CORDIEKITF. 



CORN ' 



141 



n~. ad dwiitul. of .tipulr* 

 UM corolla racutar, with 5 sta 



The calyx i. inferior and 5-toothed ; 



... . i .UiDens prooMding from the tube, and 



1 with UM eagmeoU. There i* a pendulous ovule in each cell, 



I UM rtyl. U twice-forked. The cotyledon, are crumpled or folded 



_ :_ __ .a. i . ** ^- I __ _ . _l_. ,~* _,..._! *" "if WfMjD 



_ ._ J the 



. 1 it are the 8ebe*ten 



produce of t Ww J*V" and MeXeao, the rind of which 

 is aaiBiilnt aad mncOafinoua. All UM specie* are tropical 

 COROIEKITK. 1 1. 'i irt] 

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M UM tyw m lMlieg. jue cotyiegon* are orompira or iu 

 to jiliiH )*atrlhwia. The attnltie* of UM order are almot equal betw, 

 RirtfimmMm and CWn>/rWwr, bufprponderate in favour of 

 former. The only economical plant* contained in it are the Sebe* 

 Ptam*. UM produce of CW* ifyn and Mertmo, the rind of wh 

 b iMaaleM aad macOacmooa. All the specie* are tropical 



.lAM'KTM, agrnu.of PlanU belonging to the natural order 

 t'mfU,/,r,T. It ha* 5 acute calyx teeth, unequal and permanent ; petals 

 oborat*. anarfinato, with an indexed segment, the exterior radiating 

 and biftd. Fruit globose, with 10 rib* scarcely separating. Half 

 fruit*, with 5 primary depraved wavy ridge*, and 4 secondary one* 

 <b**ida* UM marginal.) more prominent and keeled. Channels with- 

 oat ritt; oonmimre with 2 vitt*. Seed hollowed out in front 

 with * IOOM skin. The specie* are smooth herb*. Leave* multifid ; 

 mtisl* with 1 or 1 ray*. Involucre none ; involuceU about S-leaved, 

 : ...i 



C 1 . taitnm { found in the corn-fields of Tartary, the Levant, Greece, 

 Italy, and the south of Europe. It is not really wild in England. 



The root is tapering, the 



. ^>^ *tem erect, 12 or 18 inches 



high, more or less branch- 

 ed, leafy, round, striated. 



^^^^MV The lower leaves are pin- 



^W^ nate on longish slender 



talk*, their leaflet* wedge- 

 shaped or fan-shaped, and 

 acutely notched ; upper 

 leaves multifid in fine 

 lineal segments. The 

 flowers are white, often of 

 a rvddish tint. The fruit 

 pale brown, somewhat 

 coriaceous, spherical, 1 ^ 

 line* in diameter ; all the 

 ridge* indistinctly shown 

 on account of their slight 

 elevation; the vittoo of 

 the commissure short, lu- 

 nate, just visible without 

 dissection. The fruit in 

 carminative and aromatic. 



Cnllen oon*Hd it more powerfully corrective of the odour and taste 

 of senna than any other aromatic. (Lindley, ' Flora Medica.') 



Coriander fruit, or seed* a* they are incorrectly called, are used in 

 *wsslniaU, in certain stomachic liqueur*, and in some countries in 

 cookery : they are little esteemed in England. 

 CORIAKIA'CE-E, a very (mail natural order of Oynobaaic Poly- 



I. a portion of a* umbel, IB fruit ; I, a fruit 

 J, a tnuMvtn* section of the tame. 



Itt 





 Uavea, 10 



It. kraH, la* aalWr. not rtt vllbl* ; 1, the auM with tht 

 i , ami. sexto* of Ih. evarr; 4,aMl ; 4, vertical 



PlanU. with opposite or alternate exstipulate 

 with an hypogjmotu inaertion, and 6 distinct 



ovariea, with distinct spreading stigmas. The two genera, of which 

 alone the order oonauU, are nearly allied to Kutaeetr, but their leave* 

 are not dotted. The only plant that give* the on I. rcat i* 



Coriaria myrlifolia, a shrub inhabiting the south of Europe, and 

 employed by dyer* for staining black. Its fruit U succulent, and said 

 to be poisonous. 



CORIOCELLA. [CHIIIJIOBIIAHCHIATA.] 



CORK, botanioally considered, i* a soft and elastic layer of bark 

 which become* remarkably developed in the kind of oak inhabiting 

 Spain and Portugal [QuERcvs ; BARK.] This lubstance is deve- 

 loped in other plant*, but in none in so laive quantity aa in the 

 (jHrn-ut .Snoer. AH soon a* the bark dies it cease* to grow, and HM-II, 

 funding as it is pressed upon from within, it falls off in flake* 

 whirli correspond to the layers that are funned annually. The*e 

 flake* are the layers of cork which the Spaniards collect under ii..- 

 name of the outer bark, while the inner living bark is or rather nli. .\il.l 

 be pared. We are told however by Captain S. Cook that the 

 Spaniards have been iu the habit of stripping off the inner bark also, 

 although it is of no value except for tanning, and although it* removal 

 destroy* the tree*. The same intelligent observer state* that the 

 cork-tree occurs in Spain throughout the whole extent of the Tierra 

 Caliento, but i* most abundant in Catalonia and Valencia, whence the 

 principal export* have been made. Cork appears to be a corruption 

 of the Latin word ' cortex.' For the use* of Cork in the art* see COEK 

 in ARTS AND Sc. Div. 



CORK, MOUNTAIN. [AsBESTt-s.] 



COKK-TKKK. |Qri: 



CORK-WING. [CRENiLABRca.] 



CORKLINO. [CRENtLABRDaJ 



CORMORANT. [PELECAJIID.*.] 



CORN-MARIGOLD. [CHRYSANTHEMUM.] 



CORN-SALAD. [VALKRIAXKLUA.] 



CORNA'CE^B, a small natural order of Polypetalous Exogenous 

 Plants. They consist principally of shrubs, very rarely of herbaceous 

 plants. They have opposite strongly-veined leaves without stipules; an 

 inferior ovary, in each of whose cells is one pendulous ovule ; 4 val- 

 vate petals ; 4 stamens alternating with them ; and a drupaceous fruit 

 with two cells ; the embryo lies in some fleshy albui 



Cornel-Tree (Ctrrnwt mo*). 



1, an fipandrtl flower, with the petaln and aUmons ; 2, an orary cut through 

 vertically, allowing a cup-like dim unrounding the baie of the >tyle, and the 

 praduloui ovulr* ; 8, fruit cut 10 an to nhow the stone ; 4, a vertical section 

 of the tonr, exhibiting the embryo and albumen. 



Many of the species arc cultivate! in I jir.ipean gardens, especially 

 Cornui mat, the Cornel-Tree; C. alba, C. mnyuinra, and C. frrieea, 

 called Dogwood; together with Benthamia fragifera. They are 

 valued either for their bright-red shoot*, which in the winter are 



