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outer rind very rough and covered with excrescences, and when 

 ripe of a deep yellow colour and fragrant ; used to form a pre- 

 serve, and the juice is made into lemonade. Is propagated by 

 cuttings, layers, or seed. 



CITRUS MONOPHYLLA. Wild along the Ghauts. 

 CITRUS TRIFOLIA. China, about the size of a marble. 

 CLEARING NUT. Vide Strychnos Potatorum. 

 CLOVE TREE. Vide Caryophyllus Aromaticus. 

 CLOVE TREE, WILD. Vide Caryophyllus Aromaticus. 



COCOANUT. Palmacece. The cocoanut tree belongs to this 

 elegant genus. The species grow upwards of fifty feet high, 

 and are cultivated best in a mixture of loam and peat, or light 

 sandy loam, in a warm moist atmosphere. They succeed well 

 in our collections if they have plenty of heat and are not too 

 much exposed to the sun, as in their native countries they thrive 

 best in the shade, 



COCCULUS CORDIFOLIUS. MenispermacecB. The heart leaved 

 Cocculus. Native name Goolwail. A twining shrub with sca- 

 brous corky bark, and broad cordate leaves. The flowers are 

 mostly whitish green and the berries scarlet of the different 

 species. This plant possesses febrifuge properties. 



COCHLOSPERMUM GossYPiuM. Ternstromiacece. A large tree, 

 leaves lobed, deciduous; flowers, terminal, large, bright yellow. 

 Appear in March and April, when the tree is destitute of leaves. 

 Capsules large, containing a silky cotton, used merely for stuff- 

 ing pillows, a gum called kuteera is procured from it, which is 

 sometimes substituted for Tragacanth. 



COCHLOSPERMUM SERRATIFOLIUM. A tree resembling the gos- 

 sypium, but with the lobes of the leaves serrated. 



COFFEA ARABICA. Eubiacece. In gardens of the Deccan, this 

 plant seldom exceeds nine or ten feet in height, plants are easily 

 raised from fresh seed in a nursery bed where they may remain 

 until they are one or two feet high, when they should be care- 

 fully removed to the situation where they are to remain for 

 good, and placed at about twelve feet apart, they will thrive 



