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Cucumis Colocynthis, Linné. {CitrullusColocyntMs,^chxaàer).
From the Mediterranean regions to India. An annual herb.
The medicinal extract of Colocynth is prepared from the small
gourd of this species. Active principle ; Colocynthin.
Cucumis Conomon, Thunberg.
Japan. An annual. The large fruit is used for preserves.
Cucumis MelOj Linné.
The Melon. Originally from the country about the Caspian
Sea. The best varieties might also be naturalised in onr sand-
deserts, particularly in places where some moisture collects.
Some of the Bokhara varieties are remarkably luscious and
large. Apparently remunerative results have been gained in
Belgium from experiments to cultivate Melons for sugar and
treacle. The seeds, thus obtained in quantity, become available
for oil-pressing. Tbe root contains Melonemetin.
Cucumis Momordica, Roxburgh.
Cultivated in India. I t produces Cucumbers two feet long,
bursting slowly when ripe into several divisions. Young the
fruit is used like Cucumbers, aged like Melons.
Cucumis sativus, Linné.
The Cucumber. Egypt. Indicated here merely for completeness’
sake, also because Clierkin-pickling ought to become a
more extended local industry. Dr. C. King brought under
notice and culture tbe Chinese Cucumber “ Solly-Qua,” which
attains a length of seven feet. I t must be trained on walls
or trellises, to afford to the fruit sufficient scope for
suspension.
Cucumis utilissimus, Roxburgh.
Mountains of Bengal. An annual like the other species.
F ru it of the size and shape of an ostrich’s egg with the
flavour of Melons. These fruits will keep for several
months.
Cucurbita maxima, Duchesne.
Large Gourd. Turkey. Instances are on record of fruits
having weighed over 2 cwt. Also this species is eligible for
naturalisation in the interior. Amongst other purposes it
serves for calabashes.
Cucurbita Melopepo, Linné.
The Squash. May be regarded as a variety of C. Pepo,
will endure storage for months.
Cucurbita moscbata, Duchesne.
The Musky Gourd. Doubtless also from the Crient.
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Cucurbita Pepo, Linné.
The Pumpkin and Vegetable Marrow. Countries on the
Caspian Sea. Its naturalisation in the desert would be a
boon. The seeds on pressure yield a fixed oil; they are also
anthelmintic. C. melanosperma, A. Braun, is not edible.
Cudrania Javensis, Trecul.
New South Wales and Queensland, South and East Asia to
Japan, East Africa. This climbing thorny shrub can be
utilised for hedges. Eruit edible, of pleasant taste; the root
furnishes a yellow dye.
Cuminum Cymimum, Linné.
North Africa. The fruits of this annual herb are known as
Cumin and used for certain condiments, as also in medicine.
Cuminum Hispanicum, Merat, is similar. Essential oil
peculiar.
Cupressus Bentbami, Endlicher.
Mexico, at 5000 to 7000 feet. A beautiful tree, 60 feet high.
The wood is fine-grained and exceedingly durable.
Cupressus _ Lavrsoniana, Murray.* {Chamcecyparis Law-
soniana, Pari.)
Northern California. This is a splendid red-flowered cypress,
growing 100 feet high, with a stem of 2 feet in diameter, and
furnishes a valuable timber for building purposes, being clear
and easily worked.
Cupressus Lindleyi, Klotzscb.
Cn the mountains of Mexico. A stately cypress, up to 120
feet high. I t supplies an excellent timber.
Cupressus macrocarpa, Hartweg.
California, from Monterey to Noyo, in the granite as well as
sandstone formation, sometimes in Sphagnum-moors. This
beautiful and shady tree attains the height of 150 feet, with
a stem of 9 feet in circumference, and is one of the quickest-
growing of all conifers, even in poor dry soil. Cne of the
best shelter-trees on sea-sands, naturally following the coastline,
never extending many miles from the shores, and occurring
in localities where the temperature does not rise above 80°
P., nor sinks below tbe freezing-point (Bolander).
Cupressus Nutkænsis, Lamb. {Chamæcyparis Nulkoensis,
Spach.)
The Yellow Cedar or Cypress of Alaska and the neighbouring
States. Height of tree, 100 feet. Timber bard, durable,
tough and close, also scented, worked with ease, used for
boat-building and other purposes, the bast for mats and ropes.
Can be trimmed for hedge-growtli.
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