FLORAL EMBLEMS. 95 



CONCEALED MERIT. 



CORIANDER . Coriandrum . 



" Israel called the name thereof manna ; and it was, like 

 coriander seed, white." 



Exodus xiii. 31. 



The seeds of the coriander were formerly 

 esteemed one of the best carminative medi- 

 cines ; and they were generally given to women 

 and children under the concealed form of 

 comfits ; hence the emblem. 



None enrich their country more than those 

 who bring concealed merit into notice. 



