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Umbelliflorae ; Umbellales BH.}. logen., 85 sp., N. and S. temp., 

 and trop. Mts, Shrubs with opp. or rarely alt. leaves, usu. entire, 

 exstip. Infl. dich., usu. condensed into corymbs or umbels, or even 

 (Cornus) heads with invols. Fls. usu. , reg., 4 5 oo -merous. 

 Iv 4 5, 4 5, A 4 -,, G(2); epig. disc ; simple style with lobed 

 stigma; ovary i 4-loc., with usu. i pend. ov. in each loc., the raphe 

 dorsal. Fr. a berry or more often a drupe, with a i 4-loc. stone or 

 2 separate stones. [BH. chars, include those of Garryaceae and Nys- 

 saceae, both rare.] Chief genera: Cornus, Aucuba, Griselinia. 

 Cornel, Cornus sanguined L. 



Cornelian cherry, Cornus mas L. 



Cornelia Rydberg (Cornus p.p.). Cornaceae. 3 N. temp, and 

 arct. 



Corniola Adans. = Genista L. (Legum.). 



1 Cornish moneywort, Sibthorpia eiiropaea L. 



Corniveum Nieuwland (Dicentra p.p.). Papav. (in). i N.W. 

 Am. 



Cornucopiae L. Gramineae (8). i E. Medit., C. ciicullatiim L. Fls. 

 in small heads ; when the fr. is ripe these bend over and break off 

 with a sharp point ; they adhere to animals and are also said to burrow 

 into the soil (cf. Stipa). 



Cornuella Pierre. Sapotaceae (inc. sed.). i Venezuela. 



Cornulaca Del. Chenopodiaceae (B). 5 Egypt to Afghanistan. 



Cornus (Tourn.) L. Cornaceae. 48 N. temp.; 2 Brit., C. sanguined L. 

 (cornel or dogwood) and C. suecica. L., the latter a dwarf perenn. 

 herb (Highlands). Annual stems are given off from the creeping 

 perenn. stems. Fls. in umbels with invols. of 4 large white br. 

 C. florida L. (N. Am.) and others yield useful wood. C. mas (mas- 

 ciila) L. (Cornelian cherry, Eur., As. Minor) yields a fr. which makes 

 good preserves. Its fls. appear in spring before the 1. 



Cornutia Plum, ex L. Verbenaceae (4). 8 trop. Am., W.I. 



Corokia A. Cunn. Cornaceae. 3 N. Zealand. 



Corolla, the_Lnner, usu. coloured, envelope of 1. of the fl. 



Corolline, belonging to the corolla. 



Coromandel wood, Diospyros quaesita Thw., &c. 



Corona, Amaryllidaceae, Asiiepiadaceae, Napoleona, Passifloraceae. 



Coronanthera Vieill. Gesneriaceae (i). 10 New Caled. 



Coronaria L. = Lychnis L. p.p. (Caryoph.). 



Coronarieae (BH.}. The 3rd series of Monocotyledons. 



Coronilla Tourn. ex L. Leguminosae (in. 7). 20 Eur., Medit., \V. As. 

 The fl. resembles Lotus, but the honey is usu. secreted by the outer 

 surface of the K, and insects poke between the claws of the petals. 

 The buds are bent downwards, the open fls. project horiz., the ripening 

 fr. down and the ripe fr. usu. up. 



Coronopus Rupp. ex L. (Senebiera DC.). Cruciferae (2). 20 subtrop., 

 Eur. 



Coroya Pierre. Leguminosae (ill. 8). i Cochinchina. 



Corpse-plant (Am.), Monotropa. 



Corpusculum, Asclepiadaceae. 



Correa Andr. Rutac. (i). 5 temp. Austr. Cult. orn. shrubs (Australian 

 fuchsia). Sympet. 



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