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COLCHICUM 



C. te'nuis (thin). Light buff. Borneo. 1893. 

 tesia'cea (light brown). Brown. May. Singapore. 



1842. 



,, Ihunia'na (Thunian). See C. UNIFLORA. 

 tomento'sa (felted). Malaya. 

 tri'fida ( three- lobed). See C. ODORATISSIMA. 

 trine'rvis (three-nerved). White, yellow. .February. 



Singapore. 



trisacca'ta (three- pouched). See C. GARDNERIANA. 

 undula'ta (wzved-leaved) . White. Khasia. 1837. 

 ,, uniflo'ra (one-flowered). Northern India. 

 Vti'tchii i (Veitch's). Pure white. New Guinea. 1895. 

 ventrico'sa (ventricose). Java. 

 venu'sta (lovely). Light buff ; lip white, yellow. 



S.W. China. 1904. 

 ,, vire'scens (greenish). Pale green, dark spots. Annam. 



1908. 



virgina'lis (virginal). Pure white, fragrant. 1896. 

 visco'sa (clammy). White, brown. Khasia. 1870. 

 ,, trallichia'na (Wallichian). See C. PR<COX WALLI- 



CHIANA. 

 ,, yunnane'nsis (Yunnan). |. Rosy-purple ; lip lilac, 



with purple blotches. Yunnan, China. 1906. 



COFFE'A. Coffee-tree. (From Coffee, the name of a 

 province of Narea, in Africa. Nat. ord. Cichonads 

 [RubiaceaV]. Linn. $*Pentandria, i-Monogynia.) 



Stove evergreen shnibs. Cuttings of ripe shoots in 

 sand, under a glass, in moist heat ; peat and loam. 

 Summer temp., 60 to 85 ; winter, 55 to 60. 



C. ara'bica( Arabian). 20. White. September. Yemen. 



1696. " Arabian Coffee." 



bengale'nsis (Bengalese). White. India and Malaya. 

 hy'brida (hybrid). " Tampis Coffee." 

 ,, Laure'ntii (Laurent's). Congo Free State. 1900. 

 libe'rica (Liberian). White. Berries red. Trop. 



Africa. 1874. " Liberian Coffee." 

 lodccge'nsis (Lodcegean). White. 

 mauntia'na (Mauritian). White. Mascarene Islands. 

 myrtifo'lia (myrtle-leaved). White. Mauritius. 

 panicula'ta (panicled). 8. White. Guiana. 1822. 

 robu'sta (robust). See C. LAURENTII. 

 stenophy'lla (narrow-leaved). White. Sierra Leone. 

 ,, travancore'nsis (Travancoran). White. S. India. 



COGWOOD-TREE. Ceano'thus Chloro'xylon. 



CO'IX. Job's Tears. (Adopted name from Theo- 

 phrastus. Nat. ord. Grasses [Graminea?]. Linn. 21- 

 Monacia, ^-Triandria. Allied to Indian Corn.) 



Stove perennial grasses. Seeds ; divisions ; rich, light 

 soil. Summer temp., 60 to 80 ; winter, 50 to 55. 

 C. arundina'cea (reed-like). 2. July. Mexico. 1818. 

 exalta'ta (tall). See C. LACHRYMA-JOBI. 

 ., la'chryma (tear). See C. LACHRYMA-JOBI. 

 La'chryma-Jo'bi (Job's Tears). 2. June. Trop. 

 Asia. 1596. 



COKE. See FDEL. 



CO LA. (The native name Kola or Cola. Xat. ord. 

 Sterculiaceae.) 



Stove tree from Tropical Africa, now naturalised in 

 Jamaica. Kola nuts are the seeds of the tree, used by 

 the natives to satisfy hunger and enable them to work 

 without fatigue. They contain more caffeine than the 

 best coffee, and are about the size of a large gooseberrv. 

 Ripe cuttings in sand in a close case, with bottom-heat ; 

 also seeds. Sandy loam, or fibrous loam and one-third 

 peat. Summer temp., 65 to 80 ; winter, 60 to 65. 



C. acumina'ta (long-pointed). 40. Yellow. Trop. 



Africa. 1820. 



digita'ta (fingered). Trop. Africa. 

 ve'ra (true). This also furnishes the Cola nut. W. 

 Trop. Africa. 1900. 



CO LAX. Now included in Lycaste. 



COLBE RTIA. See DILLENIA. C. coromandtlia'na. 



Sre DlLLNIA PENTAGYNA. 



COLCHICUM. Meadow Saffron. (Named after Colchis, 

 its native country, in Asia Minor. Nat. ord. Melanths 

 LLiliacese]. Linn. 6-Hexandria, 3-Trigynia.) 



Dr. Lindley says, " Few orders of plants are more 



universally poisonous than this." C. aulumna'lt, a gout 

 medicine, is a virulent poison. Hardy herbaceous bulbs. 

 Offsets, planted in common border. 



C. agrippi'num (Agrippa). i. Purple. August. S- 

 Europe. 1600. 



alpi'num (alpine). J. Purple. July. Apennines. 

 1820. 



,, arena'rium (sand), f. Purple. September. Hun- 

 gary. 1816. 



umbro'sum (shady). See C. UMBROSUM. 



Argx'i (Argae's). Flowers small, rosy. Palestine. 

 1904. 



autumna'le (autumnal. Common meadow saffron). 

 i. Purple. September. Britain. 



a'lbum (white- flowered). J. White. September. 

 Britain. 



a'lbum ple'num (double white). 



flo're-ple'no (double-flowered). J. Purple. Sep- 

 tember. Britain. 



fo'liis-variega'tis (variegated-leaved), J. Purple. 

 September. Britain. 



Bertolo'nii (Bertoloni's). S. Europe. 



t'signa'm(Bisignan's). SeeC.TENOREi. 



Biwfnct (Mrs. Bivon's). Large, purple. S. Europe. 



Bornmue'lleri (Bornmueller's). Large rosy lilac, cup- 

 shaped. Orient. 1892. 



bulbocodioi' des (Bulbocodium-like) . See C. MONTANUM. 



bytanti'num (Byzantine). $. Purple. September. 

 Levant. 1629. 



cili'cicum (Cilician). See C. CILICICUM. 



ca'ndidum (white). White, flushed pale rose. Asia 

 Minor. 1897. 



cauca'sicum (Caucasian). SCCMERENDERACAUCASICA. 



chione'nse (Chio). See C. VARIEGATUM. 



cili'cicum (Cilician). Rose, tipped red. Asia Minor. 

 1897. 



crociflo'rum (Crocus-flowered) of Regel. J. White, 

 striped purple. Turkestan. 1883. 



crociflo'rum (crocus-flowered) of Sims. See C 



AUTUMNALE. 



,, Cupa'ni (Cupan's). See C. MONTANUM. 



Z>ai'sH(Decaisne's). Delicate flesh colour. Leba- 

 non. 1892. 



fascicula're (fascicled). Pink and white. Greece. 

 1896. 



gigante'wn (giant). Large, long tubed, rose, with 

 spreading segments. 1901. 



hololo'phum (whole-podded). See C. MONTANUM. 



kydrophy'llum (water-loving). Red-pink, fragrant. 

 Asia Minor. 1901. 



., Kotschy'i (Kotschy's). See C. L.CTUM. 



la? turn (bright). Purple. Orient. 



,, latifo'lium (broad-leaved). Sro C. SIBTHORPII. 



libano'ticum (Lebanon). White, tinted rose. Febru- 

 ary. Syria. 



lingula'tum (tongued). Greece. 



lusita'nicum (Portuguese). Portugal. 



lu'teum (yellow). Yellow, purple throat outside. 

 Kashmir, Afghanistan. 1874. 



monta'num (mountain). J. Purple. August. S. 

 Europe. 1819. 



Parkinso'ni (Parkinson's). White, chequered purple. 

 Asia Minor. 1874. 



parviflo'mm (small-flowered). See C. MONTANUM. 



pa'rvulum (small). See C. ALPINUM. 



procu'rrens (running). Bright lilac. Smyrna. 1890 



Ri'tchei (Ritche's). Purple. Spring. Asia Minor. 

 1897. 



Sibtho'rpii (Sibthorp's). Large, chequered lilac- 

 purple. Armenia. 1890. 



siehea'num (Siehean). Reddish-purple. Asia Minor. 



specio'sum (showy). J. Rosy-purple, large, cup- 

 shaped. Caucasus. 1874. 



ma'xirnum (largest). Rosy-mauve, white base. 

 1902. 



Steve 1 'ni (Steven's). Rosy-lilac. Syria and Arabia. 

 1905. 



,, Szovi'tsii (Szovits's). Caucasus. 



,, Teno'rei (Tenore's). Italy. 



tessella'tiim (chequered). 'See C. ACRIPPIXT-M 



Troo'dii (Trood's). White. Cypnis. 1887. 



umbro'sum (shaded). J. Pink. September. Crimea. 

 1819. 



