16 LXXXIX. BORAGINEH (BAKER AND WRIGHT). [ Cordia. 
subcoriaceous, scabrid above, entire or slightly crenate; lateral nerves 
4—5 on each side; petiole 6-12 lin. long. Panicle terminal, dense, 
shorter than the leaves; flowers polygamous, Calyx tubular, 4 lin. 
long, irregularly toothed, not sulcate, pubescent outside. Corolla-tube 
cylindrical, 24 lin. long; lobes 4-5, obovate, obtuse, 2} lin. long. 
Stamens inserted in the corolla-throat ; filaments } lin. long, glabrous. 
Ovary ovoid; style bipartite nearly to the base; ultimate segments 
linear, 3 lin. long.—DC. Prodr. ix. 479; Giirke in Engl. and Prantl, 
Pflanzenfam. iv. 3A. 83. C. rubra, Hochst. ex A. Rich. Tent. FI. 
Abyss. ii. 82; Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 712. C. Myxa, A. 
Rich. |. c. partly, not of Linn. 
Nile Land. Eritrea: Barasio Valley, 4900 ft., Schweinfurth g Riva, 709! 
Keren, Beceari, 162! Abyssinia: near Gafta, Schimper, 1218! near Jelajeraune, 
Schimper, 1582! Somak, Efat, Roth, 124 (429)! Darfur: Gebel Serg, Pfund, 
467! British East Africa: Tola (Tula) River, Kirk / Kibwezi, Késsner, 711! 
Makindu, Kdssner, 560! 
Lower Guinea. Angola: hilly places near Barra do Dande and along the 
coast as far as the mouth of the River Cuanza, Welwitsch, 5423! Golungo Alto 
district, Welwitsch, 5431! Hereroland, ex Giirke. 
25. C. Stuhlmannii, (iirke in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 335. A 
tree or shrub; branchlets puberulous. Leaves lanceolate or ovate- 
lanceolate, 24-34 in. long, 7-12 lin. broad, acuminate, narrowed to the 
base, entire or denticulate, thinly coated above, densely beneath, with 
adpressed hairs ; petiole 5—9 lin. long. Flowers monoicous or dioicous, 
arranged in lax few-flowered cymes ; pedicels short. Calyx of male 
flowers cup-shaped, pubescent; teeth 3-5, unequal, obtuse, deltoid, 
Corolla-tube as long as the calyx, with long hairs at the throat; lobes 
4, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse. Stamens 4; filaments exserted from the 
corolla-tube.—Giirke in Engl. Jahrb. xxviii. 308. 
Mozamb. Dist. Portuguese East Africa : Quilimane, Stuhlmann, i. 399. 
26. C. dioica, Bojer ex DC. Prodr. ix. 481. A tree; branchlets 
slender, scabrid. Leaves alternate, obovate or suborbicular, obtuse or 
obtusely cuspidate, 24-4 in. long, very scabrid above when mature, 
more or less pubescent beneath; petiole 1-2 in. long. Cymes poly- 
gamous, small, dense, terminal; branchlets scabrid. Calyx funnel- 
shaped, pubescent outside, 3 lin. long, not sulcate ; lobes 4—5, short, 
ovate. Corolla-tube cylindrical, as long as the calyx; lobes oblong- 
lanceolate, obtuse, 24 lin. long, 3 lin. broad. Stamens inserted in the 
corolla throat ; filaments 14 lin. long, shortly hairy in the part adnate 
to the corolla. Fruit oblong, apiculate, seated upon the enlarged woody 
cup-shaped calyx.—Vatke in Linnea, xliii. 315. 
Mozamb. Dist. British East Africa: Pemba Island, Bojer, Taita; Ndi, 
Hildebrandt, 2846! Zanguebar, Kirk! 
27. C. crenata, Del. Fl. Egypte, 195, t. 20, not of Roem. d: Schult. 
A low tree; branchlets slender, pubescent when quite young. Leaves 
obovate-cuneate, obtuse, 2-3 in. long, 14 in. wide, firm, scabrid above, 
