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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Ccelogyne continued. 



C. Massangeana (Massange's).* fl. , sepals and petals light ochre- 

 coloured ; lip trifld, beautiful maroon-brown, with ochre- 

 coloured veins ; raceme pendulous, many, but loosely, flowered. 

 Pseudo-bulbs pyriform, bearing two Stanhopea-like leaves. 1879. 

 Stove. This species is closely allied to C. asperata. (F. M. n. s. 373.) 



C. media (middle).* fl. on spikes lOin. high ; sepals and petals 

 creamy- white ; lip yellow and brown. Khasia, 1837. A pretty 

 small-growing winter-flowering species, with short round pseudo- 

 bulbs, and leaves 7in. long. 



C. ocellata (eyed).* fl., sepals and petals pure white ; lip curiously 

 fringed or crested, white, streaked and spotted with yellow and 

 brown at the base; side lobes with two bright yellow spots on 

 each ; column bordered with bright orange ; racemes upright. 

 March and April. I. long, narrow, bright green, longer than the 

 racemes. Pseudo- bulbs ovate. India, 1822. A very pretty 

 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. 



C. odoratissima (very sweet-scented).* fl. pure white, excepting 

 the centre of the lip, where they are stained with yellow, sweet- 

 scented ; raceme slender, pendulous. Winter. I. twin, pale 

 green, lanceolate, about 4in. long. Pseudo-bulbs thickly clustered 

 together, about lin. high. India, 1864. This species grows freely 

 if not kept too warm, and will probably succeed perfectly in a 

 cool orchid house. See Fig. 494. (B. M. 5462.) 



C. pandurata (fiddle-shaped).* fl. upwards of Sin. in diameter, 

 very fragrant ; sepals and petals of a very lively green ; lip of the 

 same colour, having several deep velvety black raised ridges or 

 crests running parallel upon its surface, oblong, but curiously 

 bent down at the sides, thus assuming somewhat the form of a 



violin 

 June 



n ; raceme pendulous, longer than the leaves, many-flowered. 

 , July. 1. bright shining green, 1ft. to lift. long. Pseudo- 

 bulbs large, broadly ovate, compressed at the edges, h. lift. 

 Borneo, 1853. A very curious and distinct flowering stove species. 

 (B. M. 5084.) 

 C. Parish!! (Parish's), fl. yellow, brown. Moulmein, 1862. (B. M. 



C. plantaginea (Plantain-leaved).* fl. greenish-yellow ; lip white, 

 streaked with brown, h. lift. India, 1852. A distinct and 

 pretty species. 



C. Reichenbachiana (Reichenbach's). fl. large, produced in 

 pairs ; sepals and petals rose-coloured ; lip rose, but shaded with 

 purple and fringed in front with crimson. Autumn. Pseudo- 

 bulbs larger than in any other known species, and peculiarly 

 netted. Moulmein, 1868. A rare and very distinct species. SYN. 

 Pleione Reichenbachiana. (B. M. 5753.) 



C. Rhodeana 



Moluccas, 1867. 



(Rhode's), fl. white, fragrant; 



C. Schilleriana (Schiller's).* fl. solitary, Sin. long ; sepals and 

 petals yellow, lanceolate ; lip oblong, contracting in the middle, 

 expanding into a roundish two-lobed lamina, marked with 

 regular purplish blotches. June. I. oblong-lanceolate, taj 

 to a stalk. Pseudo-bulbs small, h. 6in. Moulmein, 

 (B. M. 5072.) 



C. speciosa (showy).* /. upwards of Sin. in diameter, mostly 

 produced in pairs at the end of a slender peduncle ; sepals and 

 petals brownish or olive-green, the latter very long, and narrower 

 than the sepals; lip very beautiful, both in the colour and 

 marking, and in the exquisite fringe of the crests and margin, 

 ground-colour yellow, variously veined with dark red, base dark 

 brown, apex pure white. Hooker describes the peculiar lip as 

 follows : " The form is oblong ; it is three-lobed, the lateral 

 lobes small, resembling ears, the latter and the margin of the 

 broad two-lobed middle lobe or segment fringed. Two long 

 crests run nearly the whole length of the lip ; these are copiously 

 fringed with pedunculated stellated hairs, and are beautiful 

 objects for the microscope." I. solitary, oblong-lanceolate, thin, 

 dark green. Pseudo-bulbs somewhat oblong, h. lift. Java, 

 1845. This species is almost a perpetual blossomer. (B. M. 4889.) 



C. sulphurea (sulphur-coloured).* fl. yellowish-green ; lip white, 

 with yellow streaks ; column with a yellow blotch at its base ; 

 racemes few-flowered. Java, 1871. 



C. yiscosa (viscid).* fl., sepals and petals white ; lip white, having 

 side-lobes broadly streaked with rich brown. Summer. I. dark 

 green, tapering towards the base. Pseudo-bulbs fusiform in 

 shape. India, 1870. A rare species, not very unlike C. flaccida. 



C. WalUchiana (Wallich's).* fl. about 3in. across, sweet-scented, 

 usually solitary ; sepals and petals large, bright rose-coloured ; 

 hp of a similar hue, but striped in the centre with bands of 

 pure white. Khasia, 1837. A very handsome dwarf species. 

 SYN. Pleione WalUchiana. (B. M. 4496.) 



CCERULESCENT. Bluish. 



COFFEA (from Coffee, a province of Narea, in Africa, 

 where the common Coffee grows in abundance). Coffee- 

 tree. ORD. Rubiacece. Stove evergreen trees and shrubs. 

 Corolla tubular, funnel-shaped, with a spreading four to 

 five-parted limb, and oblong lobes. Leaves opposite ; 

 stipules iutcrpctiolar. They thrive in a mixture of turfy 



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).* /. white, sweet-scented, disposed in axil- 



lary clusters of four to five. September. I. oval-oblong, wavy, 

 dark green and shining above, paler beneath, acuminated, h. 5ft. 

 to 15ft. Truly native in the mountainous regions of South-west 



Abyssinia, 1696. (B. M. 1303.) 

 C. benghalensls (Bengal), fl. white, solitary or in pairs at the 

 extremity of the branches ; corolla hypocrateriform, with a 

 slender tube. I. opposite, ovate, acuminate, entire, spreading, 

 remote, almost sessile. Branches dichotomous. Assam. (B. M. 

 4917.) 



C. liberica (Liberian). fl. white, sweet-scented. I. similar in 

 outline to, but very much 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. n. s. 6, 105.) 



C. travoncorensis (Travancore). fl. white, fragrant, solitary, or 

 three or four together in the axils of the leaves, shortly pedi- 

 celled, erect. I. variable in shape, from broadly ovate to lanceo- 

 late, obtuse, acute, or drawn out into a long obtuse or acute 

 point. Branches slender, obscurely quadrangular, h. 3ft. to 6ft. 

 Southern India, 1844. (B. M. 6749.) 

 COFFEE-TREE. See Coffea,. 

 COHERING. Connected. 



COIX (a name applied by Theophrastus to a reed- 

 leaved plant). Job's Tears. OBD. Graminece. A small 

 genus of curious grasses, chiefly requiring stove heat. 

 The only species usually grown is C. lachryma, which is 

 a native of India, and grows from 2ft. to 4ft. high. This 

 is cultivated out of doors in summer, and its peculiar 



FIG. 495. Coix LACHRYMA, showing Habit and detached 

 Inflorescence. 



heavy grey pearly seeds, which hang in clusters out of 

 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 (its native name). ORD. Sterculiacece. A stove 

 evergreen tree, requiring a rich, light, loamy soil. In- 

 creased by seeds (which are about the size of a pigeon's 

 egg) ; also by ripened cuttings, placed in sand, under a 

 hand glass, in bottom heat. 



C. acnminata (pointed). Cola or Goora Nut. fl. yellow, nu- 

 merously disposed in axillary corymbose racemes. January. 

 I. coriaceous, oblong-ovate, acuminated. Tropical Africa, 1868. 

 The seeds are universally used as a condiment by the negroes of 

 West tropical Africa and the West Indies. They are also em- 

 ployed in medicine, and to render putrid water wholesome. 

 (B. M. 5699.) 



COLAX See Lycaste. 

 COLBERTIA. See Dillenia. 



COLCHICE2E. A tribe of Liliacece which takes its 

 name from the principal genus, Colchicum, the other three 

 genera being Bulbocodium, Merendera, and Synsiphon. 



COLCHICUM (Colchis, in Asia Minor, is its native 

 country). Meadow Saffron. TRIBE Colchicece of ORD. 

 Liliacece. A genus of autumn or rarely spring-flowering 



