SOLANALES.] 



CORDIACE^. 



629 



C. Myxa is a mild tonic, and is used in India for astrineent ^ar^^lPQ • ,>« ,.« , ■ .u . 

 be laxative. The wood is soft, and of little use exoepfforS it fs f '" '^'"^''^' ^. 



from which the Lgyptiaiis constructed theii- mummy-cases. 



one «i 



fm-nished the wood 



Gynaion, A. DC. 

 Cordia, Plum. 



BoreUia, Neck. 



Firensia, Neck. 



GENERA. 



j Geraschanthus, P. Br. i Physoclada, A . DC 



I "habdocalyx, A. DC. Varronia, DC. 

 Pilicordia, A. DC. I 



I Sebestena, Gccrtn. 

 jDiacoria, Endt. 

 ?Sacemum, Kunth. 



Numbers. Gen. 11. Sp, 180. 



POSITION.- 



— CoRDiACE^.— Couvolvulaceaj. 

 Boruf/inacecB. 



