178 CORDOBIA 



Cordobia Niedenzu. Malpighiaceae. i S. Am. 



Cordyla Lour. Leguminosae (11. 9). i trop. Afr. Pods ed. 



Cordylanthus Nutt. (Adenostegia Benth.). Scroph. (in. 3). 12 



N. Am. 

 Cordyline Royen ex Adans. Liliaceae (vi). 15 trop., warm temp. 



Decorative ; habit of Dracaena. The 1. of some sp. yield fibre. 

 Cordylocarpus Desf. (Rapistrum p.p. BH.}. Crucif. (2). i N. Afr. 

 Cordylogyne E. Mey. Asclepiadaceae (n. i). i S. Afr. 

 Corema D. Don. Empetraceae. 2 W. Eur., All. N. Am. 

 Coreocarpus Benth. (Coreopsis f.^. EP.). Comp. (5). i California. 

 Coreopsis L. Compositae (5). 80 Am., trop. Afr., Sandw. Is. Many 



cult. orn. ft 



Corethrodendron Fisch. et Basiner. Legum. (in. 7). i Soongaria. 

 Corethrogyne DC. Compositae (3). 4 Calif. 



Coriaceous, leathery. ' 



Coriander, Coriandrum sativiitn L. 

 Coriandrum (Tourn.) L. Umbelliferae (in. 3). 3 Medit. The fr. 



(coriander-seeds) of C. sativum L. are used in flavouring. 

 Coriaria Niss. ex L. The only genus of Coriariaceae. 10 Medit. to 



Japan, N.Z., Chili to Mexico, mostly shrubs with opp. or whorled 1., 



sometimes becoming alt. at the ends of the shoots. The inconspic. 



protog. fls. are in racemose infls. K 5, C 5, A 5 + 5, 65. The 



petals are keeled on the inner side, and after fert. grow fleshy and 



enclose the cpls. forming a pseudo-drupe. Ov. i in each loc., pend., 



anatr. ; raphe dorsal. Enclosp. thin. C. myrtifolia L. (W. Medit.) 



yields tan, others a black dye. 

 Coriareae (BH. ) = Coriariaceae. 

 Coriariaceae (EP., BH.). Dicots. (Archichl. Sapindales). Only genus 



Coriaria (q-v.}. The only nearly related order is Empetraceae. Placed 



as anomalous order at end of Disciflorae BH. 



Coridothymus Reichb. f. (Thy inns p.p. BH.}. Labi. (vi). i Medit. 

 Corion Mitch. = Spergularia J. et C. Presl (Caryoph.). 

 Coriophyllus Rydberg (Cymoptems p.p.). Umbel, (in. 6). 4 



N. Am. 



Coris Tourn. Primulaceae. 2 Medit. Fl. ! 

 Corispermum B. Juss. ex L. Chenopodiaceae (A). 16 N. temp. 

 Cork, the substance of which the water-tight bark is composed ; -oak, 



Quercus suberL,.; -tree, Indian, Millingtonia liortensis L. f . ; -wood, 



Ochroma, (Am.) Leitneria, (W.I.) A nona palitstris. 

 Corm, the base of a stem swollen into a bulbous shape with reserves ; 



Colchicum (and fig.), Amorphofhallns, Arisaema, Boiviea, Crocus, 



Cyclamen, Eranthis, Hablitzia, Testudinaria. 

 Cormonema Reissek. Rhamnaceae. 4 trop. Am. 

 Cormophyte, a flowering plant or fern. 

 Corn, in Engl. wheat, in Am. maize; broom-, Sorghum mtlgare Pers. ; 



Chinese- (W.I.), Setaria ilalica Beauv.; -cockle, Lychnis Gilhago 



Scop. ; -flower, Centaurea Cyanus L. ; Guinea-, Sorghum vulgare 



Pers.; Indian-, Zea Mays L. ; Kaffir-, Sorghum vulgare Pers.; 



-marigold, Chrysanthemum segetutn L. ; -salad, Valerianella. 

 Corna Nor. Inc. sed. Nomen. 

 Cornaceae (EP., BH. incl. Ganyaceae, Nyssaceae}. Dicots. (Arcliichl. 



