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Berkenhout fays: “ Linnreus makes it a fpecies of inflo- 
refcence, in which the flowers grow in clutters-, each 
upon a fepurate pedunculus, as in the filiquofe plants in 
general.”- Profelfor Martyn prefers Rofe’s explanation, 
and firys it is the nidi intelligible ; but it is not Lin¬ 
naeus’s. There is plainly a reference to the ip ike for the 
general fimilitude, with two diftindtions : i. That each 
flower is not feflile, but on its proper pedicel. 2. That 
inftead of the flowers being ranged along a common Am¬ 
ple peduncle alternately, as in the fpike, each pedicel 
is of a length proportioned to its tttuation, fo that all 
the flowers form nearly a flat furface at top. After all, 
the meaning of the term will be beft underftood by at¬ 
tending to the manner of flowering in the plants referred 
to by Linnxus : Spirka opulifolia , Ledum, and thofe of 
The filiquofe or tetradynamia clafs. A corymb may be 
either Ample or compound. Corymbus, in Pliny, figni- 
fies a clutter of ivy-ben ies; hedertz racemus in orbem cir- 
cumaElus. Columella puts it for the head of the arti¬ 
choke : Hire mode purpurea fur git glomerata corymbo. This 
and two other kinds of inflorefcence, namely, the cyme 
and umbel, which bear fome refemblance to each other, 
may be thus diftinguifhed : 1. In the corymb, the pe¬ 
duncles take their rile from different heights ; but the 
lower ones being longer, they all form nearly an even 
furface at top. 2. In the cyme, the peduncles take their 
rife from the fame center ; but the fubdivifions are irre¬ 
gular. 3. In'the umbel, the peduncles take-their rife 
from the fame center, and the whole is difpofed with a 
ftriking regularity. 
CORYM'BE,y [from vapa., the head.] The ivy- 
tree ; fo called becaufe it grows into a large head or top. 
See Hedera. 
CORYM'BIATED, adj. [corymbus , Lat.] Garnifhed 
round the head with clutters of berries. 
CORYM'BIFER, a furname of Bacchus, from his 
wearing a crown of corymbi, or ivy-berries. Ovid. 
CORYMBI'FER vE, f. in botany, the name of one of 
Ray’s clafles, and of the third fubdivifion in the order of 
compound flowers in Linnaeus’s Natural Arrangement. 
CORYMBI'FEROUS, adj. [from corymbus and Jero, 
Lat.] Bearing fruit or berries in bunches or heads.— 
Corymbiferous plants are dittinguilh.ed into fuch as have a 
radiate flower, as the fun-flower; and fuch as have a 
naked flower, as the hemp-agrimony, and mugwort: to 
which are added thofe a-kin hereunto, fuch as fcabious, 
teafel, thiftle, and the like. Quincy. 
CORYM'BIUM, f. [from xopvpGot;, a corymb.] In 
botany, a genus of the clafs fyngenefia, order monogamia, 
natural order of compolitae difeoideae. The generic cha¬ 
racters are—Calyx : perianthium two-leaved, one flow¬ 
ered, inferior, long, prifmatic, fix-cornered; leaflets 
ereft, converging longitudinally, triangular on the back, 
truncated, obfeurely three-toothed, permanent: having 
two very fmall leaflets at the bafe. Corolla : one-petal- 
led, equal ; tube very iliort; border five-parted, fpread- 
ing; divifions lanceolate. Stamina: filaments five, fim- 
pie, credit, feated on the tube ; antherae oblong, eredt, 
fhorter than the corolla, growing together into a cylinder. 
Piitillum ; 'germ within the calyx, inferior to the corolla, 
hirfute; Hyde Ample, eredt, length of the corolla; ftig- 
nja oblong’, two-parted, fpreading. Pericarpium: none; 
calyx unchanged. Seed : Angle, oblong, almoft the 
length of the calyx, covered with a wool refembling 
down; in the manner of a pappus. Receptaculum: 
naked.— Fffaitial CharaEler. Calyx : two-leaved, one- 
flowered, prifmatic ; corolla one-petalled, regular; feed 
one, below the corolla, woolly. 
Species. 1. Corymbium fcabrum, or rough corymbi- 
um: leaves lanceolate channelled nerved recurved 
fmooth, (horter than the fteni. It rifes with an eredt 
rough ftalk about a foot high, with a Angle leaf at each 
joint, which half embraces the flalk. The leaves are 
long, narrow, and triangular, having a downy liibftance 
intermixed with them at their bafe; the upper part of 
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the ftalk divides into feveral peduncles, which are ter¬ 
minated by purple flowers. Perhaps it may be only a 
variety of corymbium filiforme. 2. Corymbium gla- 
brum, or fmooth corymbium : very fmooth ; leaves enfi- 
form plane nerved. 3. Corymbium filiforme, or filiform 
corymbium : leaves filiform very fmooth eredt, fhorter 
than the Item. 4. Corymbium villofum, or fhaggy co¬ 
rymbium : villofe woolly ; ftem-leaves clafping fubulate 
ftraight plane. Natives of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Propagation and Culture. It is propagated by feeds, 
which fhould be fown in a fmall pot filled with light 
earth as foon as they are received from abroad; the pots 
fhould be plunged into a bed of tanner’s bark, where the 
heat is near fpent, and covered with a common frame 
in winter, to protedt the feeds from froft, fnow, and hard 
rains. In the fpring, if the pots are removed into a 
moderate hot-bed, the plants will foon appear: when 
they are about an inch high, they fliould be each tranf- 
planted into a feparate fmall pot, obferving to fliade 
them until they have got new roots ; foon after which 
they lhould be gradually inured to the open air, and in 
June they fhould be placed abroad in a fheltered Atuation; 
where they may remain till Odtober, when they fhould 
be placed in a common frame, where they may be pro- 
tedded from froft, being too tender to live abroad in 
England. 
CORYM'BIUM, f. An ornament of hair anciently 
worn by women. Its form was that of a corymbus. 
CORY'MBUS,/! [from y.opvc, a helmet, and yaox, 
the head ; helmet-headed.] A bunch or clutter of ivy- 
berries. 
CORYNOCAR'PUS, f. [from y.opvr/i, a club, and 
y.a.f7roc, a fruit.] In botany, a genus of the clafs pen-.' 
tandria, order monogynia, natural order of berberides. 
The generic charadters are—Calyx: perianthium inferi¬ 
or, five-leaved; leaflets oblong, concave. Corolla: 
petals five, roundifh, narrowed at the bafe, eredt. Nec¬ 
tary : leaflets five, eredt, fhaped like the petals, but 
narrower, fcarcely fhorter, having a globular gland at 
the bafe, alternate with the petals. Stamina : filaments 
five, fubulate, from the bafe of the petals: anthene 
oblong. Pittillum: germ fuperior, globular; ftyle 
fhort, filiform; ftigma obtufe. Pericarpium: nut tur- 
binate-club-fhaped, one-feeded. Seed: nucleus oblong ; 
an oblong kernel.— EJfaitial CharaEler. Nedtaries five, 
petal-fhaped, alternate with the petals, glandulous at the 
bafe. 
There is but one fpecies, corynocarpus laevigata, with 
leaves alternate, petioled, obovate or wedge-fhaped, 
fubemarginate, entire, veined, very fmooth; panicle 
terminating, feflile, large, wrinkled; flowers white. 
Native of New- Zealand. 
CO'RYPHA,y. [from y.opv'tp'ri, the top of any thing.] 
The Mountain Palm; in botany, a genus of palm. 
The generic charadters are—Calyx: fpathe univerfal 
compound ; fpadix branching. Corolla: three-parted; 
petals ovate, obtufe, fpreading. Stamina: filaments 
fix, fubulate, longer than the corolla; antherae adnate. 
Piitillum : germ roundifh ; ftyle fubulate, fhort; ftigma 
Ample. Pericarpium: berry globofe, large, one-celled. 
Seed : Angle, bony, large, globofe. Browne deferibes 
his corypha in a different manner : is it therefore of a 
different genus ? Calyx : fpadix Amply branched, im¬ 
bricated with proper fpathes'; perianthium none. Co¬ 
rolla : none. Stamina : filaments fix, fhort, growing 
into the Aides of the germ : antherae oblong. Pittillum: 
germ globofe, fmall; ftyle Ample, fnort; ftigma head¬ 
ed, fomewhat funnel-form. Pericarpium ; drupe one- 
celled. Seed f nut, with a bony aril.— EJfential Charac¬ 
ter. Flowers hermaphrodite, fix-ftamened ; fpathe many¬ 
leaved ; (none ; calyx, fix-leaved, according to Gertner ;) 
corolla, three-petalled, (none, G.) pittillum, one ; berry, 
globofe, fuperior, one-feeded ; feed, bony, globofe. 
Species. 1. Corypha umbraculifera, or great fan-palm : 
fronds pinnate-palmate plaited, and having a thread. 
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