. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. Cobcea scandens (X y^). scdndens, Cav. Pigs. 502, 503, 504. Height 10-20 ft.: Ifts. in 2 or 3 pairs, the lowest close to the stem, and more or less eared : fls. bell-shaped, 1-lK in. across, light violet or greenish purple, with protruding style and stamens: tendrils branched. Mex. There is a white-fld
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. Cobcea scandens (X y^). scdndens, Cav. Pigs. 502, 503, 504. Height 10-20 ft.: Ifts. in 2 or 3 pairs, the lowest close to the stem, and more or less eared : fls. bell-shaped, 1-lK in. across, light violet or greenish purple, with protruding style and stamens: tendrils branched. Mex. There is a white-fld. form (C. alba, Hort.), and one with varie- gated lvs., var. variegS,ta, Hort. —The terminal 1ft. is represented by a tendril (Fig. 502). Sometimes there are indications of tendrils on other Ifts. (Fig. 504), mak- ing the plant an interesting one for students of mor- phology. macro3t§mma, Pav. Taller, later-flowering, the stems and foliage not purple-tinged : fls. yellow-green, with W. M. exserted stamens. Guatemala. COBNUT. Consult Corylus. COBtEGIA. See Stenomesson. COCA. The lvs. of Erythroxylon Coca, used in medicine. Sold chiefly as a fluid extract. Cocaine is the iamous local 503. Normal leaf of Coboea scandens. lobed, sometimes glandular ; fls. white or yellowish, large : fr. a small, scarlet gourd, sometimes marbled, with an insipid pulp. A. Coigneaux in DC, Mon. Phan. 3:528. is treated as a tender annual, re- quiring an early start and no special culture. A. Tendrils simple: male fls. solitary : lvs. small. oordifdlia, Cogn. {G. I'ndica,^ Wight & Arn.). Height about 10 ft.: lvs. small, 1-2 in. long, glossy, ivy-like, short-petioled, obtusely 5-angled: , bell-shaped: fr. roundish at both ends, about 2 in. long, 1 in. thick. India. AA. Tendrils bifid: male fls. in racemes; lvs. large. palmS,ta, Cogn. {Cephaldndra palindta, hond.). At- taining 30 ft.: lvs. large, 3-i in. long and wide, long- petioled, palmately 5-lobed : fls. ye
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