CORDON

In Fortification, a row of stones jutting out between the rampart and base of the parapet. A line of drawn round a town or tract of country, so as to prevenl ingre or ecreaa, is also called a cordon. CORIARIACEjE. (Coriaria, one of the genera.) A natural order of shrubby- Exogens, inhabiting Chile, Peru, the (■•mth of Europe, anil a few other places. Placed by I)e Candolle directly after Ochnacea; an order with which they no doubt agree in some respects, but they differ from them very e entially in being apocarpous. Some botanIder Ihem apetalous, and allied to Phytoloccoctm; (he question of their affinity is still unsettled. Their sensible properties are of a poisonous nature. [s. 297]