COOPERIA 



CORDYLINE 



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AA. iV?cA- of bulb long: periaufh tube short. 

 pedunculata, Herb. Giant Paiky Lily. More robust 

 thau C. Ilrumnionilii : bulb with a longer neck, 2-3 in. 

 Ions: Ivs. about C, 1 ft. long, J4 in. broad : peduncle 

 about 1 ft. long : spathe 1-2-Talved at the tip: perianth 

 tube shorter, IKin. long : limb nearlv as long as the 

 tube, tinged red outside. B.M. 3727. R.H. 1853: 401.- 

 The best species. Pis. larger, of purer color, and remain- 

 ing open a day or two longer. \\r^ Hj, 



COPRCSMA (Greek name referring to the fetid odor 

 of till' plants). /I'lihidcea. Shrubs or sniiill trc.'s, often 

 trailini;. of N'lw Zealand, Australia and Hawaii, t'ult. 

 for their pretty fr. or variegated Ivs. Lvs. ojiinpsite, 

 mostly small. Pis. small, solitary or fascicled, white or 

 greenish, polygamous dicecious; corolla-limb 4-(i-Iolted, 

 the lobes revolute ; stamens 4-6; fr. an ovoid or gloliose 

 drupe. Coprosmas are greenhouse plants in the n<jrth, 

 but they are rarely cult. In S. Calif. 2 species are cult. 

 in the open. Prop, by hardened cuttings. The soil 

 which is found among Kalniia roots, mixed with good 

 loam and sand, if necessary, will suit these plants. 

 Cuttings should be rooted in moderate heat in spring, 

 before growth commences. If placed under a handlight 

 or propagating frame, care must be taken to prevent 

 damping, to which the cuttings are liable. 

 Batieri, Endl. (C. Baueridiiu. Honk, f 

 C. Stickii, Hort.). Trailing phiiit, with 

 oval-obtuse or rounded eiitiri' l\'s.. wbirh 

 are'oddly blotched with yi-llo\v and whit- 

 ish or even almost wholly yellow. New 

 Zealand. — With age it forms a compact 

 shrub. Vars. picturita, Hort., and varie- 

 g^ta, Hort., are the common forms. 



acerdsa, A. Cunn. Low and spreading, 

 with minute lvs., small *hite fls., and 

 pretty sky-b'ue drupes or berries. New 

 Zealand. (j. t^_ Oliver and L. H. B. 



C6FTIS (Greek, to cut, from the cut 

 leaves). SuuiiurulAceit'. Eight species of 

 hardy perennial herlis ..f the cooler parts 

 of the northern hemisphere. Low, stem- 

 less plants, with slender rootstoeks : lvs. 

 radical, compound or divided, lasting 

 over winter : fls. white or yellow, sea- 

 pose ; sepals 5-7, petal-like ; petals 5-6, 

 small, linear, hood-like; stamens numer- 

 ous: carpels stalked, few, becoming an 

 umbel of follicles. The bitter roots yield 

 the tonic medicine known as "gold thread;" 

 also a yellow dye. The plants should have 

 peaty soil, with a little sand, and prefer 

 shade in damp situations. They require 

 some protection in winter, as in a cold 

 pit. Prop, by root division and seed. 



trifdlia, Salisb. No stem : rootstock 

 yellow : lvs. compound, long-iietioled ; 

 Ifts. broadly obovate, cuneate. obtuse, the 

 teeth mucronate : fl.-stem slemler ; sepals 

 white, with yellow base ; petals small, 

 club-shaped : " follicles 3-7, spreading, 

 equaled by their stalk ; seeds black. May- 

 ■luly. Adirondacks and westward. L.B.C. 

 2:173.— Neat and pretty, 

 ^ with shining lvs. 



'la^^g:!, K. C. Davis. 



COKAL BEBRY. Si/m- 

 pit o rica rp us r if li/<i vis . 



Bes- 



COEAL DROPS. 



,n/ <./f!/«H.s. 



C0RALLOEHlZA(Greek 



545. Corallorhiza muUiflon 



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r-n. 



chuIA- 



('('(F, trilie J'Spiih'udrew. 



Coral. Root. Low native 

 orchids, growing in woods and parasitic on roots, des- 

 titute of green foliage, the plant usually brownish or 

 ypllowish and inconspicuous. PI. small, somewhat 2- 



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lipped, usually obscurely spurred at the base ; sepals 

 and petals nearly alike; lip small, slightly adherent to 

 the base of the column ; poUinia 4. Species few, in N 

 Amer. , Eu. and Asia. The Coral-roots have little merit 

 as garden plants, although very interesting to the stu- 

 dent. They may be grown in rich, shady borders. Two 

 species have been offered by dealers in native plants ; 

 C. multifldra, Ntitt. (Pig. 545), is purplish, IJ^ft. or less 

 high, 10-30-fld., lip deeply li-b'bed: ^-rows in dry woods 

 in northern states; C. Mertensiaua, Hung., scape many 

 ltd., 8-15 in. high, the lip entire and broadly oblong: 

 'M'ours in Brit. Col. and N. to Alaska. l_ fj g^ 



CORAL-ROOT. Corallorhiza. 



CORAL-TREE. Erythrhin. 



CORCHOKUS Japbnicus. See Kerria. The genus 

 contains the two plants that furnish Jute, C. ctip.'iulnris 

 (which yields most) and C olitorius. They are annual 

 plants, natives of Asia but cultivated throughout the 

 tropics, growing 10 or 12 ft. high, with a straight stem 

 as thick as the little linger and branched only at the top. 

 The young shoots of both are used as pot herbs. C. oli- 

 torius is much grown for this purpose in Egypt, and is 

 known as Jews' Mallow. They belong to the TiliAcea. 



CORDIA (an early German botanist, Valerius Cordus). 

 Borrtitjinticece. Warm-climate trees or shrubs, mostly 

 American. Calyx tubular or canipaiiiilate, toothed or 

 lobed : corolla tubular, lobed, the jtarfs and the stamens 

 4 or more: style 2-lobed: fr. a drupe wliieh is 4-loculed 

 and usually 4-seeded : lvs. entire or toothed. The 

 Cordias are greenhouse plants with .showy fls., of easy 

 cult. Grown in the open in the extreme S. Prop, by 

 cuttings of firm wood and by seeds. 



Sebest^na, Linn. (C. spceidsa, Willd.). Geiger Tree. 

 Tali shrub or small tree, hairy, with rough, broad-ovate, 

 large-stalked lvs.: fls. 1-2 in. long, scarlet, stalked, in 

 large, open, terminal clusters, the crumpled corolla- 

 lobes and stamens 5-12 : drupe enclosed in the hazel- 

 like husk formed by the persistent calvx. Keys of Fla. 

 and S. B.M. 794. 



Frincisi, Tenore. Tall : lvs. dark green : fls. white. 

 S. Amer. 



Other Cordias. of which there are many, are likely to come 

 into cult, in the southern country. C. Greggii, Torr.. var. Pdl- 

 meri. Wats. (G.F. 2;2:«). of Mexico, "in the size and beauty of 

 its tis. equals the C. Sebestena." — C. Mi/xa, Linn., from trop. 

 Asia and Austral., is one of the best woods for kindling fire by 

 friction, and is useful in many other ways. l_ jj^ g^ 



COBDYLiNE {club-like: referring to the fleshy roots). 

 LiliAcece. DeaCiENA. A genus of greenhouse plants 

 closely related to Dracaena, but the ovary contains sev- 

 eral ovules in each cell, and the solitary pedicels are 

 provided with a 3-bracted involucre : steiu tall, often 

 woody, bearing large, crowded lvs. , to the striking varie- 

 gation of which the group owes its value: fls. panicled; 

 stamens 6 : pedicels articulated : perianth 6-parted : 

 ovary 3-celled ; fr. a berry. Cultivated for the orna- 

 mental foliage. The horticultural forms and names have 

 become very numerous. The various species are in the 

 trade under Dracpena, which see for a key to the species 

 of both genera combined. In the following paragraphs, 

 the initial D indicates that the plant in question is 

 known in the trade as a Dracwna. and C that it is known as 

 aCordyline (seei>rrtCfp?7a). For a monograph, see Baker, 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. 14:538 (1875). k, M. Wiegand. 



Of Cordylines or Dracaena, propagation is generally 

 effected by cutting the ripened stems or trunks, from 

 which all lvs. have been removed, into pieces from 2-4 

 in. long. These are laid either in very light soil or in 

 sand in the propagating bed, where they receive a bot- 

 tom heat of about 80° , being barely covered with sand 

 or moss (Fig. 546). The eyes soon start into growth, 

 and, as soon as they have attained a height of 3-4 in., 

 are cut off with a small heel and again placed in the 

 propagating bed until rooted, after which they are 

 potted off into small pots in light soil, kept close until 

 they become established. They are then shifted on into 

 larger pots as soon as well rooted. They delight in a 

 mixture of 3 parts good, turfy loam and 1 part well- 



