SOLANALS. 208 SEBESTENS. 
Habitat. East Indies. Quality. Alterative, sudorific, diuretic. Uses, Asub- — 
stitute for Sarsaparilla, aie 
Natural Order, Scbestens; Cordiaceee (V. K., p. 628.) a 
Prevailing Quality. Mucila- 
ginous, emollient. oe 
Corpia. Plumier. 
Calyx tubular, not striated, 
toothed. Corolla hypo- 
crateriform or funnel- — 
shaped. Drupe pulpy, 
surrounded by the per- 
manent calyx. 
1. C. Myea Linnaeus. Fig. 282. 
Branches smooth, round; leaves 
stalked, ovate, occasionally — 
repand, smooth above, — 
rather rough beneath; 
tube of corolla as long as 
calyx ; drupe egg-shaped, 
mucronate. 
Habitat. East Indies. 
2. C. latifolia Roxburgh. 
Branches angular; _ leaves 
stalked,  roundish-ovate, 
sometimes rather cordate 
above ; tube | 
rather shorter than calyx 
drupe roundish obovate. 
Habitat. East Indies. ae 
Quality and Uses. Like the ast, 
but of better quality. 
N.B.—Under the name Sebesten 
Plums, Sebestans, or Sep! 
two sorts of Indian fruit have been emp’ 
282 
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. 
Fig. 282.—Leaf of Cordia Myxa. 
