in Natural History, that part of the fly-clasps which is analogous in its situation to the breast in other animals. Many have called it the breast in these also, but improperly; because the breast of other animals is the place of the lungs and trachea, but these organs are in the fly-clasps distributed throughout the whole body.

CORCHORUS: A genus of plants belonging to the polyandria clasps; and in the natural method ranking under the 37th order, Columnea. See Botany Index.