194 Bo7'agineCB. \Cordia. 



above with small white prominences, more or less tomentose 

 or scabrous or nearly glabrous beneath, somewhat 3-nerved at 

 base, petiole \ in. ; fl. subsessile, corymbs dense, shortly stalked ; 

 cal. funnel-shaped, tomentose, segm. very short, obscure; cor.- 

 lobes oval, acute, reflexed ; stam. exserted; drupe about \ in., 

 ovate-ovoid, apiculate, smooth, bright yellow, cup of enlarged 

 persistent cal. loose, irregularly truncate, pubescent, stone 

 4-celled, 4-seeded. 



Dry region ; common. Fl. November; white. 



Also in Peninsular India. 



A variable plant in the size of the leaves and the amount of pubescence 

 on their under side. Mr. Nevill sends from Kuchchavelli, E. Prov., a 

 plant from ' exposed rocks near the sea,' with the leaves narrower, oval- 

 oblong, and a larger fruit. 



3. C. Rothii, Roeni. &= Sch. Syst. iv. 798 (18 19). 

 Trim, in Journ. Bot. xxiii. 172. 



Fl. B. Ind. iv. 138 (not given for Ceylon). Wight, Ic. t. 1379. 



A small tree, 18-20 ft., branches drooping, twigs slender, 

 glabrous; 1. sub-opposite, small, ii-2| in., lanceolate-oblong, 

 acute at base, obtuse at apex, slightly scabrous with minute 

 white prominences above, slightly hairy especially in the 

 vein-axils beneath, not at all 3-nerved at base, petiole \ in. ; 

 fl. not seen ; drupe \ in., ovoid, apiculate, glabrous, cup of 

 enlarged cal. shallow, loose, irregularly lobed, glabrous, stone 

 1-3-seeded. 



Dry and desert districts ; rare. Kirinda, S. Prov.; Mandagala Tank, 

 Kambukan Aru, E. Prov. (Nevill). 



Also in Western India, Arabia, and Abyssinia. 

 Very near C. Myxa. I have not seen flowers. 



4. C. oblong'ifolia, Thw. Enum. 214 (1861). 



C. P. 2696. 



Fl. B. Ind. iv. 138. 



A straggling scmi-scandcnt shrub, twigs glabrous ; 1. 3-6 in., 

 oval or lanccolatc-oval, acute at base, slightly acuminate, acute 

 or apiculate, entire, smooth on both sides, or often with minute 

 white scales above, petiole f-i^ in., articulated to a small horn- 

 like projection on branch; fl. rather large, on stout pubescent 

 ped., corymbs lax, spreading, paniculate; cal. tubular-funnel- 

 shaped, rusty-puberulous or nearly glabrous outside, villous 

 within, scgm. 3, rounded, shallow; cor. over \ in. diam., lobes 

 5-7, oblong-oval, as long as tube, recurved; drupe large, i-i^ 

 in., ovoid, acuminate, stone furrowed and excavated. 



Low country up to 2000 ft., rare; chiefly in dry region. Puttalam 

 (Nevill); Allagala (Thwaites); Kirinda and Tissamaharama, S. Prov. 

 Fl. Aug.-Dec; white, sweet-scented. 



