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The seeds of this tree are eaten by the natives, but there is not much taste in them. The flowers 
somewhat resemble those of O. speciosa, but they are neither so bright nor so numerous as in that species. 
The older botanists always confounded C. subcordata with C. speciosa (Sebestena), and Solander gives of it, in 
his manuscript Flora of the Society Islands, under that name, the following detailed description :—“ Arbor 
procera, interdum precipue locis humidis 80-pedalis et ultra. Rami teretes, glabri. Folia alterna, petio- 
lata, ovata, acuta (sepe acuminata), integerrima, obsolete undulata, glabra, superne pilis raris brevissimis 
decumbentibus adspersa, subtus levia, spithamea et smpe pedalia, venosa; venis paucis remotis, prope 
quas in foliis junioribus lanugine rivulosa. Petioli foliis duplo breviores, glabriuseuli. Panicule florum 
oppositifoliz, solitariw, bis vel ter dichotome, petiolis breviores. Calyx cylindraceus, teres, levis, semun- 
cialis, 3-, 4- vel 5-dentatus. Dentibus ovatis, inæqualibus, unicus plerumque cæteris duplo major. Corolla 
infundibuliformis, fulva. Zubus calyce paulo longior, vix uncialis. Limbus campanulatus, 5-fidus. Pila- 
menta 5, tubo corollæ adnata, superne tantum libera, longitudine tubi. Anthere oblongo-lineares, erectæ, 
flavæ. Stylus staminibus longior sed corolla brevior, superne bis 2-fidus. Stigmata obtusiuscula. Drupa 
ovata, acutiuscula, calyce persistenti excreto ereeto circumvoluta. Nus sulcato-sinuosa, dura, crassa, 4- 
locularis. Nuclei solitarii, ovati, compressi, nivei. 
“ Authores arborem Indiæ Orientalis describentes flores dicunt aurantiacos seu fulvos uti nostri fuere, 
illi autem qui occidentalem arborem describunt flores aiunt escarlatinos seu miniatos et folia aspera; forte 
specie distinguendæ, quod conferentibus appareat.” 
“ Obs.—Collibus glareosis saxosisque fere vix 30-pedalis, in locis humilioribus luxurians, alta evadit 
arbor, ubi frequens plantata, precipue prope ædes, ob usum foliorum in tin gendo rubro cum fructu Fici tine- 
forie, ms. 1514. Folia vel guttatim adsperguntur succo fieuum, aquaque- nucum cocos, vel immerguntur 
liquore ex aqua cocos et sueco ficuum preparata, deinde assidue manibus premantur conterunturque ; color 
tunc emicat ruber et tinctura ex inde colligitur que per fibras Cyperi elati colati linteis conciliat elegantem 
colorem amene rubrum. Loco foliorum Cordie Sebestene, folia juniora Convolvuli Brasiliensis, Linn. Sp. 
Pl., adhibentur, minus tamen expetita nec in usu vocatur ubi Sebestena occurrit." 
ExPLANATION OF Pratt XXXIV., representing Cordia subcordata, Lam. Fig. 1, an entire flower; 
2, corolla laid open; 3, pistil; 4 and 5, longitudinal and cross-sections of ovary; 6, ripe fruit :— Figs. 3, 4, 
and 5, slightly magnified. Fig. 6, copied from Parkinson's Drawing at the British Museum, which has also 
served as a pattern to the colourist for the whole plate. 
2. C. (Gerascanthus) aspera, Forst. Prodr. n. 109 (Tab. XXXV.) ; arborea, pube ferruginea 
hirsuta demum glabrescens; foliis membranaceis ovatis acuminatis asperulis supra glabratis, serratis, 
serraturis subulatis ; floribus parvis cymoso-glomeratis ; calyce ovato-cylindraceo ferrugineo-villoso 10- 
striato, dentibus 5 minimis subulatis; corolle (albz) tubo calycem vix superante lobis æstivatione 
inflexis et corrugatis longiore; drupa ovata acuta nuda, putamine 1-2-spermo. A. Gray in Proceed. 
Amer. Acad.—C. Sprengelii, DC. Prodr. vol. ix. p. 473. C. dichotoma, Sprengl. Pug. p. 19. n. 34. 
non Forst. Nomen vernac. Vitiense, “ Tou."—0On the banks of streams, Taviuni, and most of the . 
other islands (Seemann! n. 336). Also collected in the Tongan (Forster! D. Nelson!), and Sa- 
moan islands (U. S. Expl. Exped.). 
A tree about 20 feet high, the fruit of which is used for glueing native cloth together. i 
ExPrAwATION OF Pirate XXXV., representing Cordia aspera, Forst. Fig. 1, a flower-bud; 2, an 
open flower; 3, corolla laid open; 4, a pistil; 5, an anther ; 6, (petal ; 7 and 8, longitudinal and cross- 
sections of ovary :—all magnified. One of the larger leaves is represented in outline in the background of 
the plate. : 
II. Tournefortia, Linn. Gen. n. 192. Calyx 5- rarius 4-partitus. Corolla hypocraterimorpha, 
rarius tubo abbreviato 5-fida, fauce nuda. Stamina 5 rarius 4 inclusa, plerumque medio aut supra 
mediam partem tubi inserta; filamentis tubo adnatis; antheris linearibus aut lanceolatis, plerumque 
acutis submucronatis. Stylus sepius brevis, nunc elongatus aut deficiens. Stigma indivisum v. 2- 
lobum, peltatum v. subconicum. | Ovarium 4-loculare, ovulis in loculo solitariis, pendulis, anatropis. 
Fructus 2-carpellaris, carpellis nune indivisis pyreniformibus 2-spermis 2-3-locularibus, nune 2-par- 
titis et ideo fructus 4-dymus seu 4-gaster evadens. Semina in loculis solitaria; radicula supera, 
brevi, cotyledonibus ovatis planis.—Frutices erecti aut scandentes, rarius aut arborescentes aut 
herbe, foliis szepissime alternis petiolatis integerrimis, rarissime aut partim oppositis aut sessilibus 
aut sinuatis; spicis secundifloris bracteatis sepius cymosis, corollis albis v. flavidis.—DC. Prodr. vol. 
ix. p. 513.— Messerschmidia, Linn. Mant. m 
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