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Commelyn, Horti Medici, p. 139, fig. 72. This seems to be a 
picture rather of the Indian plant than of C. Jlyxa proper. 
In the Hortus Cliffortianus, p. 63, Linnaeus, ana the name 
“Cordia foliis subovatis serrato dentatis” united the plants 
sylvestri quod mihi paradoxon est. 2 By failing to distinguish 
the three species, however, the ‘‘ paradox ’’ seems to have been of 
Linnaeus’s own making. His Materia Medica, p. 57 (1749), the 
latest quoted work, fortunately does not add to the confusion. 
It seems clear, therefore, that Linnaeus in the Species Plantarum 
confused no less than three species, (1) Cor. ta hal, (em peer: 
the “‘Sebesten domestica’? of Alpini 
Ancients, (2) Cordia crenata, Del., the ‘‘ chartes slvetts” of 
Alpini, and (3) Cordia obliqua, Willd “* Vidi-maram ”’ 
*s Hortus Malabaricus. The specimen in eee cae her- 
barium at the Linnean Society is the real C. Myxa. It is marked 
as having been grown in the Upsala garden. 
Of the post-Linnean authors, the best account of Cordia Myaa 
is given by Delile, Flore d’Egypt, 47, t. 19 re Delile gives 
beautiful and accurate figures of C. Myza and C. crenata, an 
states that both species are cultivated in the gardens of Cairo. 
I have tried without success to segregate the este re referred 
to C. Myza, L., and C. obliqua, Willd., by C. Clarke in the 
Flora of British India (vol. iv. . 136-7), and sive come to the 
pa one, all being ues but a few stithia afterwards it 
flowers again and es flower is ‘peefet bie much fewer in 
number than before.’”? According to Post, Fl. bi &e., p. 5382 
(1896), the cymes of C. os oak are also polygamons 
Splat 
frui ‘We have seen no true C. Mas from Tropical Africa 
except from the French Sudan, where it is cultivated around the 
— ees ty (Chevalier).+ 
As stated above, the mucilaginous pulp of the fruits of Cordia 
Myza on been used as a birdlime from very early times; it is 
<< er adap to be used in the manufacture of unpuncturable 
r tyres. The localities in the Orient where it is known to 
* Cooke (Fl. Bomb. ii. 199) came to the same conclusion and referred all 
he Indian specimens to (1. Myza, L. 
t Bull. Soc. Nat. d’Accl. Fr. 1912, 135. 
at fide Holland, Useful Plants of Nigeria, Kew Bull. Add. Ser. ix. pt. iii. 
