378 CORDIACE. 
Domingo, &c. Lam. ill. no. 1901. Desf. ann. mus. 1. p. 205. 
Red. pict. mus. par. Prunus racemosa, &c. Sloane, jam. p. 
184. hist. 2. p. 130. t. 221. f. 1. Branches inclinate, bi- 
trifurcate, cinereous, downy, or villous. Leaves on short peti- 
oles, 1$ foot long. Racemes girded by 2-3 small leaves from 
the forks. Drupe size of a pea. 
Long-leaved Cordia. Clt.1752. Tree 40 to 60 feet. 
34 C. saLviróLIA (Juss. ex Poir. dict. 7. p. 46.) leaves ovate- 
lanceolate, obtuse, wrinkled, very rough, coriaceous ; racemes 
lateral, small, with villous divisions. h.S. Native country 
unknown, but most probably of some part of tropical America. 
Branches cinereous, or yellowish, striated, rather downy while 
young. Leaves petiolate, very firm, beset with copious white 
dots above, 2 inches long, and 1 inch broad. 
Sage-leaved Cordia. Tree or Shrub. 
35 C. Domincr’nsis (Lam. ill. no. 1900.) leaves ovate, entire, 
scabrous on both surfaces, whitish beneath; panicles terminal, 
downy; calyx tubular, with obtuse teeth, rufescent. h. S. 
Native of St. Domingo. Branches angular, very rough, black- 
ish brown, downy at top. Leaves dark green above: upper 
ones 8-10 inches long, and 4-5 broad.  Racemes shorter than 
the leaves, with short terete scabrous branches. Corolla 
unknown. 
St. Domingo Cordia. Tree or Shrub. 
36 C.? BUxIròLIA (Juss. ex Poir. dict. 7. p. 45.) leaves cori- 
aceous, ovate-cuneated, entire, nearly sessile, obtuse, scabrous ; 
panicles corymbose, downy, lateral and terminal ; calyx short, 
ovate, tubular, with 5 obtuse lobes. h.S. Native country 
unknown, but probably of some part of tropical America. 
Habit of Ehrétia buxifdlia. Branches terete, grey, glabrous. 
Leaves numerous, hardly an inch long, beset with copious white 
dots above. Corolla funnel-shaped, having the tube cylindrical 
and longer than the calyx, and the limb middle-sized and 
spreading. Style bifid, each division bearing a solitary capitate 
stigma, and is therefore probably a species of Lutrostylis. 
Boz-leaved Cordia. Shrub. 
37 C. zxarTA'TA (Lam. ill. no. 1910. Poir. dict. 7. p. 47.) 
leaves ovate, acute at the base, rough, entire, coriaceous, on 
very short petioles; corymbs a little longer than the leaves, 
glabrous, terminal; calyx small, glabrous, campanulate, with 5 
small acute teeth; limb of corolla 5-cleft. ^p. S. Native of 
Guiana, Richard. Branches glabrous, striated. Leaves almost 
shining above, and paler beneath, 4 inches long, and 2 broad. 
Branches of corymb diffuse. Pedicels thick, very short, 1- 
flowered. Drupe globose, size of a pea, containing a 2-celled, 
2-seeded putamen. 
Tall Cordia. Tree 60 feet. 
38 C. nervosa (Lam. ill. no. 1906. Poir. dict. 7. p. 47.) 
leaves alternate and opposite, ovate-oblong, acuminated, shining 
and dark green above, but pale yellow, and rather downy 
beneath, on short petioles ; corymbs glabrous, short; bracteas 
subulate ; calyx glabrous, with short, ovate, bluntish teeth. 
h. S. Native of Guiana, Richard. Nearly allied to C. fla- 
véscens, Aubl. Branches scabrous, cinereous, angular. Leaves 
nearly glabrous, 8-10 inches long, and 4 broad; petioles nodose 
at the base. Corymb having the first branches somewhat dicho- 
tomous, the rest short and thick, rather woody. Corolla and 
fruit unknown. 
Nerved-leaved Cordia. Clt. 1820. Shrub or tree. 
39 C. rericuza‘ra (Vahl. eclog. amer. 3. p. 5.) leaves ovate- 
oblong, long-acuminated, reticulated, shining, scabrous beneath, 
and smooth above; racemes terminal, erect, branched, dichoto- 
mous, and are, as well as the calyxes, clothed with rusty tomen- 
tum; flowers 4-5 at the top of each peduncle, hardly pedicellate ; 
calyx smooth, not striated, campanulate in the fruit-bearing 
I. Connia. 
state, trifid, with oblong, obtuse segments ; stamens length of 
corolla; segments of the limb of the corolla oblong, bluntish. 
h. S. Native of Montserrat, Ryan. Branches terete, glab- 
rous, but clothed with rusty tomentum at top. Leaves peti- 
olate, glabrous, shining on both surfaces. Branches of raceme 
twice dichotomous. ‘Tube of corolla length of calyx. Stigmas 
dilated, transverse. Drupe obovate, glabrous, larger than a pea. 
Reticulated-leaved Cordia. Tree. 
40 C. carornv'LLA (Vahl. eclog. amer. 3. p. 5.) leaves ellip- 
tic-lanceolate, acuminated, quite entire, glabrous, rather coria- 
ceous, smooth above, and rather scabrous beneath; corymbs 
axillary ; calyx smooth, campanulate, 5-toothed. h.S. Na- 
tive of Cayenne, Rohr. Branches angular, glabrous, dichoto- 
mous, yellowish. Leaves petiolate, 6-8 inches long, yellowish 
beneath. Corymbs at the sides of the forks and tops of the 
branches, with opposite leaves, 3 times longer than the petioles. 
Beautiful-leaved Cordia. Tree. 
41 C. rormica‘rum (Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 800.) 
leaves oblong, acuminated, quite entire, scabrous; branches 
ventricose ; corymbs pilose, coarctate. h. S. Native of 
Brazil, in the province of Para. Branches terete, smooth, 
dilated at the ramifications, hollow in the axils, and forming 
nests for ants, whence the tree is called Pao de Formige by 
the natives. Leaves nearly sessile, a foot long, and a hand 
wide, ciliated. 
Ants’ Cordia. Tree. 
42 C. A'sPERA (Forst. prod. no. 109. Willd. spec. 1. p. 
1074.) leaves ovate, acuminated, rough ; flowers cymose, wrink- 
led. h. G. Native of the Island of Tongatabu. Forster 
does not mention the size of the flowers. 
Rough Cordia, Tree. 
* * Species natives of Asia. 
48 C. ratiròLIa (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 230.) leaves roundish, 
cordate, entire, repand, 3-nerved, smooth above and scabrous 
beneath; panicles terminal and lateral; flowers polygamous; 
calyx villous, campanulate, leathery, with an unequally-toothed 
mouth; corolla short, campanulate, with 5 linear-oblong seg- 
ments; drupes oblately globose, on a smooth calyx, containing a 
1-4-seeded nut. h.S. Native of Hindostan. Trunk short, 
generally crooked, as in C. Myza. Branches spreading and 
drooping; young shoots smooth and angular. Leaves 3-7 
inches long, and rather less in breadth. Panicles roundish. 
Flowers numerous, small, white. Stamens as long as the seg- 
ments of the corolla, inserted immediately under the fissure. 
Drupe about an inch or more in diameter, yellow when ripe ; 
pulp soft, clammy, and is eaten by the natives. Mr. Cole- 
brooke says that the writers on Indian Materia Medica notice 
two sorts of Sepistan. The first as large as a prune, with its 
nut immersed in mucilaginous pulp, and separable from it. 
The second smaller, with its nut adhering to the pulp, (as 
described by the writers on Materia Medica in Europe,) but 
with less mucilage, and sweeter than the large one. The rest 
of the description, he observes, is common to both kinds, the 
fruit growing in clusters; when ripe yellow, but afterwards 
turning black. The first, or large sort, is, no doubt, the fruit 
of the present tree; and the small sort that of C. Mýxa, 
which has hitherto been considered in Europe as the only 
tree that produces this drug. The Arabic and Persian names 
of Sepistan and Pistan are applicable to both sorts. Dr. 
Wallich proposes to give this species the specific name of C. 
Sepistana, and the West Indian species, now called Sebesténa, 
C. coccinea, Wall. in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 332. 
Broad-leaved Sepistan. Tree 8 to 12 feet., 
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