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CORDIA supErRsBa. 
Large White-Flowered Cordia. 
Nat. Ord. Borracine# (Cordiee).—PENTANDRIA MonoGyNIa. 
Gen. Char. Calyx tubulosus, obovatus campanulatusve, 4—5-dentatus, rarius 
3- seu 6-8-dentatus. Corolla infundibuliformis vel hypocraterimorpha, limbo 
4—5-partito, rarius 6-12-lobo. Stamina tot quot lobi, corolle tubo inserta. 
Stylus bis bifidus, seepius exsertus. Drupa ovata aut globosa, pulposa, ealyce 
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. Folia alterna aut rarissime subopposita, petiolata, formd varia, in- 
tegerrima aut dentata. Flores dispositione vari, interdum abortu polygami aut 
monoici. Corolle fere omnium alba. De Cand. 
Corp1a (Sebestenioides) superba; arbuscula, ramis teretibus, petiolis peduncu- 
lisque vix scabridis, foliis petiolatis cuneato-oblongis subito acuminatis, venis 
primariis subtus valde prominulis, cyma terminali dichotomo-corymbosa, _ 
floribus sessilibus, calyce cylindrico submembranaceo apice irregulariter rupto ae 
ante anthesin subclavato mucrone umbonato, corolle (albz) fauce longe in- 
fundibuliformi, limbi lobis amplis rotundatis plicatis, staminibus 5, fila- 
mentis inferne hirsutis. 
Corpta superba. Cham. in Linnea, 1829, p. 474. De Cand. Prodr. 9. p. 476. 
Corpta Sebestena. Vell. Fl. Flum. v. 2. p. 251. 
This large-flowered Cordia was sent to us by M. Chantin, nur- 
seryman in Paris, without any specific name, or any indication of 
its origin. We refer it, with little hesitation, to the C. superba 
of Chamisso in the ‘ Linnea’ above quoted, with his description of 
which it sufficiently accords, though he says nothing of the co- 
lour of the flowers. That author notices two varicties (if they are 
worthy to be so considered), viz. a. cuneata and B. ellyptica, and | 
De Candolle refers to the C. Sedestena of Vellozi, Flora Flumin. — 
ii. p. 151, which indeed is a very fair representation of our plant. 
If we are correct in our views, the species is a native of tropical 
Brazil. It is treated as a stove-plant, and flowers in September. 
Unless the term superba is significant of unusual size of flower — 
and foliage, this species of Cordia scarcely deserves that appella- 
tion. ae 
DECEMBER Ist, 1855. 
