Tas. 5027. 
CORDIA rroma:mriora. 
Ipomea-flowered Cordia. 
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Nat. Ord. BorRAGINEHM.—PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Gen. Char, Calyx tubulosus, obovatus campanulatusve, 4—5-dentatus, rarius 
3- seu 6—8-dentatus. Corolla infundibuliformis vel hypocraterimorpha, limbo 
4—8-partito, rarius 6-12-lobo. Stamina tot quot lobi, corolle tubo inserta. 
Stylus bis bifidus, seepius exsertus. Drupa ovata aut globosa, pulposa, calyce 
persistente seepius cincta, nunc in ovario 4-locul. post anthesin abortu ad loculos 
1-3 seepe reducta, loculis 1-spermis.—Arbores aut frutices regionum orbis cali- 
darum incole. Kolia alterna aut rarissime subopposita, petiolata, forma varia, 
integerrima aut dentata. Flores dispositione varii, interdum abortu polygami aut 
monoict. Corolle fere omnium albe. DC. 
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Corpta (§ sebestenoides) ipomecflora ; arbo 
pedunculis calycibusque subtus minute scenti-scabriusculis, foliis peda- 
libus—sesquipedalibus late obovato-lanceolatis acutis vix acuminatis dimidio 
superiore grosse spinuloso-dentatis, panicula terminali ampla laxa pluries 
dichotoma, floribus sessilibus, calyce urceolato-cylindraceo apice 2-trifido | 
(siccitate substriato) ante anthesin apice conico-mucronato, corolla (albe) 
ample infundibuliformi-campanulate plicatule lobis rotundatis, staminibus 
5, filamentis inferne hirsutis.. 
ramis teretibus, petiolis elongatis 
Similar as this fine Cordia unquestionably is to the C. superba — 
figured at our Tab. 4888 (supposed to be a Brazilian species) it — 
is nevertheless truly distinct. In our stove the plant is quite 
arborescent, having, though confined in a pot, attained a height 
of fourteen feet. ‘The leaves are opaque (never nitent), a foot 
and more in length, with petioles two to three inches long; their 
apex is acute, not suddenly and finely acuminated, and the mar-— 
gins of the upper half are coarsely though irregularly dentato- 
serrate with large pungent spinulose teeth. he flowers are 
laxly paniculated, and though of the same shape and colour as 
in C. superba, are more than one and a half as large again, and iS 
resemble at first sight those of some white Convolvulus or Ipo- 
meea, quite conspicuous at a considerable height from the ground. 
JANUARY lst, 1858. 
