18 LXXXIX. BORAGINEZ (BAKER AND WRIGHT). [ Cordia. 
the corolla.—Giirke in Engl. Jahrb. xxviii. 308; Merker in Notizbl. 
Kénigl. Bot. Gart. Berlin, iti. 197. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro; by the Quare brook, 
Volkens, 2040, 2045; Uzinja; Usambiro, Stuhlmann, 845. 
30. C. pilosissima, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1894, 28. A tree 
8-15 feet high ; branchlets densely pilose when young. Leaves ovate 
or suborbicular, up to 5 by 3} in., rounded at the base, obtuse, entire, 
or obscurely crenate, densely tomentose on both surfaces ; lateral nerves 
5-7 on each side; petiole 1 in. long, densely pilose. Cymes terminal, 
dense, many-flowered; branches densely pilose; flowers polygamous. 
Calyx tubular-campanulate, 3-5 lin. long, densely pilose outside, 
pubescent inside, not sulcate; lobes small, unequal, ovate. Corolla 
whitish-violet (Welwitsch); tube 3-6 lin. long, cylindrical ; lobes 4-5, 
spreading obovate, 24-3} lin. long, undulate. Stamens inserted in the 
corolla-throat; filaments 1 lin. long, hairy in the lower part. Ovary in 
male flower rudimentary, globose, in hermaphrodite ovoid ; style divided 
about halfway down; ultimate branches 2} lin. long, linear. Fruit 
ovoid, acuminate, about 1 in. long; calyx 7 lin. long, 9 lin. in diam., 
slightly ribbed, coriaceous.—Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 713. 
C. Kirkii, Baker, |.c. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Bumbo ; in open forests at the foot of the Chella 
Mountains, near Bruco, Welwitsch, 4784! 
Mozamb. Dist. Portuguese East Africa: Lower Zambesi; Tete, Kirk! 
Shigogo, Kirk! British Central Africa: Boruma, on the Zambesi, Menyharth, 
853 ! 
31. ©. somaliensis, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1894, 28. <A tree; 
final branchlets slender, densely coated with short whitish pubescence. 
Leaves oblanceolate-oblong, obtuse, entire, 2-24 in. long, 3-1 in. broad, 
cuneate at the base, penninerved, subcoriaceous, slightly pubescent and 
scabrid above when mature, densely clothed with short drab 
pubescence beneath; petiole not above } in. long. Cymes dense, very 
compound, terminal, shortly peduncled; branchlets very hairy. Calyx 
3 lin. long, ovoid, pilose but glabrescent outside, persistently silky 
pubescent inside; teeth short, unequal, acute. Corolla-tube cylindric, 
3 lin. long; lobes oblong, obtuse, 2} lin. long. Filaments inserted 
in the corolla-throat, 1 lin. long, slender, glabrous. Ovary ovoid, 
tapering upwards; style-arms linear, 1} lin. long. 
Wile Land. British East Africa: Kismayo (Kismayu), near the mouth of the 
River Jub, Kirk! Not from Kisinga as originally quoted. 
32. C. Rothii, Roem. ¢ Schultes, Syst. Veg.iv.798. A shrub or tree 
up to about 16 ft. high; branches often bearing lenticels. Leaves sub- 
opposite, oblanceolate or oblong, obtuse, very variable in size, averaging 
3 by 1} in., sometimes rather unequal at the base, scabrid above, 
pubescent beneath ; petiole 3-6 lin. long. Cymes terminal ; branches 
and outside of calyx more or less hairy; pedicels 1-2 lin. long. _ Calyx 
oblong-camparulate, 2 lin. long, membranous and obscurely lobed at 
the apex. Corolla white; tube cylindric, a little longer than the 
