ancient term in Wales, denoting half a cantred, or hundred, containing fifty villages. Wales was anciently divided into three provinces, each of which was subdivided into cantreds, and every cantred into two commotes or hundreds. Giraldus, however, in his Itinerary, says that a commote is but a quarter of a hundred.

Commune, the name given in France to a subordinate territorial division of the country, which in area may be considered as corresponding to the English parish. In other respects, however, they differ considerably—the commune being a division for civil and military purposes, and governed by a mayor, with one or more assistants and a certain number of councillors. Also, that our larger cities and towns comprehend several parishes, whereas those of France, with the exception of Paris, constitute only one commune.

Communis, the name of a class in Linnæus's Methodus Calycinae, consisting of two plants which, like teazel and dandelion, have a calyx or flower-cup common to many flowers or florets. These are the aggregate or compound flowers of other systems.