. 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. 502. Coboea scandens (X /s). SC&ndens, 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. 851. There is a
. 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. 502. Coboea scandens (X /s). SC&ndens, 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. 851. There is a white-ild. form (C. dlba, Hort.), and one with varie- gated lvs., var. variegllta, 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. macrost6iuma, Pav. Taller, later-flowering, the stems and foliage not purple-tinged : fls. yellow-green, with exserted stamens. Guatemala. sff jj_ COBNUT. Consult Gorylus. COBtJ'BGIA, See Stenomesson. COCA, The lvs. of Erytliroxylon Coca, used in Saedicine. Sold chiefly as a fluid extract. Cocaine is the famous local 503. Normal leai of Cobcea 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. O. cordifolia is treated as a tender annual, re- quiring an early start and no special culture. A. Tendrils simple: male fls. solitary : lvs. small. cordiSdlia, Cogn. (C. Indica, Wight & Am.). 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. palmilta, Cogn. (Cephaldndra palrndtajhoni.). At- taining 30 ft.: lvs. large, 3-4 in. long and wide, long- petioled, palmately 5-lo
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