Cormenin', Louis

MARIE DE LA HAYE, VICOMTE DE, a French political writer, B. in Paris, 1788, was at the age of 22 called to the Council of State. He was made a baron by Louis XVIII., a viscount by Charles X.. and was a member of the Chamber from 1928 to 1846; distinguishing himself as much by the originality of his views as by the independence of his character. C.. who is by profe ion an advocate, has opposed every party in turn, and has proved himself the consistent friend of social and political progre . He has written the best treatise on administrative law published in France, and a number of political pamphlets, under the pseudonym of "Timon." His work Etudes sur les Orateurs Parlemen taires has pa ed through above 20 editions. Member of the Council of State, from the rise of the 2d Empire, C. was made a member of the Institute in 1855. D. 1868. Cormophytes, ( korm'o - fites,) n. ( Bot. ) Plants having stems, as distinguished from Thallophytes, or those which simply form cellular expansions of various kinds, to which the term thallus is applied. Cormophytes are divided, according to the internal structure of their stems, into 3 great cla es, called respectively Exogens, or Dicotyledons; Endogens, or Monocotyledons; and Acrogens, or Acotyledons.