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S. Am. sp. yield the resin Balsam of Copaiba, and resins (copals) are 

 also obtained from the Afr. sp. Timber good (purpleheart). 



Copaiva tree (W.I.), Copaifera. 



Copal, a hard resiri, Agathis, Copaifera, Hymenaea, Trachylobiitm ; 

 Manila, Kauri-, Agathis. 



Copernicia Mart. Palmae (i. 2). 10 trop. Am., W.I. C. cerifera 

 Mart, (wax- or Carna-uba-palm, Brazil) has its 1. coated with wax, 

 removed by shaking ; it is used in making gramophone records, 

 candles, &c. The wood, 1., &c., are also useful. 



Copianthus Hill. Amarantaceae?. i Indomal. 



Copisma E. Mey. = Rhynchosia Lour. p.p. (Legum.). 



Copper-beech, Fagus sylvatica L. var. 



Copra, dried endosp. of Cocas nudfera L. 



Coprosma Forst. Rubiaceae (n. 7). 45 N.Z., Austr., Malaya, Chili. 

 The stipules of some are glandular, and some have peculiar openings 

 (Pdomatia) on the backs of the 1. 



Copse, coppice wood with occasional standard trees. 



Coptis Salisb. Ranunculaceae (2). 10 N. temp, and arctic. 



Coptoclieile Hoffmgg. Gesneriaceae (inc. sed.). i Brazil? 



Coptophyllum Korth. Rubiaceae (i. 7). r Sumatra. 



Coptosapelta Korth. Rubiaceae (i. 5). 4 Malaya. 



Coptosperma Hook. f. (Tarenna p.p.'). Ruhiac. (i. 8). i trop. Afr. 



Coquilla, coquillio nut, Attalea fimifera Mart. 



Coquito palm, Jubaea spectabilis H. B. et K. 



Coral-berry (Am.), Symphoricarpvs \ -creeper, Kennedya; -root, 

 Corallorhiza ; -tree, Erythrina. 



Coralliokyphos Fleischm. et Rech. Orchid, (u. 2). i Samoa. 



Corallobotrys Hook. f. Ericaceae (in. i). i Khasias. 



Corallocarpus Welw. ex Benth. et Hook. f. Cucurb. (2). 20 trop. 



Corallodiscus Batalin. Gesneriaceae (i). r N. China. 



Corallonema Schlechter. Asclepiad. (n. i). i Bolivia. 



Corallorhiza Hall. Orchidaceae (n. 4). 15 N. temp. C. innata K. 

 Br. (coral-root) Brit. Saprophytes with much branched fleshy rhiz., 

 no r., and scaly 1. [C/. Epipogum.] 



Corallospartium Armstrong. Leguminosae (in. 6). i N.Z. 



Corbularia Salisb. = Narcissus Tourn. p.p. (Amaryll.). 



Corchoropsis Sieb. et Zucc. Tiliaceae. 2 Japan, China. 



Corchorus (Tourn.) L. Tiliaceae. 40 trop. C. capsularis L. and 

 C. olitoiins L. (India, &c.) furnish the chief supply of the fibre jute 

 or gunny; annuals about 10 feet high, little branched. The stems 

 are cut and retted in water, and the fibre beaten out (cf. Linum). 



Cord-grass, Spartina. 



Cordate, heart-shaped. 



Cordeauxia Hemsl. Leguminosae (n. 3). i trop. Afr. 



Cordia L. Boragin. (i). 270 trop. Trees or shrubs; fr. ed.; that of 

 C. Myxa L. (sebestens ; Egypt to Austr.) formerly medic. Some 

 have good timber, e.g. C. Gerascanthits L. (trup. Am., W.I., prince- 

 wood), and C. sebestana L. (trop. Am., W.I., aloewood). [Mez in 

 Engl. Jahrb. XII.] 



Cordiaceae ( Warming) = Boraginaceae ( i). 



Cordifolius (Lat.), cordate-leaved. 



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