38 SYLVA TELLUR. 



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, caiycib, levis East Indies 

 and Arabia flowers white. The synonymy of 

 this and the two last is quite perplexing, the real 

 C mijxa of L, has been deemed a riddle by 



"'some, but the calix is pecuhar. 



174. Cordia ohllqua Wild. auct. fol. subrot. 

 cordatis integris obliquis levis. corymb, dichot. 

 caiycib. levis In Malabai- nearer C, egyptiaca 

 by the calix. 



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

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

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

 concams, Drupis acum, nux 5striata 2loc. 2sp 

 Type CoiL roiundlfolia 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. 3ndo, cor. infund. 4-6fida, faux glabra, 

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

 dvup'isohow fl.panicidatis this includes many 

 sp. blended in C, sehestena of authors, and dif- 

 ficult to distinguish, besides the section Sehes- 

 tena of Kunth, and some others, 



177. Sehestena scahra Raf. The American 

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

 acutis integris scabris, fi. rubris Antilles, Ba- 

 hama &c. 



178. behest, repanda Raf C. do Jaq. <Sf^c fol. 

 ovatis serrato repandis, fl. rubris South Amer. 



179. behest, indlca R. fol. ovatobl. scabris, 

 florib. flavis East Indies, the proper linnean 

 Species. 



