78 SELECT PLANTS FOR INDUSTRIAL CULTURE 



Cladrastis tinctoria, Rafinesque. 



North America. The wood of this tree produces a safEron- 

 yellow dye. 



Clavaria botrytis, Persoon. 



Europe. This and the following are the species, which are 

 admitted for sale among Silesian mushrooms, according to Dr. 

 Goeppert : C Irevipes (Krombholz), C. flava, C. formosa, C. 

 grisea (Persoon), C. mmeoides (L.), C. awea (SchaefEer), C. 

 palmata (Scop,), C. crispa (Wulfen). 



Coccoloba uvifera, Jacquin. 



Central America, northward to Florida. A tree, attaining a 

 large size, fit for sandy sea-shores. The dark-blue, sweet or 

 acidulous berries are edible. A kind of kino is obtained from 

 the bark ; the wood yields a red dye. Dr. Rosenthal notes as 

 yielding likewise edible fruits — C. nivea (Jacq.), C. puhescens 

 (L.), C. exeoriata (L.), C. flavescens (Jacq.), C. diversifoUa 

 (Jacq.). G. Iieoganensis is also a coast tree; other species 

 belong to forest regions of mountains. 



Cochlearia Armoracia, Linn^. 



The Horse-radish. Middle Europe and Western Asia. Peren- 

 nial. The volatile oil of the root alHed to that of mustard. 



Cochlearia officinalis, Linn^. 



Shores of Middle and North Europe, North Asia, and North 

 America. A biennial herb, like the allied C. Anglica and 

 C. Danica, valuable as an antiscorbutic ; hence deserving 

 naturalisation. It contains a peculiar volatile oil. 



Cocos Australis, Martius. 



From Brazil to Uruguay and the La Plata States. One of the 

 hardiest of all Palms, hardier even than the Date Palm, with- 

 standing unprotected a cold of 8° C. below freezing point, at 

 which temperature oranges andalmonds are injured or destroyed. 



Cocos flexuosa, Martius. 



Brazil, extending far south. This slender and not tall decora- 

 tive Palm belongs to the dry Cactus region with C. coronata, 

 C. capitata, Astrocaryum campestre, Diplothemium campestre, 

 and Acrocornea sclerocarpa (Martius) . 



Cocos regia, Liebmann. 



Mexico, up to 3,500 feet. A Palm of enormous height, almost 

 sure to prove hardy here. 



