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COR 



THE UNIVERSAL HERBAL; 



COR 



antherae barren. Pistil: germen five, compressed, inwardly 

 conjoined ; styles as many, bristle-form, long ; stigmas sim- 

 ple. Pericarp: none ; five, flesby, ovate, lanceolate, three- 

 sided petals, with one of the angles looking inwards, cover- 

 ing the seeds. Se eds : five, kidney-form. ESSENTIAL CHARAC- 

 TER. Calix : six-leaved. Corolla: five-petalled, very like 

 the calix. Male. Anthers; . two-parted. Female. Styles : five. 



Seeds, five, covered with succulent- berried petals. The 



species are, 



1. Coriaria Myrtifolia; Myrtle-leaved Sumach. Leaves 

 ovate-oblong ; flowers in racemes. It seldom exceeds three 

 or four feethigh, creeping at the root, and sending forth many 

 stems. The plant with male flowers only was common in Eng- 

 land, until that which bears hermaphrodite flowers was raised 

 in the Chelsea garden, from seeds sent from Italy. This plant 

 possesses considerable astringency, and is used not only in 

 tanning leather, but in dyeing black. It sends up so many 

 stem? as to form a thicket; it is useful to fill up vacancies in 

 plantations of shrubs, but is only proper for large gardens. 

 Native of the south of France, and Africa, about Mount 

 Atlas. It may be propagated in abundance from the suckers 

 which are plentifully produced from the creeping roots. They 

 should be taken off in March, and planted into a nursery to 

 form good roots, where they may continue one or two years.and 

 must then be removed to the places where they are to remain . 

 This plant delights in a loamy soil, which is not too stiff, and 

 should be sheltered from the north and east winds, where it 

 will endure thecold of our ordinary winters, and flower better 

 than if preserved in pots under cover during the winter. 



2. Coriaria Ruscifolia. Leaves cordate-ovate, sessile; 

 flowers hermaphrodite. A tree, 2O to 25 feet high, with a 

 trunk the thickness of a man. Native of Chili. 



S. Coriaria Sarmentosa. Procumbent, diffused : leaves 

 cordate-ovate, acuminate, quite entire, five-nerved, subpe- 

 tiolate ; racemes axillary, nodding. Native of New Zealand. 



Cora ,- a genus of the class Pentandria, order Monogynia. 

 GENERIC CHARACTER. Cain .- perianth one-leafed, bellied, 

 converging, five-toothed, externally crowned with spines, 

 of which the five superior ones are simple, the inferior ones 

 toothed. Corolla : one-petalled, irregular ; tube the length 

 of the calix, cylindrical ; border Hut, five-parted ; divisions 

 oblong, emarginate, obtuse, the two ii feriorones shorter and 

 more distant. Stamina : filamenta five, bristle-form, length 

 of the corolla, declining; nutherac simple. Pistil: germen 

 roundish, superior ; style filiform, length of the stamina, 

 declining; stigma thickish. Pericarp; capsule globose, 

 placed in the bottom of the calix, one-celled, five-valved. 

 Seed: very many, nearly ovate, small. ESSENTIAL CHARAC- 

 TER. Calix: spinous. Corolla-, one-petalled, irregular. 

 Capsule : five-valved, superior. The only known species is, 



1. Coris Monspcliensis ; ' Monlpc lliir Com. This plant 

 seldom grows above six inches high, and spreads near the 

 surface of the ground like Henth ; the stem is ted ; the leaves 

 are alternate, linear,thickish, spreading; the flowers in spikes, 

 red or white, coming out in June, and making a beautiful 

 appearance. It is a native of sandy shores in the south of 

 France. It may be propagated by sowing the seed? upon a 

 bed of fresh earthin thespring. When the plants are about an 

 inch high, they should be transplanted, some of them into pots 

 filled with fresh lightearth, that they may be sheltered in win- 

 ter; and the others into a warm border, where they will bear 

 the common cold of winter very well. These plants will some- 

 times produce ripe seeds in England; but as th.it is seldom 

 the case, it will be proper to increase them from slips anil cut- 

 tings, which will strikeroot if planted about the end of August 

 on a very gentle hot-bed,shaded from the sun, and duly watered. 



Corispermum ; a genus of the class Monandria, order Y-\- 

 gynia. GENERIC CHARACTER. Calix: none. Corolla . petals 

 two, compressed, incurved, acuminate, opposite, equal. 

 Stamina . filamenta one, but in the lowest flowers often from 

 two to five, filiform, shorter than the petals ; antherae simple. 

 Pistil : germen acute, compressed ; styles two, capillary ; 

 stigmas acute. Pericarp : none. Seed: single, oval, com- 

 pressed, gibbous on one side, with the margin acute. ES- 

 SENTIAL CHARACTER. Calix : none. Pistils-, two. Seed: one, 

 oval, naked. The species are, 



1. Corispermum Hyssopifolium; Hyssop-leaved Tickseed. 

 Spikes terminating ; leaves linear, nerveless, awnless. Root 

 annual ; stem scarcely a foot high, pubescent towards the 

 top, reddish beneath, striated, branched. It is common all 

 over the Russian empire, in sandy soils, especially on the 

 banks of lakes and rivers, and in low moist places ; where it 

 affords pasture for the camels. It is also found in the south 

 of France. It will stock the ground plentifully, if it be only 

 permitted to scatter its seeds. 



2. Corispermum Squarrosum ; Rough-spiked Tickseed. Spikes 

 axillary, squarrose; leaves lanceolate, acuminate, pungent, 

 nerved. Root annual. Native of Russia. It will only 

 grow in marshy places, and will soon cover the surface of 

 standing water, when once established. 



Cork Tree. See Quercus. 



Cornel ; Cornelian Cherry. See Cornut. 



Corn Flag. See Gladiolus. 



Corn Salad. See Valeriana. 



Cornucopia : a genus of the class Triandria, order Digynia. 

 GENERIC CHARACTER. Calix : perianth common one- 

 leafed, funnel-form, very large ; mouth crenated, obtuse, from 

 spreading upright, many-flowered ; glume one-flowered, two- 

 valved ; valves oblong, obtusely acuminate, equal. Corolla : 

 one-valved, in figure, size, and situation, very much resem- 

 bling the valves of the glume of the calix. Stamina: filamenta 

 three, capillary ; anthera oblong. Pistil: germen turbinate; 

 styles two, capillary ; stigmas cirrhose. Pericarp : none. 

 Corolla: including the seed. Seed: simple, turbiuate, on 

 one side convex, on the other flat. ESSENTIAL CHARACTER. 

 Involucre : one-leafed, funnel-form, crenate, many-flowered. 



Calix: two-valved. Corolla: one-valved. The species 



are, 



1 . Cornucopia? Cucullatum ; Hooded Cornucopia-. Spike 

 beardless, with a crenate hood, or involucre. Root annual, 

 fibrous, branched; culms numerous, ascending, jointed, 

 round, smooth, striated, branched, leafy, dark purple at the 

 joints ; leaves narrow, striated, smooth ; sheaths inflated, 

 spreading, pointed ; flowers in a little head or spike, pro- 

 jecting somewhat beyond the involucres, green, often tipped 

 with purple ; seed small Of all grasses, this is perhrips the 

 most singular, as well as the most uncommon. Native of 

 the vales about Smyrna. 



2. Cornucopia; Alopecuroides. Spike bearded, within a 

 hemispheric hood, or involucre. It very much resembles 

 Aloperurus Pratensis. Culms ascending, even ; leaves even. 

 The singular mark of this species is, a hood in the form of a 

 pitcher, quite entire, of the same consistence with the leaf, 

 surrounding the base of the spike like a common calix. 

 Grows in Italy. 



Cornus ; a genus of the class Tetrandria, order Mon 

 nia. GENERIC CIIARACTKR. Cnlix : involucre generally tour- 

 leaved, many-flowered ; leaflets ovate, the opposite ones 

 smaller, coloured, deciduous; perianth very s-mnll, four- 

 toothed, superior, deciduous. Corolla.- petals four, oblong, 

 acute, flat, smaller than the involucre. Stamina: filamenta 

 four, subulate, erect, longer than the corolla ; anther* 



