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COaiSPERMUM— CIlATiEGUS. 



CORISPER"MUM. 1—2. (AtripUces.) [From 



koris, hug, spcrma, seed.] 

 hyssopifo'Uum, (Au. >>.) spikes temiinal, 

 leaves unarmed, nei'veless, linear. A vari- 

 ety, america' wim,\\ZB spikes axillary ; leaves 

 nerved, mucrouate. 

 COR"NUS. 4—1. (CaprifoUa:.) 



caiinden"sis, (dogweed, low cornel, w. 

 M. 11) herbaceous; leaves at the top 

 whorled, veiny ; involucre ovate, acuminate; 

 fruit globose. 4-8 i. 



Jiori'da, (false-box, w-y. M.f?.) leaves 

 ovate, acuminate ; involucre 4, veiy large, 

 somewhat obcordatc ; fruit ovate. 15-30 f. 



circina'ta, (w. J. ^ .) branches warty ; 

 leaves broad-oval, acuminate, white-downy 

 beneath ; cymes depressed. 6-8 f. 



scri'cea, (red osier, red rod, "vv. J. ^.) 

 branches spreading; branchlets woolly; 

 leaves ovate, acuminate, rounded at the 

 base, rusty-pubescent beneath ; cymes de- 

 pressed, woolly. Var. nerva'ta, leaves ta- 

 pering to the base, unequal, veins beneath 

 very prominent ; berries bright blue. 8-12 f. 



saJigui)i"ea, (common dog-wood, v^. M. 

 f) .) branches straight ; leaves ovate, pubes- 

 cent, both sides colored alike ; cymes spread- 

 ing ; ben-ies dark-brown ; anthers yellow. 

 8-12 f. 



aV'ba, (white dog- wood, J. 1^ .) branches 

 recurved ; branchlets glabrous ; leaves 

 ovate,- acute, pubescent, hoary beneath ; 

 cymes depressed ; hemes bluish-white. 10 f, 



panicula' ta, (bush dog-wood, w. J. ^.) 

 branches erect; leaves ovate-acuminate, 

 oblong, tapering to the base, pubescence 

 close-pressed, hoaiy beneath ; flowers in a 

 thyrsed cyme ; hemes white, globular, flat 

 tened. 8-12 f. 



strict' ta, (w. J. '^.) branches straight, fas- 

 tigiate ; leaves ovate, color gi-een both sides; 

 glabrous when mature, a little dowiiy be 

 neath when young ; panicled cyme convey. 

 8-12 f. 



alternifo'lia, (w. M. 1? .) branches M'arty ; 

 leaves alternate,- ovate, acute, hoary be 

 neath , cymes depressed, spreading ; bei 

 ries purple. 18 f. 



mas"cula, (cornelian cherry, M. '^.) um- 

 »>€ls equalling the involucre. Ex. 



asperifo'lia, (w. J. >) .) branches erect, pu- 

 bescent"; leaves oval-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 scabrous above, tomcntose beneath. 4-10 f. S. 

 CORONIL"LA. 16—10. (Lf gummosa.)^ 



va't-ia, (r-p. Ju. 2/.) herbaceous, diffuse, 

 glabrous ; stipules small, acute ; leafets 9 to 

 13, oblong, mucronate, lower ones of the 

 stem near each other; umbels 16 to 20-liow- 

 ered ; legumes erect. 4 f. 



glau'ca, (y. M. >> .) leafets 7, very blunt ; 

 stipules lanceolate; umbels 10 or 12-Pow- 

 ered ; peduncles longer than the leaves. 

 Remarkably fragrant during the night, and 

 almost scentless during the day. 3 f. 



o'merus, (coronilla, y. 1? .) stem angled ; 

 M'oody; peduncles about 3-riowered; claws 

 of the petals about thrice as long as the 

 calyx. Ex. 

 CORONO'PUS. 14—1. (Crucifera.). [From 



korone, a crow, and pous, foot ; the leaves 



resemble a bird's foot 1 



rueV'lii (w. Ju. 0.) fiilicle entire ; margin 



muricate ; style proininent ; corymb few 

 flowered. S. 



didy"ma, (swine's cress, Ju. ^.) silicles 

 emai-ginate, in pairs, reticulate, rugose ; 

 style obsolete ; corymb many-flowered 

 1-2 f. Charleston. 

 CORYDA'LIS. 16—5. (Corxidales.) [From 



korus, a helmet, alluding to the form of its 



flowers.] 



cuculla'ria, (colic-weed, y. & w. M. $ ._ 

 corolla 2-spurred ; scape naked ; "raceme 

 simple, l-.sided ; nectaries divaricate, of the 

 length of the corolla ; style enclosed. 8- 

 12 i. This plant is referred by some to 

 DiELYTRA,by others to Fumaria. 



glari'cn, (r-y-g. J. @.) stem erect, branch- 

 ed; leaves glaucous, decompoimd , eeg 

 ments cuneate, trifid ; bracts oblong-acute, 

 shorter than the j>cdicels ; pod linear, flat, 

 scarcely tornlose. 1-4 f. 8. Mch. 

 I an'rea (y.M.0.) stem branched, diffuse; 

 leaves glaucous, doubly pinnate, lobes ob- 

 long-linear; bracts hnear-lanceolate, acu- 

 minate, toothed, longer than the pedicels; 

 pod terete, torulose. 8-12 i, 



CORY"LUS. 19—12. {Amcntaceoc.) [From 



karua, a nut.] 



america'na, (hazel-nut. Ap. '^.) leaves 

 roundish, cordate, acuminate ; calyx round- 

 i.sh-campanulate, larger than the sub-glo- 

 bose nut ; border dilated, coarsely serrate. 

 3-5 f. 



rostra'ta, (beaked hazel, Ap. >) .) leaves 

 oblong-ovate, acuminate ; stipules lance- 

 linear ; involucre of the fi-uit bell-tubular, 

 2-parted ; divisions gash-toothed, elongated 

 beyond the nut into a beak. 2-3 f. 



avella'na, (filbert, Ap. 1? .) stipules oblong, 

 obtuse ; involucre of the fruit campanu- 

 late, spreading at the apex, torn-toothed; 

 le-aves round-cordate, acuminate. Var, 

 max"ima,h2iS a gash-toothed involucre ; nut 

 depressed ovate. Ex. 

 CRAM"BE. 14—1. (CrucifertB.) [A name 



given by Dioscorides to cabbage.] 



mara'tima, (sea-kale, w. ^ .) stem folia- 

 ceous, smooth ; leaf sinuate, glaucous ; flow- 

 ers corymbed, panicled. 



CRANPCIIIS. 18—1. {OrcUdem.) 



mnltijlo'ra, root fascicled, villose ; leaves 

 oval-lanceolate, sub-sessile ; scape many- 

 flowered, pubescent toward the summit; 

 inner petals connivent ; lip vaulted, acumi- 

 nate. 



CRAT^'GUS. 11—5. (Rosacea;.) [.From kraf.ua, 

 strength, from the toughness of its wood.] 

 coccin"ea, (thorn-bush, w. M. '^) thorny; 

 leaves long-petioled, ovate, acutely lobed, 

 serrate, glabrous ; petioles and pubescent 

 calyx glandular; flowers pentagyiious. 

 Var. vir"idis,\i%% lance-ovate leaves, sub- 

 trilobate ; stem unarmed. 



punctd'tn, (common thorn-tree, ■#. M. '^.) 

 thorny or unarmed ; leaves wedge-obovate, 

 sub-plicate, glabrous, serrate; calyx vil- 

 lose ; divisions subulate, entire. 



oxycanf'tha, (quickset, w. M. '^.) leaves 

 obtuse, somewhat 3-cleft, serrate, glabrous; 

 peduncles and calyx somewhat glabrous; 

 segments of the calyx Iwiceolate. aoute, 

 styles 2. Naturalized. 



