Cordia:\ Bovagijiece. 193 



Cor. under \ in. diam., white. 



Drupe ovoid, not more than \ in. 



L. glabrous on both sides . . . . i. C. Myxa. 

 L. scabrous above, more or less tomentose 

 beneath. 



L. ovate-oval 2. C. MONOICA. 



L. lanceolate-oblong 3- C. Rothii. 



Drupe ovate-ovoid, over i in 4. C. OBLONGIFOLIA. 



Cor. over i in. diam., orange . . . . 5. C. SUBCORDATA. 



1. C. Dlyza, L. Sp. PL 190 (i753)- Lolu, S. Naruvili^ 

 Vidi, T. 



Moon Cat. 16. C. Myxa, var. /3, mmor, Thw. Enum. 214. C. P. 

 1880. 



Fl. B. Ind. iv. 136. Wight, 111. t. 169. Gaertn. Fruct. t. 76 {Sebestena 

 officinalis). 



A small tree, twigs slender, glabrous, buds pubescent ; 

 1. 2-4 in., broadly oval, acute at base, obtuse or subacute at 

 apex, entire or more or less coarsely sinuate-serrate in upper 

 half, glabrous on both sides, thick and hard, somewhat 3- 

 nerved at base, petiole f-i^ in., slender; fl. shortly pedicellate, 

 corymbs branched, divaricate, lax ; cal. tubular-campanulate, 

 glabrous, pubescent within, segm. very shallow ; cor.-lobes 

 oblong, obtuse, recurved ; drupe globular-ovoid, \ in., apicu- 

 late, smooth, pinkish-cream-coloured, surrounded at base by 

 a cup formed of persistent cal. which is \ in. deep, irregularly 

 5-10-lobed, longitudinally striate, glabrous. 



Var. /3, obliqua, Willd. (sp.) C. Myxa (type), Thw. Enum. 213. 

 Rheede, Hort. Malab. iv. t. 37. C. P. 3650. 



L. larger, 4-5 in., much thinner, petiole \-\\ in.; fruit 

 larger, f in., persistent cal. | in. deep, nearly truncate with a 

 few irregular teeth, not striate; stone i -seeded. 



Low country up to 2000 ft., chiefly in the dry region ; common. Var. 

 jS, Kurunegala; about Kandy, &c. Fl. June, July; white. 



Throughout the Eastern Tropics. 



Var. /3 is, perhaps, a distinct species as considered in Fl. B. Ind.; it 

 does not quite agree with C. obliqua^ Willd., and appears to be a more 

 luxuriant form. 



The fruits are the Sebestens of the old writers on Materia Medica. 

 The viscid glutinous pulp renders them valuable medicines in coughs, and 

 the leaves are here used in the same complaints. 



2. C. monoica, Roxb. Cor. PI. i. 43 (1795). Naruvili, Pon- 

 naruvili, T. 



C. diversa, Thw. Enum. 214. C, P. 1954. 



Fl. B. Ind. iv. 137. Roxb. Cor. PI, t. 58 (not good). 



A small tree, bark smooth, grey, young parts more or less 

 densely tomentose ; 1. 2-4 in., ovate-oval, rounded or acute at 

 base, obtuse, nearly entire or somewhat repand, very harsh 



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