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CORDIACEZ. I. Cornia. 383 
coa, and about Carthagena. Varrdnia alba, Jacq. amer. p. 41. 
ed. pict. p. 25. Desv. journ. bot. 1. p. 280. no. 28.—Commel. 
hort. 1. p. 155. t. 86.— Calabüra alba, Plukn. phyt. t. 152. f. 4. 
A tree with a tufted head ; trunk half a foot in diameter; but 
shrubby in the hedges. Leaves 4-5 inches long, ovate, or 
roundish-ovate. Flowers white. Limb of corolla campanulate. 
Drupe large, oblong, whitish, subpellucid ; pulp white, sweet, 
clammy ; nut striated, oblong, blackish, Jacq. 
Whate-fruited Cordia. Clt. 1820. Tree 80 feet. 
$ 2. Dasycr’pHatz. Spikes capitate, globose. Throat of 
corolla pilose. 
* Calycine teeth acute. 
85 C. Mariquite’nsis (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 
75.) leaves nearly sessile, lanceolate, remotely and crenately ser- 
rated towards the apex, wrinkled, scabrous above, and clothed 
with rusty tomentum beneath ; spikes subglobose, lateral, pe- 
dunculate ; calyx strigose; throat of corolla pilose; stamens 
exserted. b. S. Native of New Granada, betwixt the towns 
of Honda and Mariquita, in rocky places. Varrdnia lanceolata, 
Willd. herb. no. 4546. fol. 2. Branches terete, glabrous, brown. 
Leaves on short petioles, nearly opposite, acuminated, acute at 
the base, 1 to 11 inches long. Spikes sometimes bifid, size of a 
pea. Corolla funnel-shaped, twice as long as the calyx. Drupe 
ovate-obtuse, half covered by the calyx, glabrous. 
Mariquito Cordia. Shrub. 
86 C. pa‘tens (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 75.) 
leaves ovate, acuminated, rounded at the base, remotely and 
sharply denticulated, scabrous from strige above, but clothed 
with fuscescent tomentum beneath; spikes globose, axillary and 
terminal, on long peduncles, spreading; calyx hispid from 
strige ; throat of corolla villous; stamens exserted. b. S. 
Native of New Andalusia, in temperate places betwixt Guana- 
guana and the monastery of Caripe, at the altitude of 400 
hexapods; as well as of Brazil. Young branches terete, 
densely clothed with fuscescent hairs, as well as the petioles and 
peduncles. Leaves 3 inches, and longer, on short petioles. 
Corolla funnel-shaped, white, twice as long as the calyx; limb 
nearly entire. Spikes size of a sloe. Drupe unknown. 
Var. a, monocéphala (Cham. et Schlecht, in Linnea, 4. p. 
486.) head of flowers always solitary. ^ 5.S. Native of Bra- 
zil, within the tropic, Sello. 
Var. (8, polycéphala (Cham. et Schlecht, 1. c.) heads of flowers 
usually by threes, the lateral 2 approximating the terminal one, 
on short peduncles. k.S. Native of tropical Brazil, Sello. 
Stamens hardly exserted. Drupe glabrous, covered by the 
calyx, but' with the vertex free. 
Spreading Cordia. Tree 15 feet. 
87 C. senRaTIFÜLIA (H. B. et Kunth, |. c. p. 76.) leaves ob- 
long, acuminated, narrowly cuneated at the base, sharply and 
coarsely serrated, scabrous above, pubescent and canescent be- 
neath; spikes globose, lateral, pedunculate; calyx strigose; 
throat of corolla pilose; stamens exserted. 5. S. Native of 
Mexico, near Campeche. Branches terete, clothed with hair- 
like down. Leaves petiolate, about 3 inches long. Spikes size 
of a pea. Peduncles downy. Corolla funnel-shaped, white. 
Drupe not seen. 
Serrated-leaved Cordia. Tree or shrub. 
88 C. LANCEOLATA. (Desv. in journ. bot. 1. p. 277. 
under Varrdnia. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 3. p. 75.) 
leaves nearly sessile, lanceolate, crenately-serrated, wrinkled, 
bispid above, but clothed with hoary pubescence or tomen- 
tum beneath; spikes globose, pedunculate, lateral; calyx stri- 
gose; stamens exserted? h. S. Native of New Granada, 
near the city of Honda. Branches terete, hispid from strigae. 
Leaves on short petioles, entire at the base, 1 inch long, and 2-3 
lines broad. Spikes globose, size of a large pea. Peduncles 
downy. Calyx campanulate, clothed with hoary tomentum. 
Drupe globose, glabrous, inclosed in the calyx, I-celled, 1- 
séeded. 
Lanceolate-leaved Cordia. Tree or shrub. 
89 C. riva (Desv. journ. bot. 1. p. 278. no. 24. under Var- 
rdnia) leaves ovate, obscurely toothed, scrobiculate, pubescent 
beneath; spikes capitate, few-flowered, on short peduncles. 
h. S. Native of St. Domingo. 
Rasp-leaved Cordia. Tree or shrub. 
90 C. rixEATA (Desv. l. c. p. 278. no. 23. under Parrónia) 
leaves lanceolate-linear, acuminated, serrated, tomentose be- 
neath, scabrous above ; spikes pedunculate, lateral and axillary ; 
peduncles elongated, adnate to the petioles, naked. h. S. 
Native of Jamaica. Varronia lineata, Lin. amcen. acad. 5. p. 
394. Swartz, obs. p. 87.  Varrónia polycéphala, Lam. ill. no. 
1887.? ex Poir. dict. 4. p. 263. no. 2. Varrdnia corymbósa, 
Desf. tabl. jard. par. 171. Lantàna corymbósa, Lin. spec. p. 628. 
—Plukn. alm. p. 395. t. 828. f. 5. Branches rather pilose. 
Leaves on short petioles, serrated by some crenatures. Spikes 
globose. Peduncles rather villous. Corolla funnel-shaped. 
Lined Cordia. Clt. 1793. Shrub or tree. 
91 C. nv uiris ; leaves roundish, equal; fruit 2-seeded. h. 
S. Native of Carthagena.  Varrónia humilis, Jacq. amer. p. 
41.—Brown, jam. p. 172. t. 13. f. 2. This is a very doubtful 
species. Corolla tubular. 
Dwarf Cordia. Shrub 4 feet. 
92 C. virnrósA (Spreng. syst. 1. p. 654.) leaves oblong, ob- 
tuse, lined with veins, clothed with white villi on both surfaces, 
undulately crenated ; heads terminal, few-flowered, on short 
peduncles. bh. S. Native of St. Domingo, Bertero. 
Fillous Cordia. Shrub or tree. 
93 C. nA'purA (Spreng. syst. 1. p. 654.) leaves oblong, ob- 
tuse, attenuated at the base, stiff, wrinkled, hispid, shining 
above; heads few-flowered, nearly sessile, axillary ; calyx his- 
pid. kh. S. Native of Hispaniola. ^ Varrónia scabérrima, 
Bertero. 
Rasp-leaved Cordia. Shrub or tree. 
94 C. cvAzuMErFOLIA (Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 463.) 
hairy ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, on short petioles, acute, toothed, 
entire at the base, and rather oblique, hairy beneath, wrinkled, 
and very veiny ; heads pedunculate, few-flowered, sub-corym- 
bose. b. S. Native of Brazil. Varrónia, Desv. in journ. 
bot. 1. p. 276. no. 20. Branches alternate, terete, downy. 
Corolla tubularly funnel-shaped. Teeth of calyx very short. 
Guazuma-leaved Cordia. Shrub or tree. 
95 C. crena`ra (Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 463.) stem 
much branched, fuscous ; leaves ovate-roundish, crenated, veiny, 
wrinkled, canescent beneath, rather hairy on both surfaces, but 
most so beneath ; peduncles lateral, generally 4-flowered ; flow- 
ers capitate, loose; stamens exserted? h.S. Native of Peru. 
Varrónia crenata, Ruiz. et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 22. t. 146. f. b. 
Desv. journ. bot. 1. p. 276. no. 19. Córdia lantanoides, Spreng. 
syst. l. p. 653. Habit of a species of Lantàna. Branches 
spreading, terete, rather hairy while young. Leaves obtuse, 
on short petioles. Peduncles a little longer than the leaves. 
Calyx downy, blackish outside, and white inside. Corolla white, 
plicate, a little longer than the calyx. Stigmas elongated. 
Drupe red, ovate, girded by the calyx to the middle, containing 
a 1-celled, rarely 2-celled putamen. 
Crenated-leaved Cordia. Shrub 6 feet. 
96 C. convMBósA ; scabrous; leaves ovate-lanceolate, sca- 
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