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clandes&na, orchioides. 



Commeltnace^;. An order of pretty herba- 

 ceous plants, well known under the name of 

 Spider-worts. 



Commers6nia, Forster. In honour of Pliilibert 

 Commerson, M.D., a French botanist and tra- 

 veller, who died in 1774. Linn. 5, Or. 5, Nat. 

 Or. Byttneriatxm. These ornamental shrubs 

 thrive well in a mixture of peat and loam, and 

 cuttings of the ripened wood will root readily 

 in sand, under a glass, in heat. See Byttneria. 

 cchinata . White . 6, S. Ev. S. 3 Moluccas . 1820 

 platypodia White . 6, S. Ev. 8. 3 Moluccas . 1806 



Commidendrum, De Candolle. From kommi, 

 gum, and dendron, a tree. Linn. 19, Or. 2, 

 Nat. Or. Asteracecs. See Conyza. 



■Comminuted, pulverised, pounded. 



CoMMfPHORA, Jacquin. From kommi, gum, and 

 phero, to bear. Linn. 20, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Or- 

 chidacece. 

 madagascariensis 8, 8. Epi. Madagascar 1820 



-Comocladia, P. Browne. From home, a tuft, 

 and Mados, a branch ; the leaves being crowded 

 at the tops of the branches. Linn. 3, Or. 1 , 

 Nat. Or. Anacardiacece. Ornamental trees, 

 from fifteen to twenty feet high, succeeding 

 well in a mixture of peat and loam, or any 

 light rich soil ; ripened cuttings will root in 

 sand, under a glass, in heat, 

 dentata . . Red . . 7, S. Ev. T. 25 W. Ind. . 1790 

 ilicifolia . . Red . . 5, S. Ev. T. 15 Caribbeel. 1789 

 integrifolfa . Red . . 7, 8. Ev. S. 12 Jamaica . 1778 



Compact, close, crowded. 



Comparettia, Poppig and Endlieher. Named 

 after Andreas Comparetti, professor at Padua, 

 and an eminent writer upon vegetable physio- 

 logy. Linn. 20, Or. 1, Nat. Or. OrcJiidacece. 

 This is a splendid but a very rare genus of 

 plants, well worth cultivating for the brilliant 

 colour of the flowers, and their very curious 

 structure. They will be found to succeed well 

 potted in good fibrous peat, and the pots effi- 

 ciently drained with broken potsherds, which 

 should be carried up the centre of the peat. 

 The plants should be raised above the pot ac- 

 cording to their size, in the same way as Stan- 

 Jwpeas. 



coccmea . Scarlet . 8, 8. Epi. i Brazil . . .1838 

 falcata . . Rose . 5, S. Epi. J Mexico . . . 1836 

 rosea . . Rose . . 5, 8. Epi. f Spanish Main . 1848 



Complanate, flattened. 



Complicate, folded together. 



Composite. A most extensive order, bearing 

 compound flowers, called by Lindley Aste- 

 racece. 



Compound, used in botany to express the union 

 of several things into one. 



Compressed, pressed together, flattened. 



Compt6nia, Banks. In honour of Henry Comp- 

 ton, Lord Bishop of London, an ardent culti- 

 vator of exotics. Linn. 21, Or. 3, Nat. Or. 

 Myricaeem. A pretty shrub, growing about 

 four feet high in light sandy loam or peat soil ; 

 increased by layers. 

 asplenif61ia . Brown . 4, H. De. 8. 4 N. Amer. 1714 



ConAmi. See Phyll&nthus Conami. 



Conanthera, Ruiz et Pavon. From konos, a 

 cone, and anthera, an anther ; the anthers 

 being united into a cone. Linn. 6, Or. 1, 

 Nat. Or. Liliacece. A pretty genus of bulbs, 

 growing best in light sandy loam ; increased 

 by offsets. Synonyme: 1, C. oifolia. See 

 Ckimmingia, EcTiedndia. 



bif61ia . Blue . . 4, G. Bu. P. J Chile . . 1823 

 Simsii 1 . . Blue . . 4, G. Bu. P. 3 Chile . 1823 



Concave, hollow. 



C6nghium. See Halcea. 



Concentric, points, or lines, at equal distances 



from a common centre. 

 Concrete, formed into one mass, joined together. 

 CoNDALIA, Cavanilles. In honour of A. Condal, 



a Spanish botanist. Linn. 5, Or. 1, Nat. Or. 



Ehamnacece. A curious plant, growing about 



two feet high ; cultivated in any common soil, 



and increased by cuttings. Synonyme : 1, Zi- 



zyphus myrtoides. 



microplrylla 1 Green . 5, F. Ev. S. 2 Chile . . 1824 



CoNDAMfNEA, Be CandolU. Named after De la 

 Condamin, the celebrated navigator. Linn. 

 5, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Cinchonacece. Stove shrubs, 

 requiring to be grown in a mixture of light 

 sandy loam and heath mould, and may be 

 increased by cuttings, 

 tinetoria . White . 7, 8. Ev. 8. S. Amer. . 1820 



Condensate, bundled, growing close. 



Condonocarpus. See Gyrostemon. 



CondylocARPUS, Hoffman. From kondyle, a 

 knob, and karpos, fruit; in allusion to the 

 fruit. Linn. 5, Or. 2, Nat. Or. Apiaccai. 

 Worthless weeds, of the simplest culture. 

 Synonymes : 1, Tordjjlium dpulum; 2, T. 

 humile ; 3, T. officinale — apulum 1, humile 2, 

 officinale 3. 



Cone, a particular kind of compound fruit. 



Conessi BARK. See Wrightia antidysenterica. 



Conferruminate, united together so as to be 

 undistinguishable. 



Conferva, Agardh. Derived from the Latin 

 conferrumino, to consolidate ; because of the 

 close coherence. Linn. 24,' Or. 7, Nat. Or. 

 Oonfervaeew. A very extensive and interesting 

 genus of Algce, found chiefly in the ocean, 

 lakes, pools, ditches, &e. See Desmidium, 

 cegagr&pila, cerea, cerugmbsa, alplna, arcta,, 

 arendsa, dspera, bomby&na, Brbwnii, capil- 

 laris, cdrnea, catenata, collabens, congregdia, 

 crdssa, crispata, ctirta, dissiliens, distans, eri- 

 cetdrum, fasciMa, ferruginea, fldcca, fldccida, 

 flavhcens, floccbsa, frdeta, fucbrum, glomerala, 

 grdcilis, helertchloa, hormoldes HutcMnsice, 



