CORDIACEZ. I. Cornia. 379 
44 C. My’xa (Lin. spec. 273. syst. p. 161. mat. med. 
t. 67.) leaves oval, ovate, or obovate, repand, smooth above, 
but rather scabrous beneath ; panicles terminal and lateral, 
globular; flowers polygamous; calyx tubular, widening towards 
the mouth, and torn as it were into 3-5 divisions; divisions 
of corolla revolute. ^. S. Native of the Circars, chiefly in 
gardens, hedges, &c. near villages ; and of Nipaul on Bheem- 
pedi. Delile, fl. egypt. p. 47. t. 19. f. 1—2. Vidi-Marum, 
Rheed. mal. 4. t. 37. Sebéstena officinalis, Gaertn. fruct. 1. p. 
363. t. 76. Cornus sanguínea, Forsk. descr. p. 33. ex Vahl. 
symb. l. p. 19. '"Sebesténa doméstica, or C. officinalis, Lam. 
il. p. 420. no. 1895. t. 96. f. 2. Myxa, Commel, hort. 1. p. 
139. Prünus Sebesténa, &c. Plukn. alm. 306. t. 217. f. 3. C. 
doméstica, Roth. Sebesténa doméstica, Prosp. Alp. zgypt. 
p. 30. Bauh. hist. 1. p. 198. — Prünus Sebesténa Mathioli, 
Plukn. alm. p. 306. t. 217. f. 2. Trunk generally crooked. 
Branches numerous, spreading, and bent in every direction, 
forming a dense shady head. Leaves 2-3 inches long, and 
from 14 to 2 broad. Bracteas none. Calyx not in the least 
striated. Drupe globular, smooth, size of a cherry, yellow; pulp 
transparent, viscid, containing a sub-tetragonal, 4-celled nut, 
which is cordate at both ends; the cells rarely all fertile. The 
smell of the nut when cut is heavy and disagreeable, the taste of 
the kernels like that of fresh filberts. The fruit is not used 
medicinally among the Circars, but when ripe is eaten by the 
natives: the pulp is of a sweetish taste. The dried fruit 
is the Sebesténa of the Materia Medica. The Telinga name 
of the tree is Neckra, the Hindoostan one Lusora or Lesoora, 
and the Bengal name is Bohoori. Linnzeus erroneously describes 
this plant as having a 10-striped calyx. 
Myzxa Sepistan. Clt. 1644. Tree 10 to 15 feet. 
45 C.swAvEOoLENS (Blum. bijdr. p. 843.) leaves alternate, 
ovate, or ovate-oblong, bluntish, a little attenuated at the base, 
nearly equal, quite entire, or somewhat repandly angled, glab- 
rous above, but tomentose in the axils of the nerves beneath ; 
corymbs terminal; flowers spicate, secund ; tube of corolla 
inclosed in the calyx, which is campanulate, without furrows, 
and downy outside. h. S. Native of Java, on the west 
side, in mountain woods. Allied to C. /'ndica, and C. doméstica. 
Smeet-scented Cordia. Fl. Oct. Tree 40 feet. 
46 C. Banrame’nsis (Blum. bijdr. p. 843.) ultimate leaves 
3 in a whorl, oval, bluntish, almost quite entire, coriaceous, 
glabrous above, and tomentose beneath; corymbs terminal, 
dichotomous, divaricate; calyx without a furrow, 3-5-toothed. 
h.S. Native of Java, near Tjikandie, where it is called Kandal. 
Bantam Cordia. Fl. Dec. Tree 30 feet. 
47 C. WarricHi ; leaves broad, ovate-roundish, triple- 
nerved, acute, glabrous above, and densely clothed with tomen- 
tum beneath; corymbs lateral and terminal, dichotomous ; 
calyx campanulate, downy, irregularly toothed ; genitals exserted. 
5.S. Native of the East Indies. Córdia tomentósa, Wall. 
cat. no. 897, but not of Cham. Allied to C. Myza. 
Wallich's Cordia. Shrub. 
48 C. roty’cama (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 337.) leaves ovate- 
cordate, entire, scabrous; panicles terminal, in the male more 
divided; flowers polygamous; the male ones generally tetran- 
drous; the hermaphrodite ones often pentandrous ; filaments in 
the male flowers as long as the corolla, in the hermaphrodite 
flowers shorter; calyx narrow, campanulate, 4-5-toothed, vil- 
lous; corolla funnel-shaped, 4-5-cleft, with linear revolute seg- 
ments. h. S. Native of the mountains of Coromandel. 
Trunk short. Young shoots terete, scabrous. Leaves from 
ovate to cordate, entire, or slightly scollop-toothed, when young 
soft and villous, 1-6 inches long, and about 3-fourths of that 
broad.  Panicles pubescent. Flowers small, white. Drupes 
oval, size of a black currant, smooth, when ripe yellow, contain- 
ing a 4-celled putamen; pulp mucilaginous, as in C. Myxa. 
Polygamous-flowered Cordia. "Tree middle-sized. 
49 C. monoica (Roxb. cor. 1. p. 43. t. 58. Willd. spec. 1. 
p. 1072.) leaves ovate, toothed, scabrous; corymbs axillary 
and terminal, with many male flowers ; drupe pointed, containing 
a 4-celled nut; calyx, corolla, and genitals as in the genus. 
b.S. Native chiefly in the Circar forests. Small tree. Leaves 
about 3 inches long, and 2 broad. Panicles dichotomous, com- 
posed of short, recurved, one-ranked spikes. Flowers white. 
Drupe size of a cherry, yellow, pulpy. Stigmas bifid, acute. 
Moneecious-flowered Cordia. Fl. March, April. Cit. 1799. 
Tree small. 
50 C. serra‘ta (Juss. ex Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 333.) tender 
parts hairy; leaves oyate-cordate, acuminated, serrated ; co- 
rymbs lateral; flowers usually octandrous, with from 7 to 9- 
cleft corolla; calyx sub-cylindrical, 3-5-toothed. h.S. Na- 
tive of Travancore. Branches numerous, spreading in every 
direction. Leaves rather harsh, with few hairs, 4-6 inches 
long, and from 2 to 4 broad. Corymbs dichotomous. Flowers 
white, middle-sized. Corolla with a cylindrical tube, length of 
calyx; limb about 8-cleft; segments oblong, recurved. Fila- 
ments hairy, inserted in the tube of the corolla below its mid- 
dle. Perhaps the same as C. serrata, Juss. ex Poir. dict. 7. 
p. 41. 
Serrated-leaved Cordia. Tree. 
51 C. cera’nnis (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 335.) leaves round-cor- 
date, obtuse, entire, scabrous, somewhat triple-nerved; panicles 
terminal, drooping; flowers tetramerous, tetrandrous ; drupe 
containing a 4-celled nut, 2 or 3 of the cells usually abortive. 
h.S. Native of Chittagong. Cdrdia obliqua, Herb. Madr. 
Leaves rounded, or retuse at the base; the apex acute or 
obtuse, often remotely toothed.  Ramifications of the panicle 
many times dichotomous, those with the petioles and young leaves 
are beset with rusty villi. Calyx with an even surface, and 4- 
toothed mouth. Drupe dirty yellow, smooth, slightly-depressed 
at apex, half an inch long, supported by the enlarged, many- 
toothed, striated calyx; pulp gelatinous. Leaves often a foot 
long. Perhaps belonging to section Gerascánthus. 
Great-leaved Cordia. Tree. 
52 C. AxGvsTIFOLIA (Roxb. fl, ind. 2. p. 238.) leaves nearly 
opposite, lanceolate, obovate-lanceolate, obtuse, or emarginate, 
scabrous; panicles terminal, corymbose; flowers tetramerous 
and tetrandrous ; calyx campanulate, obscurely 4-toothed ; 
corolla having the tube longer than the calyx, and the limb of 
4 linear revolute divisions. h. S. Native of Mysore. C. 
reticulàta, Roth. nov. spec. 124. Trunk short; branches nume- 
rous, spreading in every direction, often drooping. Leaves 4 
inches long by one broad. Flowers small, white. Stamens 4, 
inserted just below the divisions of the corolla. Drupe size of 
a large pea, round, smooth, yellow ; when ripe the pulp is yel- 
low, gelatinous, and pellucid ; putamen 4-celled, though seldom 
more than one of the cells comes to maturity. 
Narron-leaved Cordia. Clt. 1820. Tree 12 to 15 feet. 
53 C. acuminata (Wall. in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 339.) glab- 
rous, smooth ; leaves oblong-ovate, acuminated, entire ; corymbs 
terminal, short, dichotomous ; flowers with funnel-shaped corol- 
las, and deeply divided calyxes. 5. S. Native of Silhet, 
where it is called Ramutti. | Córdia refléxa, Roem. et Schultes, 
syst. 4. p. 800. Leaves about 5 inches long, smooth. Corymbs 
oval, rather downy, composed of unilateral spikes of small 
white flowers. Corolla having the tube twice as long as the 
calyx ; segments of the limb lanceolate, ciliated, recurved, or 
bent backwards. Stamens elevated above the throat. 
Acuminated Cordia. Tree middle-sized. 
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