38 SYLVA TELLUR. 



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J 



although often intimated that the Egyptian tree 

 was different. It is a small tree with small white 

 warts on the branches, leaves not obliqual. 



173. Cordia officinalis Raf. C myxa var. 

 offic. Lam. &c, fol. ovatis acutis dentate repan- 

 dis, subtus scabris, calycib, levis — East Indies 

 and Arabia flowers white. The synonymy of 

 this and the two last is quite perplexing, the real 



rf* C. myxa of L, has been deemed a riddle by 



some, but the calix is peculiar. 



174. Cordia ^bliqua WiRl. auct. fol. subrot. 

 cordatis integris obliquis levis. corymb, dichot, 

 calycib. levis — -In Malabar nearer C, egyptiaca 



by the cahx. 



175. CoiLANTHERA Raf. diff. Cordia, cal. tubul. 

 10striatis,5-8dent. cor. infundib. plicata 5-8fida, 

 stam. 5-8, filam, subul. basi villosis,antheris obi. 

 concavis, Drupis acum, nux Sstriata 2loc. 2sp 



Type Coil, rotundifolia Raf. Cordia do R, 

 P. 1. 148 auct, fol. ovatis subrot. crenatis scabris, 

 corymb, dichot. — Peru. 



176. Sebestena Ad. Raf. diff. Cordia, cal. tu- 

 bul. obi. 3fido, cor. infund. 4-6fida, faux glabra, 

 lac. sepe crenul. stam. 4-6, stigma 4 recurvis, 

 drupis dbow fi^panicidatis — this includes many 

 sp. blended in C sebestena of authors, and d if-' 

 ficult to distinguish, besides the section Sehes- 

 tcna of Kunth, and some others, 



177. Sebestena scahra Raf. — The American 

 Sp. ofDillen, Catesby 2 tab. 91 — fol. cordatis 



acutis integris scabris, fl. rubris — Antilles, Ba- 

 hama &c. 



178. Sebest, repanda Raf. C. do Jaq. ^c fol. 

 ovatis serrato repandis, fl. rubris — South Amer, 



179. Sebest, indica R. fol, ovatobl. scabris, 

 florib. flavis — East Indies, the proper linnean 

 Species. 



