Corollet, Corollule

( Bot. ) A floweret in an aggregate flower. Cor'olline, a . ( Bot . ) Same as COROLLACEOUS. Corolliflo'ræ, n . pl . ( Bot . ) In the arrangement of De Candolle, a sub-cla of Dicotyledones , comprising those plants which have flowers furnished with both calyx and corolla, the latter being composed of united petals; the stamens are inserted on the corolla or ovary, or free and rising from the thalamus. The Corolliflora are subdivided into- Epigynæ , in which the calyx is adherent, and the ovary consequently inferior; Hyposta mineæ, in which the stamens are inserted into the thalamus, and do not adhere to the corolla, while the ovary is superior; and Epipetale or Epicorollæ , in which the corolla arises from the thalamus, and has the stamens attached to it, the ovary being superior. Coromandel Coast, ( koro - man'del ,) a long line of Asiatic sea-coast, extending from Point Cashmere, in Lat. 10° 17′ N., Lon. 79° 56′ E., to Gondegam, in Lat. 15° 20′ N., Lon. 80° 10 E. It is pretty nearly co-extensive with the districts of Tanjore, Arcot, Chingleput, and Nellore, comprising, along with Madras and Pond i cherry, the grand battle-field of the last century between England and France in India. With various æstuaries and inlets, it is yet commercially of very little value, not presenting a single safe place of refuge for large ve els. So shallow, moreover, is the water for a considerable distance from the land, that ships of any size are obliged to lie several miles off. Coroman'del-wood, n . ( Bot . ) See DIOSPYROS. Coro'na, n .; pl . CORONE. [Lat., a crown.] ( Arch .) The large, square, and ma y member of a cornice, more usually called the drip or larmier , whose situation is between the cymatium above and the bed-moulding below it; it is used for conveying the water drop by drop from the building. (Bot.) C., or CORONET, is a word applied to certain appendages of the corolla, which are arranged within it in a circle. In the Narci us it is a cup; in Symphytum it consists of five glandular uarrow proce es; in As clepias it is a thick fleshy ring extended into bended lobes. In all cases the coronet is a modification of sterile stamens. (Meteorol.) When the sky is covered with light clouds, we often see a colored circle, in which red predominates, surrounding the moon or the sun. At other times several concentric rings are observed, separated by intervals in which green predominates; these are crowns or corona. The corona is not complete unle there are several series of concentric circles. ( Astron . ) A broad circle of light which surrounds the ( Zool .) Crowned towards the apex, as some shells are by a row of spines, tubercles, . Corona'tion, n . [L. Lat. coronatio , from Lat. corona, a crown.] Act or solemnity of crowning a sovereign; the pomp or a embly attending the investiture of a monarch. ( Hist .) Justin II., who succeeded Just in i an I. A. D. 565, was the first emperor crowned with ceremony by the Patriarch of Constantinople. Charlemagne adopted the custom, and was crowned by the Pope, at Rome, 800. Edward I. (the Elder), crowned in 902, is said to have been the first English monarch to adopt the cere mony. The custom for the queen to be crowned originated in England before the Conquest. The French queens were for a long time crowned at the abbey of St. Denis, near Paris. Edward the Confe or fixed the monastery founded by him at Westminster as the place for the coronation of the English monarchs. C. stone. (Eng. Hist.) "The legends of the old historians," says Taylor ( Glory of Regality , p. 53), "inform us that this is the IMG:content-0379.jpg:[graphic] very stone on which the patriarch Jacob laid his head in the plain of Luz; that it was brought from Egypt into Spain by Gathelus, the supposed founder of the Scottish nation; that it was thence transported into Ireland amongst other prince lie iewells and regall mon uments, by Simon Brech, who was crowned upon it, about B. C. 700, and that it was thence carried to Scotland by king Fergus, B. C. 330." The real history is that it was transferred from Ireland to Scotland at an early period, and was placed in the abbey church Fig. 695. - CORONATION-CHAIR OF THE KINGS OF ENGLAND. (With the Stone of Destiny beneath the throne, Westminster Abbey.) of Scone in 850. The Scottish kings were crowned here until 1296, when Edward I. carried it to England. It was agreed by the treaty of North amp ton, in 1328, that the stone should be returned to Scotland, but this was not done. It is called the "Stone of Destiny," and is fixed under the seat of the coronation chair, which is made of oak, and is now kept in the abbey of Westminster. Coronation Gulf, in British N. America, an inlet of the Arctic Ocean; Lat. 68° 30′ N., Lon. 110° W. Coronation Island, in Alaska , west of Prince of Wales' Archipelago. Coron'da, a town of the Argentine republic, prov. of Santa Fé; poр . 2,500. Coronel, n. See CRONEL. Cor'oner, n. [L. Lat. cor on at or , from corona .] An officer whose chief duty is to hold and preside over a court of inquiry, to ascertain the cause of sudden or violent death. This office was established in England before the Norman Conquest, of which the holder was, as hiz name indicates, in a peculiar manner the officer of the crown; whose private rights of property, whether arising by escheat, wardship, or consisting in demesne, it war his busine to maintain and superintend in the county for which he acted. The office, as now limited in Eng land and in America, has lost much of the honor which nuence to society, both for bringing murderers to pun trad is tinct i on to spirituality . ishment, and for protecting innocent persons from accu-Corporally, adv . Bodily; in, or with, the body. sation. Lor'onet, n. [It. coronetta, dim. of Lat. corona , crown.] ( Her .) An inferior crown worn by noblemen. That of the Prince of Wales (1) is composed of a circle or fillet of gold; four cro es pattées are placed round the edge be- 0000 1 3 5 Fig . 696. 2 6 CORONETS. strawberry-leaves, and as many pearls interposed on pyramidal points. In an earl's coronet (4) there are 8 pearls, set on pyramidal points, and 8 strawberry-leaves, which are lower than the pearls; that of a viscount (5) is surrounded with pearls only, the number being unlimited; a baron's coronet (6) has only six pearls, all at equal distances. The C. of the kings-at-arms is a plain fillet of gold with 16 leaves, half of which alternately are higher than the others. Miserere mei Deus is the motto on the band. In England, C. are worn at the time of the coronation by peers and peere es, and surround caps of crimson velvet, turned up with ermine, as in Fig . 696. In France, and other states of Europe, C. are only used as heraldic insignia. -An ornamental head-dre . "A coronet of gold, richly set with pearls." - Sidney. -A cronel, (q. v.) (Furriery.) The second of the consolidated flanges of the horse's foot.