382 CORDIACEZ. I. Corpi. 
young tetragonal and scabrous. Corolla 
white. 
Very scabrous Cordia. ‘Tree. 
76 C. micra’nrHa (Swartz, prod. p. 47. fl. ind. occ. 1. p. 
460.) leaves elliptic, acute, entire, membranous, hairy beneath ; 
racemes compound, loose; calyx short, glabrous, striated ; sta- 
mens exserted. h.S. Native of Jamaica, in woods on the 
mountains. Nearly allied to C. collocócca ; but the leaves are 
less attenuated at the base and apex, hispid beneath ; racemes 
small, and flowers much smaller. Branches glabrous, wrinkled, 
grey. Leaves dark green, and shining above, paler beneath, 
attenuated at the base, obtuse or acuminated. 
Small-flowered Cordia. Fl.? Clt. 1822. Tree 30 feet. 
77 C. raviea‘ta (Lam. ill. no. 1912. Poir. dict. 7. p. 46.) 
leaves ovate, veiny, shining, rather scabrous; panicles lateral 
and terminal, longer than the leaves, glabrous ; calyx glabrous, 
or rather scabrous, striated ; corolla salver-shaped, or subcam- 
panulate; stamens villous at the base, shorter than the corolla. 
b.S. Native of the Antilles?, Richard. Branches slender, 
nodose, grey, terete. Leaves roundish, entire, obtuse, or acute, 
attenuated at the base, rather small, coriaceous, pale beneath. 
Corollas like those of Zhrétia tinifülia ; with the lobes of the 
limb ovate, obtuse. ‘‘ Cymes many times dichotomous. Drupe 
globose,” ex Cham. 
Smooth Cordia. Shrub or tree. 
Corymb strigose. 
Secr. III. Varronia (so named by Browne, from Marcus 
Tarrentius Varro, a learned Roman, author of a treatise de Re 
Rustica. He died in the year 27.) Flowers small, glomerate, 
capitate or spicate, always pentamerous, pentandrous, and her- 
maphrodiate. Throat of corolla pilose. Calycine segments 
acute, or subulately setaceous. Leaves on short petioles.— 
Varrónia, Browne, jam. t. 13. f. 2. Lin. gen. no. 258. Jacq. 
amer. p. 40. 
$. 1. Cxwósxz. Cymes glomerate at the time of flores- 
cence, but evolute in the fruit-bearing state. Calycine teeth 
acute. 
78 C. pi'scotor (Cham. et Schlecht, in Linnea, 4. p. 482.) 
leaves nearly opposite, ovate, obtuse at the base to ovate-lanceo- 
late, acute at the base, or all acute, unequally and coarsely 
toothed, or almost entire, strigose on both surfaces: the hairs 
beneath tomentose, fine, adpressed, and of a lurid rust-co- 
lour, mixed with strige; cymes 2-3 times bifid, nearly capi- 
tate; spikes secund, dense; flowers usually pentamerous, rarely 
tetramerous ; calyx obconically campanulate: teeth acute, erect, 
glabrous inside; corolla campanulately funnel-shaped, bluntly 
5-lobed, glabrous outside, villous inside; stamens inclosed. h. 
S. Native of Brazil, within the tropic, at Rio Janeiro, Sello. 
Branches terete; young shoots tomentose. Largest leaves 2 
inches long, and 10 lines broad, equal to the internodes. Cymes 
strigose. Calyx tomentose outside. Ovarium globose, inclosed 
in the calyx, 2-celled, having the calycine teeth conniving over 
its vertex. : 
Two-coloured-leaved Cordia. Shrub. 
79 C. urriciré11a (Cham. et Schlecht, in Linnea, 4. p. 483.) 
leaves ovate, subacuminated, acute, obtuse at the base, coarsely, 
simply, and doubly serrated, hairy beneath, and beset with 
fewer, shorter pili above, scabrous from short pili along the 
margins; cymes 2-3 times bifid ; calyx cup-shaped or campa- 
nulate, hairy, ciliated, glabrous inside, 5-toothed : teeth acute, 
erect, acuminated ; corolla tubularly campanulate ; limb bluntly 
5-lobed, glabrous outside, and villous inside ; stamens inclosed. 
5.S. Native of the South of Brazil, Sello. Young shoots 
and inflorescence beset with spreading rufescent hairs. Leaves 
on short petioles, longer than the internodes, 3 inches long, and 
1i broad. Branches axillary, alternate, cymiferous, forming a 
leafy panicle at the tops of the branches. Corolla 2 lines long. 
Drupe ovate, inclosed in the calyx, with the top alone free ; 
putamen of drupe usually 1-celled, 1-seeded from abortion. 
Nettle-leaved Cordia. Shrub. 
80 C. HERMANNIÆFÒLIA (Cham. et Schlecht, 4. p. 484.) 
leaves nearly opposite, elliptic or ovate-lanceolate, with the base 
sometimes obtuse, and sometimes acute ; sometimes bluntish, 
and sometimes acute at the apex, simply, or obsoletely doubly 
serrated on the margins; serratures acute or obtuse, granular 
above, and beset with short white strigæ between the nerves, 
scabrous along the margins, but clothed with longer, softer hairs 
beneath; cymes terminal, nearly sessile; calyx sub-campanu- 
late, 5-toothed : teeth erect, acute, thicker, and acuminated at 
apex, glabrous inside; corolla tubularly campanulate, glabrous 
outside: tube villous inside: limb length of tube, bluntly 5- 
lobed ; stamens villous at the base, inclosed. 5. S. Native of 
Brazil. Shrub much branched. Leaves on short petioles, 14 
inch long, and 4 inch broad, larger than the internodes. Branches 
axillary, cymiferous, each furnished with a leaf. This species 
comes very near C. discolor, but the tomentum and hairs are 
larger. 
Var. B, calycina (Cham. et Schlecht, l. c. p. 486.) habit more 
slender and loose; leaves usually alternate, longer and broader, 
shorter than the internodes; inflorescence more loose; flowers 
a little larger ; teeth of calyx more prolonged ; tube of corolla 
smoothish inside ; anthers exserted, exceeding the corolla. h. 
S. Native of Brazil, in humid places; and of Mexico, at Ha- 
cienda de La Laguna. Perhaps a proper species. 
Hermannia-leaved Cordia. Shrub. i 
81 C. sırurca`ra (Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 466.) leaves 
alternate, and nearly opposite, ovate-lanceolate, acute, serrated 
upwards ; peduncles umbellately cymose, composed of unilateral, 
few-flowered, small racemes or spikes; calyx 5-toothed. h. 
S. Native of Peru, in stony places. — Varrónia bifurcàta, Ruiz. 
et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 24. t. 146. f. a. Desv. journ. bot. 1. p. 
280. no. 26. Branches rather angular while young. Leaves 
on short petioles. Peduncles axillary and terminal. Corolla 
white, about half the length of the calyx. Stigmas 4, spread- 
ing. Drupe ovate, scarlet, half inclosed in the calyx; nuts 1- 
celled by abortion. Genitals inclosed ? 
Bifurcate-corymbed Cordia. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 
82 C. rARVIFLOÓRA; leaves ovate-oblong, serrated; pedun- 
cles opposite the leaves, and alternating with them; spikes glo- 
bose. 5.S. Native of Peru? Varrónia parviflora, Ort. dec. 
7. p. 86. Pers. ench. 1. p. 167. Perhaps the same as C. 
bifurcata. 
Small-flowered Cordia. Shrub or tree. 
83 C. Loure'rr1 (Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 466.) leaves 
on short petioles, ovate-lanceolate, quite entire, opposite and 
alternate, shining ; peduncles lateral and terminal, many-flow- 
ered ; calyx short, 5-cleft; stamens about equal in length to 
the corolla, inserted in the mouth of the tube. h. G. Native 
of China. Varrdnia Sinénsis, Lour. coch. p. 138. ed. Willd. 
l. p. 171. Desv. journ. bot. 1. p. 280. no. 27. Calyx sub- 
campanulate. Corolla white, campanulate, with a short thick 
tube, and a 5-parted limb; segments ovate, spreading, equal. 
Drupe small, ovate, glabrous, red, acid, edible, containing a 
4-celled nut. 
Loureiro's Cordia. Tree middle-sized. 
84 C. arga (Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 466.) leaves. 
ovate, toothed, subcordate at the base; cymes 4 a foot in dia- 
meter ; calyx entire, bursting from which the corolla lies in a 
horizontal manner; stigmas obtuse. h.S. Native of Cura- 
