872 THE DICTIONARY 
OF GARDENING, 
Cordate—continued. 
shaped and kidney-shaped. A Cordate 
Leaf with den- 
tate margin is shown at Fig. 510. > 
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Fig. 510. CORDATE LEAF, WITH DENTATE MARGIN. 
CORDIA (named after Euricius Cordus, whose true 
name was Henricus Urbanus, 1486-1535, and Valerius, 
his son, 1515-1544). Syn. Varronia. ORD. Boraginee. 
A very large genus, comprising about two hundred species 
of stove or greenhouse evergreen trees and shrubs, of 
considerable beauty. Inflorescence terminal. Flowers 
sessile, in dichotomous scorpioid cymes, spikes, or 
densely-packed heads; corolla funnel-shaped or campanu- 
late, five-toothed. Leaves quite entire, or toothed. 
They thrive in a mixture of loam, peat, and sand, or 
any light rich soil. Cuttings strike root readily when 
planted in sand, with a hand glass placed over them, 
in heat. 
Gerascanthus (Spanish Elm) Л. large, verticillate, sessile ; 
racemes usually four together, Sin. to 4in. long; corolla white, 
throat villous; calyx ten-furrowed, ten-stri downy. May. 
1, ovate-oblong, acute, quite entire, glabrous, unequal at the base, 
Sin. to 4in. long. л. 30ft. West In ies, 1789. Tree, 
but at марк lateral Autumn. 1. scattered, o. te, and three 
in a whorl, on short petioles, lanceolate, edi ien both ends, 
6in. long, membranous, ios 6 А" Tops of 
2 an , small 
bristles or stiff hairs, (B. M. 8774.) rorem eas 
JL, divisions of corolla revolute ; nicles 
я тА о осте ае табо, repand, 
scabrous ben , 2in, to Зіп, 1 in. 
to 15. India, 164). ree, 0127 ain 
51. FLOWERING BRANCH OF CORDIA NIVEA, — 
Cordia—continued. 
pedunculate. lZ. cur g g-elliptic, acumi 
acute, toothed in front ; the largest are 6}in. long and 23іп, broad, 
Brazil. Tree. (B. M. 4888.) 
CORDIACEZE. This natural order takes its name 
from the large genus Cordia. By Bentham and Hooker, 
and other authorities, it is now merged into Boraginee, 
CORDONS. See Training. 
CORDYLINE (from kordyle, a club; in allusion to . 
the large fleshy roots of some of the species). Club Palm. : 
Syw. Tetsia. ORD. Liliacew. A genus of greenhouse or _ 
stove palm-like plants, usually erect, unbranched, bearing _ 
a tuft of long, narrow, drooping leaves at the summit T 
the trunk, which in some species acquires a height of 
30ft. to 40ft. Some authors regard Mr. Baker's sections 
as distinct genera: Calodracon, examples Banksii and 
terminalis; Dracenopsis, examples australis, indivisa, and 
pumilio; Charlwoodia, example stricta. Flowers white, 
small, solitary, in branched panicles, rarely produced on 
young plants; bracts two in number, one at the base of 
the pedicel, where it joins the peduncle, is simple; the 
other, opposite to it, and consequently placed in the axil 
of the pedicel and peduncle, is much shorter, broader, and 
is double, being either bifid or bipartite, always having 
two nerves. For culture, see Dracena. In the follow- 
ing enumeration are included some of the half-seore 
“true” species of Cordyline, and a great many sorts 
known in gardens as Dracwnas, but which are nearly 
varieties of Cordyline terminalis, a species - 
everywhere throughout the tropics, and prodt 
merable varieties from seed. 
C. albicans (whitish).* Z, long, narrow, pointed, 
narrowed into a long channelled peti 
pale green or whitish border, b: 
t. im to hl 
p a 
; bright green, 
] out, Mer ce matured 
plants, into a conspicuous white variegation. 1869. Stove. 
C. albo-rosea (white and red).* Z. deep green, edged with rose? 
whitish when in a young state. 1874. Stove. | 
c. amabilis (ori. E 24in. to er by fin. to Sin. ber 
ground-colour glossy n, which, as the plan! 
becomes marked and diced VER pink and creamy-white; young 
leaves in large specimens quite rosy. 1871. Stove. Ree 
C. amboynensis (Amboynan),* l oblong-l late, acuminate, 
deep bronzy-tinted green, the lower half having a distinct edging, 
iin. wide, of bright rosy-carmine ; petioles t. with 
spreading and gracefully arched. Amboyna, 1876. Stove. 
angusta (narrow). l narrow, arching, about lin. wi 
narrowed and compressed at the base into a | stalk; ¢ 
dark Meo above, tinted with purple beneath, and bec 
slightly bronzed in age. 1869, А slender-growing stove 8 
’s). L bronzy, with white and т 
ae т emi TREES 
Banksii (Banks' hite, loose, very much larger 
bracts. l. very E eden DE to 6ft. lo 
to 2ft. broad | to е; 
C. B. erythrorachis (red-ribbed) is a form with red midrib 
C. Baptistii tist's)* Z 18in. to 24in. long; ground-coM 
green, NM ud nam with yellow and pink. 1875. 
very distinct form, having the stem, as well as the le 
ted. Stove. (L Н, m. s. 334.) С жо 
Stove. (I. wd 
oblo eye 
с. Chelsea).* i is ; 
een. almost black, which, аш the 
