and fruit more readily than those 
grown from seed. 
C. arabica (Arabian).* f. white, sweet-scented, disposed in axil- 
lary clusters of four to five, September. 1. oval-oblong, wavy, 
dark green and shining above, paler beneath, acuminated. A. 5ft. 
to 15ft. Truly native in the mountainous regions of South-west 
Abyssinia, 1696. (В. M. 1303.) 
C. beng (Bengal). fl. white, solitary or in pairs at the 
extremity of the branches; corolla hypocrateriform, with a 
slender tube. Z. opposite, ovate, acuminate, entire, spreading 
itty” almost sessile. Branches dichotomous. Assam. (B. M. 
C. liberica (Liberian). Ё white, sweet-scented. : 
outline to, but very muc larger than, those of Arabian Coffee, 
Liberia, 1875. The plant altogether is much more robust, and 
can be grown in hot localities in which the older C. arabica would · 
not thrive. (G. C. m. s. 6, 105.) 
C. travancorensis (Travancore). jl. white, fragrant, solitary, or 
three or four together in the axils of the leaves, shortly pedi- 
celled, erect. J. variable in shape, from broadly ovate to 
late, obtuse, acute, or drawn out into a long obtuse or acute 
Branches slender, Moray quadrangular. А. 3ft. to 6ft. 
1. similar in 
int. 
эме India, 1844. (В. M. 
COFFEE.TREE. Se Coffea. — 
COHERING. Connected. n 
COIX (а namo applied by Theophrastus to a reed- 
leaved plant)  Job's Tears. ORD. Graminee. А small 
genus of curious grasses, chiefly requiring stove № 
The only species usually grown is C. lachryma, Me 
а native of India, and grows from 2ft. to 4ft. high. Th 
is cultivated out of doors in summer, and its peculiar 
Fie. 495. COIX LACHRYMA, showing Habit in detached 
Inflorescence, i 
heavy grey pearly seeds, which hang in clusters out 0 
the sheath, give the plant quite an unique appearance. 
The seeds, which are about the size of a Cherry-stone, 
and are very hard, should be sown in heat, in February 
or March, or later on out of doors. See Fig. 495. — 
COLA = native name). Овр. Sterculiacem. A 
evergreen tree, requiring a rich, light, loamy soil li 
creased by seeds (which are about the size of a pigeon's 
egg); also by ripened cuttings, placed in sand, under 
hand glass, in bottom heat. i 
С. acuminata (pointed). Cola or Goora Nut. ji. yellow, 
merously disposed in : racemes. J; 
. сотіасео! : 
The seeds 
West tropi 
( А tribe of Liliacem which takes i 
name from the principal genus, Colchicum, the other thr 
bocodium, Merendera, and msi 
its nati 
TRIBE Colchicew of 
A genus of autumn or rarely spring-fk 
