Cordia. | LXXXIX. BORAGINEX (BAKER AND WRIGHT). 11 
of the branchlets, alternate, ovate or suborbicular, rounded or cuneate 
at the base, glabrous, penninerved, not scabrid above, 4—6 in. long ; 
petiole 2 in. long, slender. Cymes short, axillary, few-flowered. 
Calyx funnel-shaped, 6 lin. long; tube glabrous or sparingly hairy, 
not sulcate ; lobes 3—5, short, broad. Corolla white ; tube funnel-shaped, 
about 1 lin. in diam. at the centre, much longer than the calyx; limb 
1} in. in diam.; lobes 5-7, orbicular. Stamens as many as the corolla-lobes; 
filaments glabrous. Stigmas flattened. Fruit red, the size of an acorn, 
enclosed in the ampulliform accrescent calyx.—DC. Prodr. ix. 477; 
Baker, Fl. Maurit. 200; Vatke in Linnea, xliii. 314; Preuss in 
Notizbl. Kénig]. Bot. Gart. Berlin, iii. 211. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Mombasa Island, Hildebrandt, 1984! 
Mozamb. Dist. Portuguese Kast Africa: Mozambique, Forées ! 
Also in the Mascarene Islands, Seychelles, and through Tropical Asia to 
Polynesia. 
10. ©. chrysocarpa, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1894, 27. A tree 
20-30 ft. high, with the habit of Broussonetia, the leaves crowded at 
the end of the very thick branchlets. Leaves alternate, ovate or broadly 
elliptic, rounded or cordate at the base, 6-8 in. long, coriaceous, very 
scabrid above when mature, penninerved, finely pubescent beneath with 
raised veinlets; petiole 2-4 in. long, clothed with fine soft brown 
spreading hairs. Cymes short, few-flowered, Corolla not seen. Fruit- 
calyx grey-green, rigid, campanulate, not sulcate, $ in. long, lin. in 
diam. Drupe oblong, acute, indurated, bright yellow, 14 in. long.— 
Hiern in Cat, Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 713. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Golungo Alto; outskirts of the forest in the ascent 
to Capopa, Welwitsch, 5461 ! 
11. ©. Milleni, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1894, 27. A large tree, 
with stout woody branchlets. Leaves cordate-suborbicular, 6—8 in. long 
and broad, finely pubescent all over beneath; petiole reaching 3-4 in. 
long. Cymes forming an ample panicle, with long spreading branches. 
Calyx } in. long, densely coated with drab tomentum, faintly ribbed but 
not sulcate; tube oblong; lobes small, ovate, acuminate. Corolla-tube 
cylindrical, slightly longer than the calyx; limb 4 in. in diam. ; lobes 
ovate-oblong, 4 lin. long, 14 lin. broad. Stamens inserted in the corolla- 
throat ; filaments 14 lin. long, with a few long hairs near the base. 
Ovary conical, gradually tapering into the style, occasionally 6-celled ; 
style-arms long, slender, fimbriate at the margins. 
Upper Guinea. Lagos: Inland forests, Millen, 12! 
According to Millen, * the wood is said not to be attacked by ants.” 
aa o3 longipes, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1894, 27, A tree 20.- 
30 ft. high ; branchlets angular, pilose. Leaves suborbicular, 8-10 in. 
long, rounded or almost cordate at the base, thin, scabrid above, pilose 
beneath ; lateral nerves about 5 on each side, prominent beneath ; petiole 
2-4 in. long, pilose. Cymes terminal; branches many, pilose. Calyx 
oblong, 4 lin. long, densely coated with drab tomentum ; teeth 2-5, 
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