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CORIfePERMUM- CRAT^GUS. 
CORISPER"MUM. 1—2. (Atriplices.) [From 
knris, bug, sperma, seed.] 
kyssopifo'llum, (Au. Tp.) spikes tenninal, 
leaves miarmed, nerveless, linear. A vari- 
ety, america'numyh.Q.s spikes axillary ; leaves 
nerved, mucronate. 
COR"NUS. 4—1. (Caprifolia.) 
cannd€n"sis, (dogfweed, low cornel, w. 
M. li) herbaceous; leaves at the top 
whorled, veiny ; involucre ovate, acuminate; 
fruit globose. 4 8 i. 
jiori'da, (false-box, w-y. M.'^.) leaves 
ovate, acuminate ; involucre 4, very large, 
somewhat obcordate ; fruit ovate. 15-30 f 
circina'ta, (w. J. ^ .) branches warty ; 
leaves broad-oval, acuminate, white-downy 
beneath ; cymes depressed. 6 8 f. 
seri'cea, (red osier, red rod, w. J. ^.) 
branches spreading; branchlets woolly; 
leaves ovate, acuminate, rounded at the 
base, rusty- pubescent beneath ; cymes de- 
pressed, woolly. Var. tierva'ta, leaves ta- 
pering to the base, unequal, veins beneath 
very prominent ; berries bright blue. 8-12 f. 
sa)igHiti"ea, (common dog-wood, w. M. 
Ip.) branches straight ; leaves ovate, pi(bes- 
cent, both sides colored alike ; cymes spread- 
ing ; ben-ies dark-brown ; anthers yellow. 
e-12 f. 
aV'ha, (white dog-wood, J. ^ .) branches 
recurved ; branchlets glabrous ; leaves 
ovate, acute, pubescent, hoary beneath ; 
cymes depressed ; berries bluish-white. 10 f 
paiiicula'ta, (bush dog- wood, w. J. Jp.) 
branches erect; leaves ovate-acuminate, 
oblong, tapering to the base, pul)escence 
close-pressed, hoaj-y beneath ; flowers in a 
thyrsed cyme ; \>an-\G& white, globular, flat 
tened. 8-12 f. 
stric"t.n, (w. J. '^.) branches straight, fas- 
tigiate ; leaves ovate, color green both sides, 
glabrous when mat ^re, a little downy be 
neath wlien your.g ; panicled cyme convey. 
8-12 f. 
altermfoTin, (w. M. ^ .) branches warty ; 
leaves alternate, ovate, acute, hoaiy be 
neath , cymes depressed, spreading ; bei 
ries purple. 18 f. 
mas"cida, (cornelian cheny, M. ^ .) um- 
bels equalling the involucre. Ex. 
asperifo'lia, (w. J. Ip.) bi'anches erect, pu- 
bescent ; leaves oval-lanceolate, acuminate, 
Bcabrous above, tomentose beneath. 4-10 f. S. 
CORONIL"LA. 16—10. (Leguminoscs.) 
va'ria, (r-p. Ju. ZJ!.) herbaceous, diffuse, 
glabrous ; stipules small, acute ; leafets 9 to 
1.3, oblong, mucronate, lower ones of the 
stem near each other ; umbels 16 to 20-flow- 
ered ; legumes erect. 4 f. 
glau'ca,{j. 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'meini^, (coronilla, y. ^ .) stem angled ; 
woody; peduncles about 3-Howered; claws 
of the petals about thrice as long as the 
calyx. Ex. 
CORONO'PUS. 14—1. (Crurife.rce.). [From 
horone, a crow, and pous, foot; the leaves j 
re.serr'ble a laird's foot ] _ I 
rueV'lv (w. Ju. 0.) silicle entire ; margin | 
muricate ; style prominent; corjonb few 
flowered. S. 
didy''ma, (swine's cress, Ju. ^.) silicles 
emarginate, in pairs, reticulate, rugose ; 
style obsolete ; corymo many-flowered 
1-2 f Charleston. 
CORYDA'LIS. 16—5. {Corydules.) [From 
korus, a helmet, alluding to the form of its 
flowers.] 
cncnlla'rm, (colic-weed, y. & w. M. ^ _ 
corolla 2-ppurred ; scape naked ; raceme 
simple, 1-sided ; nectaries divancate, of t^ie 
length of the corolla ; style enclosed. 8- 
12 i. This plant is referred by some to 
DiKLYTRA,by others to Fumaria. 
glau'ca, (r y-g. J. 0.) stem erect, branch- 
ed ; leaves glaucous, decompound , se^ 
ments cuneate, trifid ; bracts oblong-acute, 
shorter than the pedicels ; pod linear, flat, 
scarcely torulose. 1-4 f. 8. Mch. 
aii'rea (y.M.@.) stem branched, diffuse; 
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. {Amentacem.) [F;on 
karua, a nut.] 
america'na, (hazel-nut, Ap. ^.) leaves 
roundish, cordate, acuminate ; calyx round- 
ish-campanulate, larger than the sub-glo- 
bose nut ; border dilated, coarsely serrate 
3-5 f. 
rostra'ta, (beaked hazel, Ap. ^ .) leave* 
oblong-ovate, acuminate ; , stipules lance 
linear ; involucre of the fruit bell tubular, 
2-parted ; divisions gash-toothed, elongated 
beyond the nut into a beak. 2-3 f 
avella'na, (filbert, Ap. ^.) stipules oblong, 
obtuse ; involucre of the fruit campanu- 
late, spreading at the apex, torn-toothed; 
leaves round-cordate, acuminate. Var. 
max'iim,,h?i% a gash-toothed involucre ; nut 
depressed ovate. Ex. 
CRAVI"BE. 14—1. (Cruciferce.) [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. . (Orchidece.) 
mnltijlo'ra, root fascicled, villose ; leaves 
oval-lanceolate, sub-sessile ; scape many- 
flov/ered, pubescent toward the summif; 
inner petals connivent ; lip vaulted, acumi- 
nate. 
CRAr^^'GIIS. 11—5. (Rosacem.) [Fromkratua, 
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. vi?'idis,\\^% lance-ovate leaves, eub- 
trilobate ; stem unarmed. 
pjiticta'ta, (common thorn-tree, w. M. 'p .) 
thorny or unarmed ; leaves wedge-obovate, 
sub-plicate, glabrous, serrate; calyx vil- 
lose ; divisions subulate, entire. 
oxycan"tha, (quickset, w. M. ^^.) leav<js 
obtuse, somewhat 3-cleft, serrate glabrous 
peduncles and calyx somewhat glabrous 
segments of the calyx IsJicecla^e. acite 
styles 2. Naturalized. 
