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COLUMNELLA, a little column ; the mem- 

 branaceous fubflance which connefts the internal 

 partitions with the feed, in that fpecies oi peri' 

 carpium termed capfula. 



COLUMNIFERI [Columna, a pillar, icfero 

 to bear] An order of plants in the Fragmenta 

 methodi naturaUs of Linnceus, in which are thefe 

 genera, viz. Camellia^ Xylon, Hibifcus^ Turner a, 

 Malva^ Urena, Malope, &c. Columniferas, muci- 

 laginof?e, lubricantes, obtundentes, & matu- 

 rantes funt. Lin. 



COMA [K«;««, a bufh, or head of hair] a 

 fpecies of fulcra compofed of remarkably large 

 braSiea, which terminate the caulis^ as in the La- 

 vendula. Salvia, Corona imperialis. 



COMMUNIS Gemma, regards the contents 

 of the gemma ; containing both flower- and 

 leaves. 



Communis Calyx, when it contains both Rece- 

 ptaculum and Flofculi, as in the Tragopogon, Scor- 

 zonera, and moft of the other plants in the clafs 

 Syngenefta of Linnveus. 



COAIOS.E [Coma, a head of hair]. An 

 order of plants in the Fragmenta methodi naturae 



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