- 'It -is propagated by feeds, which fhould be Town in a 
fmall pot filled with light earth as foon as it is re- 
ceived from abroad ; the pots fhou Id be plunged into 
a bed of tanners bark, where the heat is near fpent, 
and covered witha- common frame in winter, to protedt 
the feeds from frcft, fnow, and hard rains. In the 
bpring, it the pots are removed into a moderate hot- 
bed, the plants will foon appear: when they are 
about an inch high, they fhould be each tranfplanted 
into a feparate fmall pot, obferving to fhade them until 
they have got new roots - foon after which they fhould 
be gradually inured to the open air, and in June 
they fhould be placed abroad in a flickered fituation ; 
where they may remain till October, when they fhould 
be placed in a common frame, where they may be 
protedted from froft, being too tender to live abroad 
in England. 
COR i M BUS Gr.~\ fignifles among bo- 
tan ifts, round clutters of berries, as thole of Ivy. 
Jungius ufes it to fignify the extremity of a fcalk, fo 
- fubdivided and laden with flowers, or fruits, as to 
compofe a fphericai figure. 
It is alfo by modern botanifls ufed to fignify a com- 
pound diicous flower, which does not fly away in 
down, as the Chryfanthemum, Daify, Chryfocome, 
&c. For thefe kind of flowers, being fpread into 
breadth, do, after a fort, referable an umbrella, or 
bunch of Ivy-berries. 
C O S T U S. Lin. Gen. Plant. 3. 
The Characters are, 
It hat h a fimple fpadix and fpathd, with a fmall em- 
palement , divided into three parts, fitting on the germen. 
Ttoe flower hath three concave petals , which are ereffi and 
equal , with a large oblong nedlarium of one leaf, having 
two lips, the lower being broad, and as long as the petal. 
The upper is fhorter and fpear-fhaped, changing to a fia- 
tnina ; this is faflened to the upper lip of the neblarimn, 
to which adheres a bipartite fummit. The germen is fi- 
tuated within the receptacle of the flower , which is 
romdijh , fupporting a fender fiyle , crowned by a com- 
preffed indented fiigma. The germen afterward becomes a 
roundifh capfule with three cells , containing fever al trian- 
. ' gular feeds. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the firfl: fedfion of 
Linnaeus’s firfl clafs, intitled Monandria Monogynia, 
the flower having but one ftamen and one ftyle. 
V/e have but one Species of this plant, viz. 
Costus (Arabians). Hort. Cliff. 2. Coitus Arabicus. C. 
B. P. 36. Arabian Cofus. 
This hath a flefhy jointed root like that of Ginger, 
which propagates under the furface as that doth; 
, from which arife many round, taper, herbaceous 
ftalks, garniflied with oblong fmooth leaves, em- 
bracing the ftalks like thofe of a Reed; thefe ftalks rife 
near two feet high ; out of the center, the club, or 
head of flowers is produced, which is near two inches 
long, the thicknefs of a man’s finger, and blunt at 
the top, compofed of feveral leafy feales, out of 
. which the flowers come ; thefe have but one thin 
white petal, which is of fhort duration, feldom con- 
tinuing longer than one day before it fades, and is 
never fucceeded by feeds in this country. The time 
of its flowering is very uncertain, for fometirnes it 
flowers late in the winter, and at other times it has 
flowered in fummer, fo is not conftant to any feafon 
in England. It grows naturally in moft parts of India. 
This is propagated by parting of the roots ; the beft 
time for doing this is in the fpring, before the roots 
put out new ftalks. The roots rnuft not be divided 
too fmall, becaufe that will prevent their flowering. 
They fhould be planted in pots, filled with light 
kitchen-garden earth, and plunged into the tan-bed 
in the ftove, where they fhould conftantly remain, 
and may be treated in the fame manner as the 
. Ginger, which is fully treated of under the article 
, Amomsjm. 
The roots of this plant were formerly imported from 
India, and were much ufed in medicine; but of late 
years they have not been regarded, the roots of Ginger 
being generally fubftituted for thefe. 
COT 1 NUS. See Rhus. 
COTONEA MALUS. See Cydonia. 
COTONEASi ER. See Msspilus. 
^ fd ei1, ^ ant * 868. Ananthccyclns. 
’ axil. AT. Keg. Scien. 1 7x9. Mayweed. 
The Characters are. 
It patio <2 flower compofed of hermaphrodite florets in the 
difk, and female half florets which form the rays ; thefe 
are included in one common convex empalement , divided 
into feveral oval parts. The hermaphrodite florets are 
tubular , and cut into four unequal figments at the top ; 
tr.'sfi have four fmall flamma, terminated by tubular -fum- 
Mds, and have~ two obtufi fiigmas , having one fmall » 
oval, angular feed to each. The female half florets have 
an oval comprejfed germen , fupporting a fender fiyle , 
ct owned by two ftigmas, but have no flamina ; thefe are 
fucceeded by fingle heart-fhaped feeds, plain on one fide , and 
convex on the other, with an obtufi border. 
I his genus of plants is ranged in the fecond fedfion 
of Linnaeus’s nineteenth clafs, intitled. Syngenefia 
Polygamia fuperflua ; the plants of this fedfion have 
hermaphrodite and female flowers, which are fruit- 
ful. 
The Species are, 
1. Cotula (. Anthemoides ) foliis pinnato-multifidis, co- 
rollis radio deftitutis. Hort. Cliff. 417. Mayweed with 
many pointed winged leaves, and no rays to the flower. 4 
Chamaemelum luteum capite aphyllo. C. B, P. 135. 
2. Cotula [Turbinata ) receptaculis fubtus inflatis, tur- 
binatis. Hort. Cliff. 417. Mayweed whofi receptacles 
arefwollen and turbinated beneath. Cotula Africana ca*- 
lice eleganter caefio. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 495. 
3. Cotula [Cororwpi folia') foliis lanceolato-linearibus, 
amplexicaulibus pinnatifidis. Hort. Cliff. 417. May- 
weed with narrow fpear-foaped leaves embracing the fa Ik., 
having many points. Chryfanthemum exoticum minus, 
capite aphyllo, Chamaemeli nudi facie. Breyn. Cent. 
156. 
The firfl; fort grows naturally in Spain, Italy, and 
the Archipelago ; this is an annual plant, which rifos 
with a branching ftalk half a foot high, garniflied 
with leaves which are finely divided like thofe of 
Chamomile. The flowers are produced fingly at the 
end of the branches, which are very like thofe of the 
naked Chamomile, but the heads, rife higher in the 
middle like a pyramid. This flowers in May and 
June, and the feeds ripen in Auguft. If the feeds of 
this fort are permitted to fcatter, the plants will come 
up in the fpring, and require no other care but to 
keep them clean from weeds, and thin the plants 
where they are too clofe. 
The fecond fort grows naturally at the Cape of Good 
Hope, from whence I have received the feeds ; this 
is an annual plant, fending out many branching ftalks 
from the root, which fpread on the ground, and are 
garniflied with very fine divided leaves, covered with, 
a lanugo, or cotton. The flowers are produced 
fingly upon long foot-ftalks, arifing from the fide of 
the branches ; thefe have a narrow border of white 
rays, with a pale yellow difk. It flowers in June and 
July, and the feeds ripen in autumn. This fort mull 
be raifed on a moderate hot-bed in the fpring, and 
when the plants have obtained ftrength, they may be 
tranfplanted into a warm border, where they will ripen 
their feeds very well. 
The third fort is an annual plant, which fends out 
trailing ftalks about fix inches long, garniflied with 
fuccuient leaves, in fliape like thofe of Buckfhorn 
Plantain. The flowers grow from the divifions of 
the ftalks upon fhort weak foot-ftalks, being deftitute 
of rays ; they are of a fulphur colour, and appear 
about the fame time with the former. If the feeds 
or this fort are fown on a warm border where the 
plants are to remain, they will require no other cul- 
ture but to keep them clean from weeds. The 
flowers of the two laft forts ftand eredf, when they firfl: 
appear, but fo foon as the florets are impregnated, 
and their colour changes, the foot-ftalks become very 
flaccid toward the top, and the flowers hang downward ; 
but when the feeds are ripe, the foot-ftalks become 
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