CENT. II. 37 



NiA 1815, both in Nat. Order Polymia with 

 many styles or stigmas. 



170. CoRDiA L. auct. only 6 sp. in Lin. 18 in 

 W. Pers. 32 Lam, and Rees Cycl. 26 in Kunth 

 mostly new ; thus about 50 sp. are now referred 

 to it at random, in as great confusion as Rham- 

 nus was, united by no common character except 

 style bifid ^ 2-4:8 tig mas, since ev^en Varronia 

 and the capsular Patagonula have been thrown 

 into it ! This requires therefore a complete re- 

 vision which I will partly effect, and will be 

 able to form 12 good Genera out of them, some 

 of which alreadv in Necker. I will confine the 

 real Cordia as follows Cordia Raf. cal. cam- 

 pan. 5dent. persistens cor. subcamp. 5fida, faux 

 pilosa, stam. 5, ovar. 4loc. stylus dichot. stig. 4 

 obtusis drupa 2loc. 2Sp. Arhoreis inermis, foL 

 alt. petioL fl, corymb, Jiermaphr. Thus fixed 

 and reduced this G. will include but few Sp.and 

 protem those not well known as yet, such as 

 many of Kunth ; but the types will be the 4 fol- 

 lowing Sp. besides C, exaltata, serrata, denta- 

 ta, lemgata, micranthiis &c. 



171. Cordia myxa L, auct. Vidimaram Rh. 4) 

 t. 37) fol. ovatis supra glabris subtus scabris^ 

 subacum. integris, corymbis later, calycib. 

 lOstriatis East Indies, large tree, fl. yellow, 

 drupes globose acuminate, very different from 

 next* Very akin to Cerdana and Qoilantliera 

 by the calix. It must form the subg. Myxos, 

 Cerdana differs by nectary. 



172. Cordia Egyptiaca Raf ramis angul. ver- 

 rucosis, fol. subrotundis vix acutis, integris su- 

 pra glabris. subtus puberis, corymbis terminal, 

 subpaniculatis, calycib. levis I describe this 

 from an Egyptian specimen before me ; it was 

 blended with the last by Lin. and all Authors, 



