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Cordia. | LXXXIX. BORAGINEX (BAKER AND WRIGHT). 
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Flowers arranged in all the African species in panicled cymes with 
scorpioid branches. Corolla white or yellow, varying greatly in size. 
Species about 200, tropical or subtropical, concentrated in America. 
C. Sebestena, Linn. (C. speciosa, Willd), with large bright red flowers, is planted 
at Sierra Leone, Scott-Elliot, 5910! It is a native of the West Indies. 
Corolla 9 lin. or more in diam. 
Calyx strongly sulcate. 
Corolla-lobes very short and broad. 
Leaves rounded at the base. 
Hairs on lower surface of the leaves not matted 
Hairs on lower surface of the leaves densely 
matted : 
Leaves acute at the base. 
Leaves drab pubescent beneath 
Leaves reddish pilose beneath 
Corolla-lobes much longer than broad. 
Filaments glabrous; corolla-lobes obtuse 
Filaments hairy ; corolla-lobes mucronate. 
Leaves scabrid above 
Leaves not scabrid above. 
Branchlets velvety pubescent 
Branchlets glabrous . 
Calyx slightly sulcate 
Calyx not sulcate. 
Leaves glabrous ; calyx ampulliform in fruit 
Leaves pubescent beneath; calyx campanulate in 
erat; : . : ° 
Corolla less than 9 lin. in diam: 
* Leaves alternate. 
+ Panicles divaricately branched; branches stout, 
pubescent. 
Corolla-tube cylindrical. 
Corolla-lobes ovate-oblong, 4 lin. long 
Corolla-lobes oblong, 2 lin. long. . . 
Corolla-tube funnel-shaped. 
Leaves not scabrid above; calyx woolly pubes- 
cent outside. 
Inflorescence terminal. 
Leaves acuminate . 5 
Leaves obtuse 
Inflorescence axillary : : . 
Leaves scabrid above; calyx with straight 
adpressed hairs outside. 
Leaves orbicular : : . 
Leaves obovate 
+t Panicles lax, but not avavicetely. branched ; 
branches slender, glabrous or nearly so. 
Leaves obtuse. 
Corolla 4-lobed 18 
Corolla 5-lobed . 19 
Leaves acuminate, oblong. 
Style-arms very short . 20 
Style-arms long, linear : ol 
Leaves acuminate, ovate or elliptic . se 
Leaves acuminate, ovate-lanceolate 
[oes Mor) 
No) 
3 LO: 
Baile 
12. 
. C. abyssinica. 
. C. Holstii. 
. C. abyssinica, var. 
. C. harara, 
. C. stenoloba. 
. C. Dewevre. 
. C. aurantiaca. 
. C. Dusenii. 
. CO. Fischer. 
C. subcordata, 
C. chrysocarpa. 
C. Milleni. 
C. longipes, 
. C. platythyrsa. 
. C. Irvingii. 
. C. liebrechtsiana, 
. C. Johnsoni. 
. OC. Warnecke. 
. C. Getzet. 
. O. Myza. 
. C. Heudelotii. 
. C. Zedambe. 
. C. senegalensis. 
. C. Manni. 
