384 
brous, entire at the base, serrated at top; spikes globular, few- 
flowered, disposed in a corymbose or cymose manner ; calyx 
villous, elongated; coroila campanulate; stamens inclosed. 
h.S. Native about Caraccas. — Varrónia corymbósa, Desv. in 
journ. bot. 1. p. 275. no. 18. Schrad. new journ. 4. p. 80. 
Varrónia monospérma, Jacq. hort. schoenbr. 1. t. 39. Willd. 
spec. 1. p. 1081. Varronia ulmifólia, Dum. Cours. bot. cult. 
2. p. 148.  Córdia monospérma, Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 
463.  Varrónia polycéphala, Lam. ex Spreng. Cérdia ulmi- 
folia, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 653. Branches terete, brownish- 
green. Leaves on short petioles, acute, deep green, 4 inches 
long. Peduncles terminal, bifid, trifid, about an inch long. 
Corolla dirty wbite, twice as long as the calyx; limb unequal, 
divided into many teeth. Stamens usually 6. Stigmas elongated, 
flat. Drupe roundish, size of a pea, shining, deep red, contain- 
ing an ovate, rough, brown 1-celled nut, ex Jacq. 
Corymbose-flowered Cordia. Clt. 1800. Shrub 12 feet. 
* * Calycine teeth long, subulately setaceous. Throat of corolla 
pilose. 
97 C. pasycr’pHata (Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 462.) 
leaves ovate-oblong, acuminated, narrowed at the base, coarsely 
serrated, hispid from strigze on both surfaces; heads terminal, 
pedunculate ; calyx tubular, glabrous: with subulately seta- 
ceous pilose teeth ; throat of corolla pilose ; stamens exserted ? 
h. S. Native of New Andalusia, near Bordones and Cu- 
mana, in humid places, where it is called by the natives Bre- 
tonica. Varrdnia dasycéphala, Desv. journ. bot. 1. p. 274. no. 
15. Córdia spherocéphala, Humb. in Roem. et Schultes, syst. 
4. p. 801. Branches terete, warted, strigose while young. 
Leaves petiolate, 2 inches long. Heads of flowers round, size of 
a cherry. Corolla funnel-shaped, with emarginate lobes. Very 
nearly allied to C. globosa. 
Thick-headed Cordia. Shrub or tree. 
98 C. crosósA (Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 464.) leaves 
ovate-oblong, obtuse, deeply serrated, stiff, hispid from strigze 
on both surfaces, but softer beneath; heads globose, peduncu- 
late, lateral; calyx strigose: with subulately-setaceous teeth ; 
corolla funnel-shaped ; throat of corolla pilose; stamens ex- 
serted. h. S. Native of Cuba, near Regla and Havana; 
as well as of Jamaica, and other of the West India Islands. H. 
B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 76.  Varrónia globósa, Lin. 
spec. 274. Jacq. amer. p. 41. Lam. ill. no. 1889. t. 95. f. 4. 
exclusive of var. D. — Varrónia bullàta, Lin. spec. 274. Jacq. 
amer. pict. 4. t. 43. Swartz, obs. 48. Desv. journ. bot. 1. p. 
274. no. 14, Córdia bullàta, Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 462. 
Córdia pilulífera, Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 801. Varrdnia 
pilulifera, Willd. herb.—Sloane, hist. 2. t. 194. f. 2. Varrénia 
fruticósa, Browne, jam. t. 13. f. 2. ** Stems dichotomous. Pe- 
duncles naked from the forks of the stem,” ex Lin. According 
to Jacquin, it agrees with C. Martinicénsis in many points, but 
differs from it in the globosity of the heads of flowers; in the 
segments of the corolla being emarginate, and in the blunt qua- 
druple stigma. 
Globose-headed Cordia. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1818. Shrub. 
99 C. mirazitorpes (Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 465.) 
leaves ovate-oblong, on short petioles, hispid from strigee on 
both surfaces, serrated ; petioles inflexed and articulated at the 
base; heads of flowers roundish, simple or compound, pe- 
dunculate ; calycine segments ovate at the base, ending each 
in a long setaceous point; corolla salver-shaped ; stamens ex- 
serted. b. S. Native of St. Domingo, in hedges, in the vici- 
nity of Porto Prince. Varrónia mirabiloides, Jacq. amer. p. 41. 
t. 33. Lam. ill. no. 1886. Swartz, prod. p. 48. fl. ind. occ. 1. 
CORDIACE EF. 
I. Corpta. 
p. 465. Varrònia geniculàta, Pers. ench. 1. p. 167. — Varrónia 
bullàta, Cent. amer. 1. t. 55. ex Desv. journ. bot. 1. p. 278. no. 
25. "Tournefórtia serràta, Lin. spec. 201.— Plum. gen. 5. icon. 
228. f. 1. and f). gen. 5. t. 228. f. 2. Leaves 2 inches long. 
Flowers size and figure of Mirábilis Jálapa, white. Limb of 
corolla flat, 5-rayed. Drupe size of a pea, covered by sweet 
clammy pulp. Stigmas subulate, obtuse. Perhaps the same as 
C. globosa, or a variety of it. 
Mirabilis-like Cordia. Fl. Sept. Clt. 1798. Tree 3-6 feet. 
100 C. Bonpranpia‘na (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 
71.) leaves ovate, acuminated, narrowed at tbe base, doubly 
crenated, scabrous from papille above, but pilosely tomentose 
and hoary beneath ; heads on short peduncles, axillary and late- 
ral, crowded at the tops of the branches ; calyx hairy; calycine 
teeth subulately setaceous ; stamens exserted. h.S. Native 
of the shore of Caraccas, near Porto Cabello. Varrdnia globu- 
lifera, Willd. herb. no. 4541. C. Bonplándii, Roem. et Schultes, 
syst. 4. p. 462.  Varrónia Bonplándii, Desv. journ. bot. 1. p. 
275. no. 16. Branches hispid, terete. Leaves petiolate, 3-4 
inches long. Heads of flowers size of a small cherry. Pedun- 
cles hispid. Calyx campanulate. Corolla funnel-shaped, white ; 
limb nearly entire. This is a very elegant plant. 
Bonpland’s Cordia. Tree. 
101 C. cranpirLora (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 
77. Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 461.) leaves ovate, acumi- 
nated, narrowed at the base, serrated, clothed with silky strige - 
above, and dense fuscescent pili beneath ; heads globose, on 
long peduncles, lateral; calyx clothed with silky strigee, with 
subulately setaceous teeth ; stamens inclosed. h.S. Native 
of tropical America, on the sandy banks of the river Apures, 
near St. Fernando and Arichuna, in the province of Varinas. 
Varrónia grandiflora, Desv. journ. bot. 1. p. 278. no. 12. Var- 
rónia lantanoides, Willd. herb. no. 4543. Branches terete, stri- 
gose. Leaves petiolate, 2 inches long, having the serratures 
erect and mucronate. Heads globose, size of a cherry. Calyx 
fuscescent. Corolla campanulate, tapering into a tube at the 
base, white, 13 inch; with an entire, revolute limb, and pilose 
throat? This is a very elegant species. 
Great-flowered Cordia. Shrub. 
102 C. micropny’LLa (Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 463.) 
leaves small, nearly sessile, entire, tridentate or 3-lobed at apex ; 
heads few-flowered, sessile. 5. S. Native of New Spain. 
Varrónia microphylla, Desv. journ. bot. 1. p. 275. no. 17. 
Calycine teeth elongated. Corolla funnel-shaped or tubular. 
Small-leaved Cordia. Shrub. 
103 C. macrocr'PHALA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. 
p.77. Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 462.) leaves ovate-ob- 
long, narrowed at both ends, acutish, crenated, clothed with 
hoary tomentum on both surfaces, but most so beneath; heads 
globose, pedunculate, terminal and lateral; calyx clothed with 
rusty tomentum, with subulately setaceous teeth; throat of 
corolla rather pilose; stamens exserted? h.S. Native of the 
Andes of Peru, near Cascas, ex H. B. et Kunth; Brazil and 
Mexico, ex Desv,  Varrónia macrocéphala, Desv. journ. bot. 
1. p. 274. no. 13. Branches clothed with hoary tomentum when 
young, rather angular. Leaves petiolate, 2 inches long. Heads 
of flowers size of a walnut. Peduncles clothed with hoary to- 
mentum, somewhat quadrangular. Corolla funnel-shaped, white, 
twice as long as the calyx. Drupe containing a I-celled, 1- 
seeded nut. 
Large-headed Cordia. Shrub or tree. 
104 C. carocE'PHALA (Cham. et Schlecht, in Linnea, 4. p- 
488. and 8. p. 129.) leaves broad, lanceolate, subcordate, ob- 
tuse, crenated, canescent above and hoary beneath; heads on 
short peduncles, lateral and terminal, clothed with fuscescent 
