CORDON

In Fortification, a row of stones jutting out between the rampart and base of the parapet. A line of troops drawn round a town or tract of^ country, so as to prevent Ingre or egre , is also called a cordon. CORIARlACE.f:. (Coriaria, one of the genera.) A natural order of shrubby Exogens, inhabiting Chile, Peru, the south of Europe, and a few other places. Placed by De CandoUe directly after Ochnacece,• an order with wnich they no doubt agree in some respects, but they difffer from them very e entially in being apocarpous. Some botanists consider them apotalous, and allied to Phytolaccacece; the questicm of their affinity is still unsettled. Their sensible properties are of a poisonous nature. [s. 293]