202 LXXXYII. BOUAGIXACE-i:. 



Man. in Flor. Sylvat. p. clxvi; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 193; Talb. 

 Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 244 ; Wooclr. in Journ. Bomb. ^'at. v. 12 (1898) 

 p. 169.— Flowers : Aug.-Sept. 



Rare. I have found it only near Badami, a Railway Station on the S. Mahratta 

 Railway, where it has also been found by Talbot and Woodrow. — Distkib. India 

 (Central Provinces and W. Peninsula) ; Ceylon. 



6. Cordia RotMi, Roem. ^- ScJiuU. Syst. v. 4 (1819) p. 798. A 

 small tree 20-40 ft. high ; bark grey, furrowed. Leaves subopposite, 

 2i-4 by |-14 iii-5 oblaneeolate-oblong, rounded at the apex, rough 

 above, more or less pubescent beneath, inconspicuously feather-nerved 

 (not 3-nerved at the base), base tapering into the petiole ; petioles 4 in. 

 long. Flowers small, white, usually tetraudrous, in lax terminal or 

 axillary pedunculate cymes ; peduncles f-1 in. long ; pedicels short. 

 Calyx ^-j; in. long, veined, obconic at the time of flowering, minutely 

 pubescent outside and with shining silky hairs inside ; lobes obtuse, 

 small. Corolla | in. long; lobes usually 4, equalling the tube, oblong, 

 obtuse, reflexed. Filaments glabrous. Drupe usually 1-seeded, ovoid, 

 acute, mucrouate, §-| in. long, glabrous, longitudinally striate, yellow 

 or reddish-brown when ripe, with a gelatinous pellucid edible pulp. 

 Fl. B. I. V. 4, p. 138 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 174 ; Bedd. For. Man. in Flor. 

 Sylvat. p. clxvi ; Wight, Icon. 1. 1379 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 244 ; 

 "Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) p. 169 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. 

 Prod. V. 2, p. 565. Cordia anr/Kstifolia, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey, v. 2, 

 p. 338 (not of Eoem. & Schult.) ; Grab. Cat. p. 136.— Flowers : Nov. 

 Vebn. Gundi ; Oonddni ; Lidri. 



Dry districts of the Presidency, often planted near villages, very common in Sind 

 and Rajputana. Deccan : in gardens, Ritchie, .'")U3 ! GrjAUAT : Deesa. liaoji\ 

 Sind: JjcdzclV., Stocks, 427!, Vicaryl, Eitchicl; Jemadar ka Landa near Karachi, 

 Stocks \—T>isiVi\-R. India (Panjab, W. Peninsula) ; Ceylon, Arabia, Abyssinia. 



A decoction of the bark possesses astringent properties, and is used as a gargle. 

 The fruit is eaten by the poorer classes and is also pickled. The wood is used for 

 fuel and in the manufacture of agricidtural implements. See Watt, Diet. Econ. 

 Prod. 1. c. 



Cordia Sehestena, Linn. Sp. PI. (1 753) p. 190. A small tree 15-30 ft. 

 high, a native of Cuba, with rough coarse ovate or elliptic leaves 4-6 ni. 

 long, and abundant large cymes of sho\A y scarlet flowers, followed by 

 pure white fruits li by fin., is occasionally cultivated in gardens. 

 Woodr. Gard. in lud. ed. 5, p. 3»9.— Flowers : Jan.-Mar. 



2. EHRETIA, Linn. 

 Trees or shrubs, glabrous, pubescent, or scabrous. Leaves alternate. 

 Flowers small, usually white, in terminal and axillary corymbose cymes 

 or panicles, rarely solitary. Calyx small, 5-partite. Corolla-tube sliort; 

 lobes 5, spreading, imbricate. tStameus 5, inserted on the corolla-tube, 

 usually' exserted; filaments filiform; anthers ovate or oblong. Ovary 

 2-celled with 2 ovules in each cell, or 4-celled with 1 ovule in each cell ; 

 stvle terminal, 2-fld or 2-partite, or styles 2 ; stigma capitate or clavate. 

 Drupe small, subglobose, 4 (or by suppression 3-1) -seeded ; endocarp 

 hard, consisting of 1 four-celled or 2 two-celled or 4 one-celled pyrenes 

 (3-l'pyrcnes or cells sometimes suppressed). Seeds straight ; albumen 



