century, and died ih 1755. He r °f e > by his profound 
knowledge of the civil law, to the port: of minifter of date, 
and grand-chancellor to the great king of Pruffia.. That 
royal philofopher entrulted the baron Cocceius with the 
reform of the adminiftration of juftice throughout his do¬ 
minions. The Frederician code, which this minilter com¬ 
piled in 1747, proved him worthy of the choice of his 
prince, and as much a philofopher as himfelf. Befides 
this,work, which is in 3 vols. 8vo, the world is indebted 
to baron Cocceius for a Latin edition of Grotius de Jure 
Belli ac Pads, more ample than any that had before 
appeared. It was punted in 1753 atLaufanne, 5 vols. 4to. 
The firft volume, which ferves as an introduftion to the 
work, is by Cocceius the father, who was alio a great 
civilian. 
COC'CHT (Anthony), of Florence, profeffor of phyfic 
at Pifa, afterwards of lurgery and anatomy at Florence, 
died in 1758, at the age of fixty-two. This great man 
•was the intimate friend of Newton and Boerhaave. The 
late emperor made him his antiquary. He was efteemed 
both for his theoretical and practical knowledge. He 
wrote, Epidolse Phyfico-medicse, 1732, 4to. He publiflied 
a Greek manufcript, with a Latin tranflation, on fraftures 
and luxations, extracted from Oribafus and from Sora- 
.nus, Florence, 17.54, folio, and other works. 
COC'CHI (Anthony Celedine), born at Mugello in 
Tufcany, in Auguft 1695, was luccefiively proteffor of 
phyfic at Pifa, of philoiophy at Florence, and antiquary 
to the grand duke, who encouraged the learned of every 
country. Though the principal object of bis ltudies had 
been medicine, he alfo excelled in polite literature. It 
was he who tranflated into Latin the romance of Ambro- 
cofmus and Anthia by Xenophon, which was printed at 
London in 1726, Greek arid Latin 4to. He pronounced 
alfo feveral medical difcourfes in the Italian language; 
which were printed at Florence in 1761, two parts. His 
difcourfe on the Pythagorean regimen was tranflated into 
French, and publiflied in 8vo. 
COCCI'FEROUS, adj. [from xoxxo?, Gr. and fero, Lat.] 
A term in botany for all plants or trees that have berries. 
COCCINEL'LA, f in entomology, a genus of infefts 
of the order of coleoptera, the charafters of which are 
thefe : the antennas are fubclavated, or a little thicker to¬ 
wards the end, the front of which is quite flat; the palpi 
are fhaped like a club, the lad articulation in form re- 
fembling a heart. The body is hemifpherical; the tho¬ 
rax and elytra are margined; -the abdomen flat. The 
genus is fubdivided into four feftions or families, from 
the following diftinftive properties: 1. Thole whofe ely¬ 
tra are red, or yellow, with black fpots. 2. Tliofe fpot- 
ted with white, on a red or yellowifh ground. 3. Thole 
with biack elytra, fpotted with red. 4. Black elytra, with 
white or yellowifh fpots. The larvse of this genus devour 
the aphides, and other fmall infefts which infeft and in¬ 
jure plants; wherefore they are often feen on the leaves 
of trees covered with the plant-loufe. When the time ar¬ 
rives for their metamorphofis, they fettle on a leaf by the 
hinder part cf their body, then bend and fwell tliemfelves, 
forming a kind of hook. The fkin extends, grows hard; 
and, in a fortnight’s time, the chryfalis, or pupa, opens 
along the back. The infeft in its perfeft date receives 
the imprefiions of the air, that gives its elytra a greater 
degree of confidence. It feldom flies, and cannot keep 
long on the wing. Of all the different larvae of the coc- 
cinella, the mod curious is the white hedgehog, a name 
given it by M. de Reaumur on account of the Angularity 
of its figure, and the tufts of hair which render it re¬ 
markable. It leeks its food on the leaves of trees. After 
a fortnight it fettles on one fpot, and, without parting 
with its fur, turns to a pupa or chryfalis; three weeks 
after which it becomes a coccinella. The flougb appears 
unimpaired by its transformation. M. de Reaumur has 
obferved it on a plum-tree ; and it is likewife found upon 
the rofe-tree. When the coccinelia fird arrive at the date 
of perfeftion 3 the colours of their elytra are very pale, 
nearly bordering upon white or cream colour; and the 
elytra are very loft and tender, but foon grow hard, and 
change to very lively brilliant colours. Their eggs are of 
an oblong form, and of the colour of amber. Of the coc¬ 
cinella there are no fewer than one hundred and fifty- 
eight fpecies, now feparately named and defined by Dr. 
Gmelin. I heir names are made up from their fize, co¬ 
lour, number of lines, marks, or fpots, with which they 
are decorated, and from the plants they inhabit, &c. To 
illudrate this beautiful genus of inlefts, we have in the 
annexed engraving, from fig. 1 to 15, exhibited home in¬ 
dividuals ot each family or feftion into which they are 
divided ; and from attending to the conformation and 
habitudes ot thefe, all the Ipecies may be readily known. 
COCCOC YP'SELUM, f. [from yoxy. 0;, a grain or feed, 
and y.v-^i Aio;', a chelf, veiiel, or meafure.] In botany, a 
genus or ttie clals tetrandria, order monogynia, natural 
order lfellatas. The generic charafters are—Caiyx: pe- 
rianthiurn one-leafed, four-parted, fuperior; fegments 
acute, ereft. Corolla : one petalled, funnel-form ; tube 
longer than the calyx, gradually widening towards the 
border, which is four-parted, the paits ovate, ereft, Sta¬ 
mina : filaments four, the length of the tube, inferted 
into the bale, filiform, ereft ; antheras ereft. Pillillum 1 
genn ovate, inferior; ilyle the length of the flamens, bi¬ 
fid at the tip; iligmas fimple. Pericarpium : berry round- 
ifh, inflated, two-celled, crowned. Seeds : numerous, 
minute.— EJjeniial Character. Calyx, four-parted, fupe¬ 
rior ; corolla, funnel-form; berry, inflated, two-celled, 
many-fteded. 
There is but one fpecies, viz. Coccocypfelum repens. 
It is very like the lmallcft fpecies of ntellia both in leaves 
and appearance ; it grows in fpreading tufts, each Italic 
creeping eighteen or twenty inches from-the root, and 
fhooting out a few lateral branches as it runs; the leaves 
are oppolile ; the flowers and fruits rife on fhort divided 
peduncles from alternate axils. Native of Jamaica, fre¬ 
quent in the cooler mountains of Liguanea and Mont- 
Diable. 
COCCOLO'BA,/. [named coccolobis by Browne, from 
the kernel being lobed at the bottom ; and altered to coc- 
coloba by Jacquin and Linnaeus.] The Sea-side Grape, 
in botany, is a genus of the clafs oftandria, order tri- 
gynia, natural order holoraceae. The generic charafters 
are—Calyx: perianthium one-leafed, five-parted; divi¬ 
sions oblong, obtufe, concave, fpreading molt widely, 
coloured, permanent. Stamina: filaments eight, Tubu¬ 
late, patulous, fhorter than the calyx; anthers roundifh, 
twin. Piftillum: germ ovate; trigonal; ftyles three, fhort, 
filiform, fpreading; ftigmas fimple. Pericarpium : none; 
calyx berried, thickened, converging, involving the feed. 
Seed: nut ovate, acute, one-celled ,—EJfential Char after. 
Calyx, five-parted, coloured ; berry, calycine, one-ieeded. 
Species. 1. Coccoloba uvifera, or round-leaved fea-fide 
grape, or mangrove grape-tree ; leaves cordate-ioundilh, 
fhining. This is a lofty, fpreading, branched, irregular, 
inelegantly-formed, tree, but rendered handlbme by its 
leaves and fruits; bark cinereous, thin, in the younger 
trees fmooth, in older ones fuil of chinks; timber hard 
ponderous red, but fit for little ufe, except to burn, on 
account of its fibrous texture, unlefs it fhould be found 
ferviceable in dying; leaves quite entire, ending in a 
fhort blunt point, coriaceous, thick, large, alternate, deep 
green, with the midrib and veins connected with it more 
or lei’s fcarlet, on fhort petioles fheathing at the bale ; the 
berries are of the fize of grapes, having under an outward 
reddifh-brown or purplifh membrane, a foft thin pulp, 
not unpleafantly altringent, covering a large round Itone, 
containing a kernel. The fruit is a very great aftringent, 
and may be ufed in emuliions, bolufes, or eleftuaries,- but 
its aftiou is not of long continuance : it has all the tafte 
of biltort. The berries have an agreeable flavour, but 
the pulp is not confiderable, This tree is common in 
moll of the fugar colonies; and is generally' found near 
the lea. It frequently grows to a-confideiable fixe, and 
