374 CORDIACEZE. 
A. lycopsoides, and A. spectábilis. It differs from the first in 
the insertion of the stamens, and from the second in the corolla 
being smaller, and especially in the throat not being half closed 
by inclosed plica. 
Intermediate Amsinckia. Fl.? Clt. 1836. Pl. 4 foot. 
4 A.sPEcTA'BiLIs (Fisch. et Meyer, l. c.) throat of corolla 
glabrous, half closed by thrust-in plicze ; limb length of tube: 
stamens inserted in the throat of the corolla. (2. H. Native 
of New California, about the Russian colony, Ross. Corolla 
beautiful yellow; limb 6 inches in diameter, furnished with 5 
plicze at the throat, which are similar to scales. 
Showy Amsinckia. Fl. Clt. 1836. Pi. $ foot. 
Cult. The seeds of these plants only require to be sown in 
the open ground about the beginning of May in a dry, warm, 
sheltered situation. None of them are worth cultivation, except 
in botanical gardens. 
Orver CLXVII. CORDIA'CEZ (the plants contained in 
this order agree with Cérdia in the drupaceous fruit, and bifid 
or dichotomous style.) 
Calyx 5-cleft, or 4-5-toothed. Corolla funnel-shaped ; throat 
naked; limb 5-10-lobed. Stamens equal in number to the seg- 
ments of the corolla, exserted or inclesed. Style semi-bifid, or 
dichotomous; stigmas obtuse. Berry or a drupe containing 
2 2-celled, 2-seeded nuts, or 4 l-celled, l-seeded nuts, or a 
4-celled putamen, which is sometimes only 1-2-celled from 
abortion, partly or altogether covered by the calyx. Coty- 
ledons plicate.— Trees or shrubs. Leaves entire, serrated, or 
cut. Inflorescence terminal, panicled, or corymbose, or spicate, 
usually bractless, 
This order was formerly united with Boraginee, from which 
its habit, plaited cotyledons, and divided style, separate it. 
Little is known of the properties of the plants contained in 
it, except that the flesh of the fruit is emollient and mucila- 
ginous. The nuts of Córdia Sebesténa are sometimes employed 
as laxatives. 
Synopsis of the genera. 
Trise I. 
Corviz‘z. Style: chotomous. Fruit drupaceous. 
1. Corpia. Calyx 4-10-toothed. Limb of corolla 4-10-cleft. 
Stigmas 4. Drupe containing a 4-celled putamen, which is 
sometimes 1-3-celled by abortion. 
2 ParacoNv'La. Calyx 4-parted. Limb of corolla 4-cleft. 
Stigmas 4?. Drupe containing a 4-celled putamen. 
Tanz II. 
Euretia’cez. Style semi-bifid ; stigmas 2, obtuse. Berry 
containing 2-4, 2-celled, 2-seeded nuts, or 4, 1-celled, 1-seeded 
nuts. Cotyledons plicate ? 
3 Enre‘tia. Calyx 5-cleft. Corolla funnel-shaped, with a 
5-lobed limb, and a naked throat. Stamens exserted. Berry 
containing 2 2-celled, 2-seeded nuts. 
4 BzunnERI. All as in Ehrétia, except that the berry 
contains 4 2-celled, 2-seeded nuts. 
5 Corre'sta. Calyx 10-toothed. 
Corolla funnel-shaped ; 
limb spreading, 5-lobed. 
Stamens 5, exserted. Style bifid at 
' Stamens exserted. 
I. Corpsa. 
apex; stigmas peltately globose. Drupe containing 2 1-seeded? 
nuts. 
6 Carmona. Calyx 5-parted. 
rotate; limb 5-6-cleft. 
lary ; stigmas simple. 
Corolla campanulate, or 
Stamens 5-6, inclosed. Styles 2, capil- 
Drupe containing a 5-6-celled putamen. 
7 LurRósrvrLIs Calyx 5-parted. Corolla funnel-shaped, 
5-cleft. Stamens a little shorter than the corolla. Styles 2, 
short ; stigmas sub-capitate. Drupe small, containing 4 1-seeded 
nuts. 
8 Rua’spia. Calyx 5-parted. Corolla campanulate, 5-cleft. 
Stamens inclosed. Style simple; stigma 2-lobed. 
containing 4 1-seeded pyrenz or nuts. 
9 Moretosra. Calyx 5-cleft. Corolla rotate, 5-cleft. 
Style forked; stigmas 2, capitate. Drupe 
containing a 4-celled, 4-seeded putamen. 
Drupe 
Tre III. 
Style hardly any. Stigma large, discoid, 5- 
grooved. Drupe containing only one 1-seeded nut. 
10 Envsisr. Calyx 5-parted. Corolla salver-shaped, 5- 
parted ; segments of the limb bifid. 
ERIMATA LEZ. 
+ A genus not known whether belonging to the present order. 
11 Rocnerértia. Calyx 5-parted. Corolla funnel-shaped ; 
limb spreading. Stamens inserted in the recesses between the 
lobes of the corolla. Styles 2, subulate; stigmas simple. 
Fruit globose, 2-celled ; cells containing numerous angular seeds. 
I. CO'RDIA (named after Euricius Cordius, whose true 
name was Henricus Urbanus, and Valerius his son, German 
botanists of the 16th century.) Plum. gen. 14. Lin. gen. no. 
256. Schreb. gen. no. 350. Juss. gen. p. 128. ed. Usteri. p. 
143. Gaertn. fruct. 1. t. 76. R. Br. prod. p. 498. Cordana, 
Ruiz. et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 47. t. 184.  Sebesténa, Dill. elth. 
t. 255. 
Lin. syst. — Tetra-Pentándria, Tretragynia. Calyx tubular, 
usually 5, rarely 3-4-6-10-toothed. Corolla funnel-shaped ; 
limb from 4 to 10-cleft, but usually 5-cleft. Stamens equal in 
number to the divisions of the corolla. Style dichotomous ; 
stigmas 4. Drupe partly or wholly covered by the calyx, con- 
taining a 4-celled putamen, which is sometimes only 1-3-celled 
by abortion. Cotyledons plicate.—'Trees or shrubs. Leaves 
quite entire, or cut. Inflorescence terminal, panicled, corym- 
bose, or spicate, bractless. 
Secr. I. SeszsrE'Nx. Calyxes and fruit smooth. 
cence corymbose, or panicled. Segments of calyx acute. 
Throat of corolla glabrous. Flowers large. 
1 C. Rv'urn (Blum. bijdr. p. 843.) leaves on long petioles, 
ovate-oblong, acuminated, attenuated at the base, nearly equal, 
somewhat repand, smoothish above, but downy in the axils of 
the nerves beneath; corymbs length of petioles; segments of 
calyx without furrows, tridentate, tomentose inside. n. S 
Native of the Moluccas. Novélla nigra, Rumph. amb. 2. p. 
226. t. 75. Allied to C. Sebest@na. Corollas orange-red. 
Rumphiuss Cordia. Fl. Aug. Sept. Tree. 
2 C. picuéroma (Forst. prod. no. 110.  R. Br. l. c.) leaves 
ovate, a little toothed, glabrous; cymes opposite the leaves, 
Inflores- 
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