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CORISPERMUM— CRAT^GUS. 
CORISPER"MUM. 1—2. (Atriplices.) [From 
koris, bug, sperma, seed.] 
hyssopifo'lium, (Au. Tp .) spikes terminal, 
leaves xinarmed, nerveless, linear. A vari- 
ety, america'mim,has spikes axillary ; leaves 
nerved, mucronate. 
COR"NUS. 4—1. (Caprifolim.) 
canaden"sis, (dogw^eed, low cornel, w. 
M. 2^.) herbaceous; leaves at the top 
whorled, veiny ; involucre ovate, acuminate; 
fruit glolaose. 4-8 i. 
Jiori'da, (false-box, w-y. M. 1? .) leaves 
ovate, acuminate ; involucre 4, very large, 
somewhat obcordate ; fruit ovate. 15-30 f. 
circina'ta, (w. J. Ip .) blanches warty ; 
leaves broad-oval, acuminate, white-downy 
beneath ; cymes depressed. 6-8 f 
seri'cea, (red osier, red rod, w. J. 1?.) 
branches spreading; branchlets woolly; 
leaves ovate, acuminate, rounded at the 
base, rusty-pubescent beneath ; cymes de- 
pressed, woolly. Var. nervafta, leaves ta- 
pering to the base, unequal, veins beneath 
very prominent ; berries bright blue. 8-12 f. 
saiigiiin"ea, (common dog-wood, w. M. 
Ij» .) branches straight ; leaves ovate, pubes- 
cent, both sides colored alike ; cymes spread- 
ing; ben-ies dark-brown; anthers yellow. 
8-12 f. 
aV'ha, (white dog-wood, J. .) branches 
recurved ; branchlets glabrous ; leaves 
ovate, acute, pubescent, hoary beneath ; 
cymes depi'essed ; benies bluish-white. 10 f. 
paaicula'ta, (bush dog- wood, w. J. 1?.) 
branches erect; leaves ovate-acuminate, 
oblong, tapering to the base, pubescence 
close-pressed, hoary beneath ; flowers in a 
thyrsed cyme ; berries white, globular, flat- 
tened. 8-12 f. 
stric"ta, (w. J. 1?.) branches straight,^ fas- 
tigiate ; leaves ovate, color green both sides, 
glabrous when mature, a little downy be- 
neath when young ; panicled cyme convex. 
8-12 f 
aUernifo'lia, (w. M. 1? .) branches warty ; 
leaves alternate, ovate, acute, hoaiy be- 
neath, cymes depressed, spreading; ber- 
ries purple. 18 f. 
mas"ciLla, (cornelian cherry, M. '^.) um- 
bels equalling the involucre. Ex. 
aitperifo'lia, (w. J. 1? .) branches erect, pu- 
bescent ; leaves oval-lanceolate, acuminate, 
scabrous above, tomentose beneath. 4-10 f. S. 
CORONIL"LA. 16—10, (Leguminosce.\ 
va'ria, (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-flow- 
ered ; legumes erect. 4 f 
glau'ca, (y. M. Ip .) leafets 7, very blunt ; 
stipules lanceolate; umbels 10 or 12-flow- 
ered ; peduncles longer than the leaves. 
Remarkably fragrant during the night, and 
almost scentless during the day. 3 f 
o'merus, (coronilla, y. .) stem angled ; 
woody; peduncles about 3-flowered ; claws 
of the petals about thrice as long as the 
calyx. Ex. 
CORONO'PUS. 14—1. {Crur.ifercB.). [From 
kororiK, a crow, and povs, foot; the leaves 
resemble a bird's foot 1 
rueVUi, (w. Ju. %.) silicle eirtire ; margin 
muricate ; style prominent ; corymb few 
flowered. S. 
didy''ma, (swine's cress, Ju. ^) silicles 
emarginate, in pairs, reticulate, rugose ; 
style obsolete ; corymb many-flowered. 
1- 2 f Charleston. 
CORYDA'LIS. 16—5. (Cort/dales.) [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, 1-sided ; nectaries divaricate, of the 
length of the corolla ; style enclosed. 8- 
12 i. This plant is refen-ed by some to 
DiELYTBA,by others to Fumaria. 
glau'ca, (r-y-g. J. 0.) stem erect, branch- 
ed; leaves glaucous, decompound; seg 
ments cuneate, trifid ; bracts oblong-acute, 
shorter than the pedicels ; pod linear, flat, 
scarcely torulose. 1-4 f S. Mch. 
au'rea (y. M.^.) stem branched, diflFuse ; 
leaves glaucous, doubly pinnate, lobes ob- 
long-linear; bracts linear-lanceolate, acu- 
minate, toothed, longer than the pedicels ; 
pod terete, torulose. 8-12 i. 
CORY"LUS. 19—12. {Amentacea.) [From 
karua, a nut.] 
america'na, (hazel-nut, Ap. Tp.) leavea 
roundish, cordate, acuminate ; calyx round- 
ish-campanulate, larger than the sub-glo- 
bose nut ; border dilated, coarsely sen-ate. 
3-5 f. 
rodra'ta, (beaked hazel, Ap. .) leavea 
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. Tp .) stipules oblong, 
obtuse ; involucre of the fruit campanu- 
late, spreading at the apex, torn-toothed; 
leavea round-cordate, acuminate. Var. 
max"ima,hQ.s a gash-toothed involucre ; nut 
depressed ovate. Ex. 
CRAM"BE. 14—1. (Cruciferm.) [A name 
given by Dioscorides to cabbage.] 
mara'tima, (sea-kale, w. ^ .) stem folia- 
ceous, smooth; leaf sinuate, glaucous ; flow- 
ers corymbed, panicled. 
CRANI'CHIS. 18—1. (OrchidecB.) 
mnltijio'ra, root fascicled, villose ; leaves, 
oval-lanceolate, sub-sessile ; scape many- 
flowered, pubescent toward the summit; 
inner petals connivent ; lip vaulted, acumi- 
nate. 
CRAT^'GIIS. 11—5. {Rosacea.) iYvomhratus, 
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 pentagynous. 
Var. vir"idis,h&s lance-ovate leaves, sub- 
trilobate ; stem unarmed. 
puncta'ta, (common thorn-tree, w. M. ^ .) 
thorny or unarmed ; leaves wedge-obovate, 
sub-plicate, glabrous, serrate; calyx vil- 
lose ; divisions subulate, entire. 
oxycan"tha, (quickset, w. M. .) leaves 
obtuse, somewhat 3-cleft, serrate, glabrous; 
peduncles and calyx somewhat glabrous ; 
segments of the calyx lanceolate, acute, 
styles 2. Naturalized. 
