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Fruity csmpofed of three membraneous 

 S ee d veff els y which are comprefJ'ed y bi- 

 valve f and divided into t<zvo Ceils, in 

 which are contained oblong winged 

 Seeds. 



We have but one Species of this 

 Plant ; which i?, 



Co a fcandens, fruclu trigemino fuh- 

 rotundo. Plum. Climbing Coa, with 

 a roundim Fruit, which opens into 

 three Parts. 



This Plant was obferved by Fa- 

 ther Phimicry in the French Iflands 

 in America ; and hath been fince 

 found in great Plenty in the Spanifb 

 Settlements in America, particularly 

 about Campechyy from whence the 

 Seeds have been fent by Mr. Robert 

 Miliary Surgeon, to fome curious 

 Rerfons in this Country, who have 

 raifed feveral of the Plants. 



This Plant is propagated by Seeds, 

 which muft be obtained from the 

 Places where it naturally grows, 

 which mould be fown early in the 

 Spring, in lmall Pots filled with frelh 

 light Earth, and plunged into an 

 Hot-bed of Tanners Bark: the Plants 

 will begin to appear in fix Weeks or 

 two Months after fowing. 



When the Plants are about two 

 Inches high, they fhould be carefully 

 tranfplanted each into a feparate Pot 

 filled with frefh light Earth, and 

 plunged into the Hot-bed again. 

 During the Summer - feafon thefe 

 Plants muft be frequently refrefhed 

 with Water ; and when their Roots 

 have filled the Pots in which they 

 were firft planted, they mould be 

 maken out of them, and their Roots 

 pared round, and then put into Pots 

 a little larger than the former,which 

 muft be filled with frefn light rich 

 Earth, and then plunged again into 

 the Hot-bed ; for thefe Plants will 

 not live in the open Air in thisCoun- 

 try : fo that when they are grown 

 too large to remain under the Glailcs 



of the Hot-bed, they mould be re- 

 moved into the Bark-ftove, where 

 they mould be placed with the ten- 

 dereft Exotics, and treated with great 

 Care. This Plant commonly riles 

 to the Height of five or fix Feet; 

 but, being a trailing Plant, muft be 

 fupported by a Stake ; otherwife it 

 will trail on the neighbouring Plants 

 in the Stove, and injure them. It 

 is ever green, and the Leaves being 

 of a mining green Colour, it makes 

 a pretty Variety amongft other ten- 

 der Exotic Plants. 



COAST - MARY. Vide Balk- 

 an ta. 



COCdGRIA. Vide Cotinus. 



COCCUS, The Cocoa-nut, or 

 Coco-nut. 



The Characters are ; 



'There are Male and Ft male Flowers 

 in the fame Plant : thefe are included 

 in one common Sheath cr Cover : the 

 LI ale Flowers are divided into three 

 PartSy having fix Stamina in each : 

 the Female Flowers are fligbtly cut 

 into three Parts, having an oval 

 Pointal fituatcd in the Centre, which 

 afterward becomes a large angular 

 Nut included in a tough fibrous Co- 

 ver, 



We have but one Species of this 

 Plant ; viz. 



Coccus frondibus pinnatis, fcliolis 

 enfifurmibuSy pftiolis margine vi/lofis. 

 Lin. Hort. Cliff. The Cocoa-nut- 

 tree. 



This was formerly called Palma 



Indica coccifcra angulofa ; but dif- 

 fering in its Characters from the 

 common Palm-tree, Dr. Linnaus has 

 conftituted the Genus under this 

 Name of Coccus. 



There are, fome other Varieties of 

 this Tree, which are no otherwife 

 known than by the Fruit, which are 

 frequently caft on Shore upon the 

 feveral Iilands of America, and fome 

 pf them have been di iven fo far as 

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