COT 



270 



COT 



in the middle, with a black bar behind. 

 The female is provided with a strong 

 egg-depositor, with which she intro- 

 duces her eggs into the bark of the 

 tree often 1000 in number; the young- 

 caterpillars living at first in and be- 

 tween the outer and inner bark, and 

 afterwards, when they are stronger, 

 penetrating into the wood. When the 

 existence of one of these creatures is 

 detected in a trunk, by its excrement, 

 relief comes too late for the tree, even 

 if we are able to kill the caterpillar, the 

 mischief being already done. Notwith- 

 standing this, the caterpillar should 

 never be left undisturbed; and an at- 

 tempt should be made to reach it by 

 enlarging the opening with a garden 

 knife, or endeavouring to kill it by 

 thrusting a piece of garden wire up the 

 hole. It is called the Goat Moth from 

 the peculiar smell both of the insect 

 and its larva, The Cottage Gardener, 

 iii. 147. 



Co'sxrs. (An ancient name adopted 

 from Pliny. Nat.ord., tringenrorls [Zin- 

 ;->iberaceae]. Linn., 1 -Monantlr'm 1 

 Monof/i/nhi.) 



The roots are very bitter, and without the 

 aromatic pungent odour peculiar to the Costus 

 of the continental shops, which is the root of a 

 very different plant, a native of Arabia, and 

 rJlied to Cardopatum. The Costus of Cash- 

 mere, employed to protect bales of shawls from 

 moths, is the root of Auklandia Costus. Stove 

 herbaceous perennials of easy growth, and 

 readily increased by root-division ; sandy loam 

 \vith a little peat. 



(', A'fer (African). 2. White. June. Sierra 

 Leone. 1822. 



Am 1 b iciiK( Arabian). 2. White. August. 



Indies. 1752. 



di'scolor (two-coloured-tefli-erf). 4. White. 



June. Maran. 1823. 



I ana' t us (woolly). 3. May. South America. 



1820. 



macula' tus (spotted). 2. White. July. 



Sierra Leone. 1822. 



Nepah'nsis (Nepaul). 3. White. July. East 



Indies. 1799. 



pi'rtu>i (variegated-jftweraf). 2. Yellow, 



purple. July. Mexico. 1832. 



Piso'iiis (Pison's). 3. Crimson. 



Maran. 1823. 



specio'fuiK (showy). 3. White. August. 



East Indies. 1799. 



spica'tus (spiked). 1. Yellow. June. West 



Indies. 1/93. 



spira'lis (spiral). 4. Scarlet. November. 



St. Vincent. 



villosi'ssinrus (most hairy). 6. Yellow. 



November. St. Vincent. 1822. 



COTONEA'STER. (From colonea, Pliny's 



June. 



I name for the quince, and aster, a cor- 

 ! ruption of ad -in star, generally used to 

 j express likeness ; literally Quince-like. 

 I Nat. ord., Appleworts [Pomacea?]. 

 Linn., l'2-Icosandria 'l-Dlgynia.} 



Hardy shrubs, easily increased by layers or 

 seed. Common soil. 

 C. acumtna'ta (pointed-leaved}. 4. Pink. April. 



Nepaul. 1820. 



. (iffi'nis (similar). 4. Pink. April. Nepaul. 

 1820. 



barilla' ris (rod). Nepaul. 1841. 



Buxifo'lia (Box-leaved). 3. White. April. 



Nepaul. 1824. 



margina'ta ( w/,!/^ -margined). 3. 



White. April. Saharunpore. 1838. 



denticula'ta (fine-toothed-/eawed). 6. White. 



Mexico. 1826. 



emargina'ta (bordered). White. April. Ne- 



paul. 



fri'gida (frigid). 10. White, green. April. 



Nepaul. 1824. 



laxiflo'rq (loose-flowered). 4. Pink. April. 



' 1826. 



uniflu'ra (one-flowered). 3. White. 



May. Nepaul. 



microphy'lla (small -leaved). 4. White. 



April. Nepaul. 1825. 



multiflo'ra (many- flowered 1 !. 4. White. 



May. Altai. 1837. 



nummuta'ria (money - wort - leaved} . 10. 



White, green. April. Nepaul. 1824. 



rotundifo'lia (round -leaved). 3. White. 



April. Nepaul. 1820. 



Ro'ylei (Dr. Royle's). White. North India. 



1845. 



tomento'sa (woolly). 4. Pink. April. 1759, 



rulga'ris (common). 4. Pink. April. Eu- 



rope. 1656. 



depre'ssa (depressed). White. 



April. Europe. 



erythorca'rpa (red-fruited). 4. 



White. April. Europe. 



melunoca'fpa (black-fruited). 8. 



White. April. Europe. 



COTTON. Gossy'pium. 



COTTON THISTLE. Ono'pordum. 



COTYLE'DON. Navelwort. (A name 

 adopted from Pliny. Nat. ord., House- 

 leeks [Crassulacea?]. Linn., IQ-Decan- 

 dria k-Pentayyn'ia. Allied to Sedum). 



These plants feed as much, if not more, by 

 I the myriads of pores or mouths all over their 

 j leaves, than by the roots, which seem only 

 necessary for holding them stationary in the 

 ; driest and most barren situations. Greenhouse 

 | evergreens, from the Cape of Good Hope, except 



where otherwise mentioned ; sandy loam, with 

 1 a little old mortar mixed with it, and plenty of 



drainage ; cuttings at any season. 



C. alte'rnam (alternate- leaved}. 1. July. 1816. 



cacalioi'des (Cacalia-like). 1. Yellow. May. 



1818. 



canalicula'ta (small-channelled). 1. May. 



1818. 



cluvifo'lia (club-leaved). 1. Purple, Sep- 



tember. 1824, 



