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Celogyne—continued. 
. tastes (half-moon-like). fl. resembling those of C. pandu- 
— sotee eS lip, a creamy-white with yellowish- 
brown markings. Pseudo-bulbs crescent-shaped, rather wide 
and flat, concave, forming receptacles for water. Borneo, 1880. 
(L. vi., t. 258.) : 
C, przecox (early). The correct name of the plant described on 
p. 358, Vol. L., as C. Wallichiana. 
C. p. tenera (slender). fl. pale lilac and yellow, having a few 
purple-mauve blotches on the lip. 1883. 
C. prolifera (proliferous). fl. greenish-yellow, small ; scape long, 
“Sop Sree Pee 1. Sin. to Tin. long, petiolate, lanceolate. 
Pseudo-bulbs l4in. to 2sin. long, distant, ovoid or oblong, 
compressed. Tropical Himalayas, 1837. ’ 
C, pulchella (rather pretty). . pure white, with the exception 
of a brown blotch on the disk of the lip and a smaller one at the 
base ; scapes terminal, slender, bearing several flowers. 1. rather 
thick, oblong-lanceolate. Pseudo-bulbs ovoid-oblong, two- 
leaved. - 1898. 
C. purpurascens (purplish). . nearly white, small; scape Sin. 
A 4in. long, one- to {testo ered 7. lin. to 4in. long, tin. to 
sin. broad, coriaceous, often purplish. Pseudo-bulbs very 
slender, one-leaved. Ceylon. 
C. rigida (rigid). fl. yellow, with three red ridges on the disk of 
the lip; sepals 4in. long; scape (with the ene raceme) 6in. 
to 8in. long, rigid. 7. petiolate, elliptic-lanceolate, 4in. to 6in. 
ane Pseudo-bulbs 3in. to Sin, long, narrow-oblong. Tenasserim, 
183 
C. Rochusseni (Rochussen’s). 7. pedicellate, pendulous; sepals 
keeled, acuminate ; petals smaller; raceme very long, flexuous. 
1. elliptic, lanceolate, or oblong-lanceolate. Pseudo-bulbs ovate 
or oblong, angled, two-leaved. Java. 
C. Rossiana (Ross’s). ., sepals and petals creamy-white, 
ligulate; acute ; lip mostly ochre, the disk, broad claw, and top 
of the mid-lacinia white ; column white, with a brown mid-line in 
front; bracts linear, acuminate. 7. two, long-petiolate, cuneate- 
oblong-lanceolate, acute, more than lft. long and lin. broad. 
Pseudo-bulbs 2in. to 3in. long, nearly obpyriform. Birma, 1884. 
(B. M. 7172.) 
Cc. Rumphii (Rumphius’). 1. disposed in a spike 6in. long; sepals 
and petals apple-green, the former lanceolate, the latter linear; 
lip pandurate, the side lobes spotted with red, the middle one 
pure white. JZ. lft. long, obovate. Pseudo-bulbs oblong. 
Amboyna, re-introduced 1896. 
C. salmonicolor (salmon-coloured). /. salmon-coloured, solitary, 
the three-lobed lip being somewhat tessellated with brown. 
1. solitary, cuneate-oblong, acuminate, undulated, green at base, 
coppery elsewhere. Pseudo-bulbs tetragonal, pear-shaped. Java 
or Sumatra, 1883, Allied to C. speciosa, but smaller. 
C. Sanderz (Mrs. Sander’s). fl. white, 2in. across, with a yellow 
blotch on the lip and a fringe of long, brown hairs on the three 
parallel keels; scapes erect. 72. ovate-lanceolate. Pseudo-bulbs 
ovate, tapering, Sin. to 4in. long. es Birma, 1893. Allied to 
C. barbata. (G. C. 1893, xiii., pp. 336, 560, f. 52; J. H. 1893, xxvi., 
p. 313, f. 59; R. t. 56.) 
C. Sanderiana (Sander’s).* jl. snow-white, large and showy; 
sepals ligulate, acute; petals lanceolate, acute, dilated above ; 
side laciniz of the lip marked with three brown stripes, the 
anterior lacinia yellow, with a few white marks, and having 
yellow crests ; peduncles sometimes nine-flowered. J. petiolate, 
cuneate-oblong, acute, chartaceous. _Pseudo-bulbs fusiform- 
_ eylindrical, two-leaved. Sunda Isles, 1887. 
C. sparsa (sparse). #l. white; lip three-lobed, having a brown 
spot in front of the keels, some smaller ones on the side lobes, 
and a yellow one at the base; peduncle one- to four-flowered. 
.-cuneate-oblong, acute, glaucous, 3in. to 4in. long, lin. broad, 
Pseudo-bulbs glaucous, fusiform. Philippines, 1883. A charming, 
dwarf plant, 
C. stellaris (star-like). l., sepals and petals green ; lip white, 
marked with brown lines on the side lobes. Pseudo-bulbs 
tetragonal. Borneo, 1886. 
.C. Swaniana (J. M. Swan's). fl. 2in. across; sepals white, 
lin. long ; petals white, narrower ; lip pale brown, darker round 
the margins and tips of the lobes; column yellow ; raceme lft. 
long, many-flowered. May and June. J. two, 6in. to 8in. long, 
elliptic-lanceolate ; petioles 2in. to 3in. long. Pseudo-bulbs 34in. 
to 4in. long, obtusely four- to six-angled. Philippine Islands, 
1892, (B. M. 7602; R., ser. ii., t. 92.) 
C. tenuis (slender). . of a light buff tint, small. Borneo, 1893. 
This species is allied to C. borneénsis, but differs in having slender 
scapes, one-leaved pseudo-bulbs, &c. 
C. testacea (brick-coloured). fl. 14in. across; sepals and petals 
pale brown ; side lobes of lip dark brown, margined with white, 
narrow, the mid-lobe broad; column white; raceme many- 
flowered, pendulous. 7. 6in. to 8in. long, lanceolate, petiolate. 
Pseudo-bulbs Sin. to Sin. long, narrow-ovoid. Singapore, 1842, 
c, thuniana (Thunia-like). A synonym of C. uniflora. 
C. tomentosa (downy). _/l. 2in. to 2sin. in diameter ; sepals and 
petals light orange-red ; lip white, streaked with red on the 
mner side, obovate in outline, the mid-lobe three-keeled ; 
THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Cologyne—continued. ; 
racemes pendulous, the rachis and pedicels roughly tomentose. 
1. Yin. to 12in. long, variable. Pseudo-bulbs elongated-ovoid, 
2in. to3in. long. Borneo, 1873. 
C. uniflora (one-flowered). jl. white or flesh-coloured ; sepals 
lin. long; lip having three to seven ner [ oh scape sin. to 
lin. long, one- or two-flowered. J. 3in. to 6in. long, erect, narrow- 
Janceolate. Pseudo-bulbs lin, to 2in. long, ovoid, crowded. 
India. (R. X. O.i., t. 46.) Syn. C. thuniana, 
C. Veitchii (Veitch’s). f. pure white, about lin. in diameter ; 
racemes drooping, 2ft. Jong, many-flowered. 7. lanceolate, 6in. 
long. Pseudo-bulbs fusiform, 4in. long. New Guinea, 1895. 
C. ventricosa (big-bellied). A synonym of Pholidota ventricosa. 
C. vir, alis (virgin-white). A provisional name for an imported 
Bed ge reer as having pure white flowers in the way of 
C. cristata, and deliciously fragrant. Habitat not recorded, 1896. 
The following are also in cultivation at Kew: C. asperata suma- 
trana, C. conferta, and C, Lauterbachiana. 
C@LOSTYLIS. A synonym of Spigelia (which 
see). 
COETANEOUS. Contemporary ; of the same age. 
COFFEA. Abont a score species, natives of tropical 
Asia and Africa and the Mascarene Islands, form this genus. 
Flowers white. Fruit globose or oblong, dry or fleshy, two- 
stoned. To the species described on p. 358, Vol. I., the 
following should be added : 
C. arabica (Arabian). This is partly synonymous with C. liberica, 
and partly with C. stenophylla. 
Cc. stenophylla (narrow-leaved). jl. jin. long, one to three 
together, sub-sessile, in axillary clusters. jr. sin. long, black 
when ripe. J. elliptic-oblong or obovate, caudate-acuminate, 
1sin. to 54in. long ; petioles very short. Stem about 10ft. high, 
l3in. in diameter near the base. Upper Guinea, 1896, ‘‘ One of 
the two indigenous West African species, which, in point of 
commercial yalue, may prove a formidable rival to the Arabian.” 
(B. M. 7475.) E 
COHORT. In botany, this term is used for a group of 
natural orders within a class. See Class. 
COIX. Syn. Ltthagrostis. Three or four species are 
included in this genus. Spikelets unisexual, moncecions, 
spicate, the upper ones mostly males, the females one or two 
at the base of the spike ; glumes four. 
_ COKE. An excellent fuel for nearly all kinds of hot- 
water boilers, and in the neighbourhood of gasworks may be 
cheaply purchased. Probably it is next to Anthracite for 
heating, economy, and cleanliness, being practically smoke- 
less, and requiring little attention. 
COLA. Kola Naut-tree. Syns. Lunanea, Siphoniopsis. 
Half-a-dozen tropical African species compose this genus. 
Flowers fascicled in the axils, shortly cymose, or sub- 
paniculate; calyx usually five-cleft; petals wanting. 
Leaves entire or lobed. 
COLAX HARRISONIZ. A synonym of Bifre- 
naria Harrisonie (which see). 
COLCHICUM. Abont thirty species, natives of 
Europe, West and Central Asia, and North Africa, are here 
included. To those described on p. 359, Vol. I., the following 
should be added : ; 
C. agrippinum (Wild Olive-like). fl., two to four to a spathe ; 
erianth tube whitish, 2in. to 4in. long, the limb of a beautiful 
ilac-purple tessellated with white, lsin. to 24in. long. Autumn. 
2. three or four, vernal, sub-erect, lanceolate, 6in. to Yin. long. 
Corm ovoid, lin, to lsin. thick. Origin unknown. An old 
favourite in English gardens. Syn, C. tessellatum, 
Cc. alpinum parvulum (rather small). 1. pale lilac, smaller, 
and leaves narrower than in the type. Italy, &ec., 1884. 
c. Bornmulleri (Bornmiiller’s). This closely resembles 
C. speciosum, of which it is perhaps merely a geographical form. 
May. Orient, 1892. 
Cc. byzantinum cilicicum (Cilician). /. as large as those of 
C. speciosum. Asia Minor, 1896, A handsome yariety. 
Cc. candidum (white). A synonym of C. letum. 
Cc. caucasicum (Caucasian). A synonym of Merendera 
caucasica, 
C. cilicicum (Cilician). A form of C. byzantinum. 
C. crocifiorum (Crocus-flowered) (B. M. 2673.) A synonym of 
C. autumnale, ° 
C. Decaisnei (Decaisne’s). f. pale rosy-purple, large ; perianth 
tube much longer than the elongated, thiptic Saeuicelir (which 
are 1}in. to 2in. long); stamens rather shorter than the perianth, 
