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C. bru'nnea (nssset). Greenish-yellow. November, 

 E. Ind. 1844. 



corona'ria (crowned). Yellowish. Khooseea. 



183?. 



crista'ta (crested-lipped'). White, yellow. Ne- 



paul. 1837. 



Cumi'ngii (Mr. Coming's). 2. Creamy. white, 



yellow. June. Singapore. 1840. 



de'cora (comely). White. March. India. 1837- 



ela'ta (tall). White, yellow. Khooseea. 1837. 

 fimlma'ta (fringed). 1. White, brown. Sep. 



tember. Nepaul. 



fla'ccida (drooping). 1. White. January, Ne- 



paul. 



flah*ida (yellowish). Yellow. April. India. 1839. 

 fuligino'sa (dusky). Cream, brown. June. 



Khooseea. 1837. 



f uses' scens (brownish). Greenish-yellow. 



Gardneria'na (Mr. Gardner's). 1. White, 



yellow. November. Khooseea. 1837. 



intermedia (intermediate). E. Ind. 1840. 



interru'pta (interrupted). White. Khooseea. 



1837. 



longicuu'lis (long-stemmed). White, yellow. 



Khooseea. 1837. 



-- Ltfwii (Mr. Low's). Buff and brown. Borneo. 

 1848. 



me'dia (middle). White, yellow. Khooseea. 



1837. 



macula! to, (spotted). White, crimson. Khoo- 



seea. 1837. 



rtigre'scens (blackish). Blackish. March. India. 



1838. 



nVtida (shming-leansd). 1. Yellow. E. Ind. 



1822. 



ocella'ta (eyed). White, yellow. E. Ind. 1822. 



ochra'cea (ochre-spotted), f . White, yellow. 



April. E. Ind. 1844. 



oca' Us (oval). White, brown. October. 



plantagi'nea (plantain-/eauerf). Pale yellow. 



Singapore. 1840. 



pree'cox (early -flowering). <|. Rose, white. 



October. Nepaul. 1845. 



proli'fera (many-offseted). Yellowish. Khoo- 



seea. 1837. 



punctula'ta (dotted). Yellow. October. Ne- 



paul. 1822. 



ri'glda (stiff). Yellow. Khooseea. 1837. 



specio'sa (showy -flowered), f . Brown, white. 



September. Java. 1845. 



testa'cea (light-brown). Brown. May. Sin- 



gapore. 1842. 



trinefrvis (three-nerved). White, yellow. Fe- 



bruary. Singapore. 



undula'ta (w&ved-leaved), White. Khooseea. 



1837. 



Wallichin'na (Wallich's). Rose, white. No- 



vember. Khooseea. 1837. 



COFFE'A. Coffee-tree. (From 

 the name of a province of Narea, in 

 Africa. Nat. ord., Cinchonads [Cincho- 

 nacese]. Linn., 5-Pentandria \-Monogy- 

 nia.) 



Stove evergreen shrubs. Cuttings of ripe shoots 

 in sand, under a bell-glass, in moist heat ; peat 

 and loam. Summer temp., 60 to 85: winter, 

 5 to 60. 

 C. Arafbica (Arabian). 20. White. September. 



Yemen. 1696. 

 paniculu'ta (panicled). 8. White. Guiana. 



1822. 



COGWOOD-TREE. Lotfrus chloro' xylon. 

 Co'ix. Job's Tears. (Adopted name 



from Theophrastus. Nat. ord., Grasses 

 [Graminacese]. Linn., 21-Monceda 3- 

 Ti'iandria. Allied to Indian Corn.) 



Stove perennial grasses. Seeds ; divisions ; rich, 

 light soil. Summer temp., 00 to 80; winter, 

 50 to 55. 

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



1818. 

 /a'cAryma(tear). 2. June. E. Ind. 1596. 



COKE. See FUEL. 



COLBE'ETIA. (Named after J. B. Col- 

 bert, a French marquis, and patron of 

 botany. Nat. ord., Dilleniads [Dillenia- 

 cese], Linn., I'3-Potyandria 5-Pentagy- 

 nia. Allied to Dillenia.) 



Stove evergreen trees. Cuttings of half-ripened 

 shoots under glass, and in a moist bottom- ^at. 

 Summer temp., 60 to 85; winter, 50 to 55. 

 C. Coromandelia'na (Coromandel). 15. Yellow. 



Nepaul. 



April. Cororaandel. 1803, 



scabre'lla (roughish). 10. Yellow. 



1820. 



CO'LCHICUM. Meadow Saffron. (Named 

 after Colchis, its native country, in Asia 

 Minor. Nat ord., Melanths [Melantha- 

 cese]. Linn., 6-Hexanctria 3-Triyynia.) 



Dr. Lindley says, " Few orders of plants are 

 more universally poisonous than this." C. a*t- 

 tumna'le, a gout medicine, is a virulent poison. 

 Hardy herbaceous bulbs. Offsets, planted in 

 common border. 



C. alpi'num (alpine). 4. Purple. July. Apennines 

 1820. 



arena'rium (sand). . Purple. September, 



Hungary. 181 6. 



autumna'le (autumnal. Common meadow saf- 



fron). 1. Purple. September. Britain. 

 -- a'lbum (white-lowered). . White. Sep. 



tember. Britain. 

 -- a'tro-purpu'reum (dark purple). 3. Dark 



purple. September. Britain. 



fo'liis-variega'tis (variegated-leaved). |. 



Purple. September. Britain. 



- flo're-ple'no (double-flowered). 4- P ur * 



pie. September, Britain. 

 -- purpu'reo-stria'tum (purple-striped). ^. 



Purple-striped. September. Britain. 

 -- stria'tum-ple'no (striped-double). $. 



Lilac-striped. September. Britain. 



Bysanti'num (Byzantine). ^. Purple. Sep- 



tember. Levant. 1629. 



Chione'nse (Chio). $. Purple. November. 



Chio. 



crociflo'rum (crocus-flowered). 1^. Purple. 



August. South Europe. 



monta'num (mountain). ?. Purple. August. 



South Europe. 181Q. 



tessella'tum (chequered). ^. Purple. Au- 



gust. South Europe. 1600. 



umbro'sum (shaded). ^. Pink. September. 



Guinea. 1819. 



variega'tum (vs.riegzted.-flowei'ed). J. Purple. 



September. Greece. 1629. 



COLDB'NIA. (Named after C. Golden, 



a North American botanist. Nat. ord., 



Chretiads [Chretiaceae]. Linn., ^-Tetran- 



driaS- Trigynia. Allied to the Heliotrope. ) 



Stove trailing annual. Seeds sown in a hotbe^ 



