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Coccineus, -a, -um. Bright scarlet. 



Cochleatus, -a, -um. Spoon-shaped, usually in reference to 



the lip of a flower. 

 Ccelia. From koilos, hollow. 

 Coelogyne. Hollow stigma. 

 Colax. From kolay, a parasite. 

 Colleyi. Commemorative of Mr. Colley, a collector of Orchids 



in Demarara for James Bateman. 

 Colorans. Colored. 

 Colossus. Colossal, large. 

 Column. In an Orchid flower a composite body consisting 



of three styles and four stamens, the whole welded into 



a solid mass. 



Comosus, -a, -um. Hairy. With long hair. 

 Comparettia. Dedicated by Poeppig and Endlicher to Pro- 

 fessor Comparetti. 

 Compressus, -a, -um. Compressed, constricted, alluding to 



shape of parts of a flower. 

 Conchoideus, -a, -um. Resembling a shell. 

 Concolor. Uniformity of hue in sepals and petals. 

 Coiigestus, -a, -um. Thick, full. 

 Coiinivent. Drawing together, so as to form an arch. 

 Conopseus, -a, -um. Resembling a gnat. 

 Constrictus, -a, -um. Drawn together, contracted. 

 Convallaroides. Resembling a Convallaria. 

 Cooperianum. Complimentary to Mr. Cooper, of Alpha 



House, an amateur in Orchids. 



Cordate. ) 



> Heart-shaped. 

 Cordatus, -a, -um. ) 



Coriaceus, -a, -um. Leathery, usually applied to thick 

 leaves. 



Cornigerus, -a, -um. Bearing horns. 



Corolla. The circle of floral pieces intermediate between the 

 calyx and stamens, the pieces when free being called 

 petals. Never wanting in Orchids, though sometimes, 

 as in Masdevallia, much inferior in size to the sepals. 



