carycium

[From Gr. korus a helmet, which the flower somewhat resembles. ( Loudon, Paxton, .) Is it not rather from körykion, dim in, of körykos a leathern sack or wallet for provisions?] Bot .: A genus of Orchids, the typical one of the family Ophree. It has saccate petals, and the lateral sepals connate. Nine or ten species are known, all from the Cape of Good Hope. *cor-y-da-li-a, 8. [CORYDALIS.] Chem.: The same as CORYDALINE (q. v.). cor-d'-a-line, †cor-d-a-li-na, s. [Mod. Lat. corydalis (q. v.), and suff. -ine, -ina ( Chem.).] Chem.: A weak organic base, C18H19NO4. Corydaline occurs in the roots of Corydalis bulbosa , C. fabacea , and Aristolochia cava . The root is exhausted with water containing hydrochloric acid, the solution precipitated by sodium carbonate, the precipitate dried and treated with alcohol, and the solution allowed to crystallize. Corydaline crystallizes in colorle needles, which melt at 130°. Nitric acid converts it into a red-brown resin. Corydaline is insoluble in water, but soluble in alcohol, forming a bitter solution. Concentrated sulphuric acid di olves it, following a dark orange solution. cor-ŷd-a-lis, s . [From Gr. korydallis = the crested lark, the spur of which those of the fumitories somewhat resemble.] Bot .: A genus of plants, order Fumariacese, tribe Fumariee. There are four petals, one of them gibbous and spurred at the base; the ovary has many ovules; the pod is two-valved, compre ed, many seeded, the seeds with a crest. Corydalis clavicu lat a , the White Climbing Corydalis, has long, very slender, much-branched stems, pinnate leaves, the petioles ending in tendrils; the flowers small, pale yellow, almost white. The tubers of C. tuberosa contain a peculiar alkali called Corydaline (q. v.). C. bulbosa has an aromatic tuber very bitter, and at the same time somewhat astringent and acrid. It was formerly used as a substitute for the Birthworts in expelling intestinal worms and as an emmenagogue. Climbing Corydalis: (1) Corydalis claviculata. [CORYDALIS.] (2) An American name for Adlumia. ( Treas. of Bot.) IMG:content-1040.jpg:[blocks in formation] fem. pl. adj. suff. -aceœ.] Bot .: Mastworts. An order of diclinous exogens, alliance Quern a les. It consists of trees and shrubs with alternate, simple, exstipulate leaves, often with the veins running straight from the midrib to the margin. Male flowers amentaceous, with 5 to 20 stamens; female having the ovary crowned by the rudimer of an adherent calyx, seated within a coriaceous involucre called a cupule; ovary with two or more cells; ovules pendulous or peltate. Among the genera are Carp in us (Hornbeam), Corylus (Hazel), Fagus (Beech), Castanea (Chestnut), and Quercus (Oak). Found in the temperate parts of the Old and New Worlds. In the tropics they grow chiefly on mountains. In 1844 Lindley enumerated eight genera, and estimated the species at 265 . cor-y-lõph-i-dæ, s. pl. [Mod. Lat. corylophus, and fem. pl. adj. suff.- ide.] Entom.: A family of pentamerous beetles. Type, Corylophus. [Gr. korys a helmet, and a crest.] . cōr-l-oph-us, s. Tophos the back of the neck, Entom.: A genus of beetles, the typical one of the family Corylophide. cor-l-ŭs, s. [Lat. corylus; Gr. korylos, from korys a helmet, the fruit appearing as if covered with one.] 1. Bot .: The Hazel-nut. A genus of trees, the typical one of the order Corylacese. The barren flowers are in a cylindrical catkin, the scales 3-cleft, the middle lobe covering the two side ones; stamens three, with one-celled anthers. Fertile flowers 1 or 2 together, within a minute involucre of 2 to 3 cohering, lacerated, hairy scales, the whole constituting a short catkin; stigmas two, filiform; nut invested with the enlarged united scales of the involucre. Corylus Avellan a is the Common Hazelnut or Hazel (q. v.). 2. Palæo - botany : A species of Corylus is found in the Miocene. 1136 2. A kind of inflorescence, akin to the raceme in having stalked flowers, but differing in having the lower pedicels so long that their flow- ers are elevated to the same level as those of the upper ones. Examples, the Wallflower, the Elder, . Quincy. Corymb, Elder Tree. each of whose divis- ions is corymbose, is more generally called a Fascicle (q. v.). *cor-ym-bi-āte, cor-ym-bi-at-ed, a. [Lat. corymb us , i connective, and suff. -ate , -ated .] Gar- nished with branches [bunches (?)] of berries. ( John- IMG:content-1041.png:[merged small][ocr errors][ocr errors][merged small] corythaix