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13. Cordia sonorae Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 1: 106. pi. 9. 1S91. 

 Sonora to Guerrero ; type from Alamos, Sonora. 



Shrub or tree, 2 to 15 meters high; leaves oblong to elliptic, 5 to 11 cm. 

 long, obtuse, coriaceous, scaberulous or glabrate above ; flowers white, in small 

 dense cymes ; corolla 3 cm. long or less. "Asta," " palo de asta " ( Sonora, 

 Sinaloa). 



Cordia langlassei Loesener,* the type of which came from the Rio Coya- 

 Quilla, MichoacSn or Guerrero, was described from leafless flowering branches. 

 It is closely related to C. sonorae and probably a synonym. 



14. Cordia dodecandra DC. Prodr. 9: 478. 1845. 



Cordia heccaidecandra Loesener, Bot. Jahrb. Engler 36: Beibl. 80: 25. 105. 



YucatSn and Chiapas. Guatemala. 



Tree, 30 meters high or less; leaves oblong to oval or rounded, 6 to 13 cm. 

 long, obtuse or rounded at base and apex, entire or nearly so, scabrous ; flowers 

 reddish yellow, in small cymes; calyx 1 to 1.5 cm. long; corolla about 5 cm. 

 long ; fruit 5 cm. long, greenish or yellowish, slightly acid. "Copt6," " siri- 

 cote" (Yucatan). 



The tree is sometimes cultivated for its edible fruit. The wood is said 

 to be hard and heavy, to take a fine polish, and to be used for making 

 furniture. A decoction of the wood or bark is a domestic remedy for colds. 

 The leaves are used for cleaning dishes and as a substitute for sandpaper. 



15. Cordia chiapensis Fernald, Proc. Amer. Acad. 40: 52. 1904. 

 Type from Ocuilapa, Chiapas, altitude 1,020 to 1,140 meters. 



Shrub with brown bark; leaves short-petiolate, oblong-lanceolate or ovate- 

 lanceolate, 3 to 8 cm. long, acute or acuminate, acute at base, serrate, scabrous ; 

 cymes scorpioid, long-pedunculate, the flowers sessile ; calyx 4 mm. long or 

 less; fruit 6 mm. long. 



16. Cordia microsebestena Loesener, Verb. Bot. Ver. Brandenb. 55: 187. 1913. 

 Oaxaca ; type from La Mistequilla, Tehuantepec. 



Leaves ovate to rounded, 2 to 6 cm. long, obtuse to acuminate, scaberulous 

 above ; cymes few-flowered ; calyx 5 mm. long, 5 or 6-dentate ; corolla white. 



17. Cordia sebestena L. Sp. PI. 190. 1753. 



1 Cordia crispiflora DC. Prodr. 9: 476. 1845. 



Yucatan. Florida and West Indies. 



Tree, 10 meters high or less, the trunk up to 15 cm. in diameter; bark 

 thick, dark brown, blackish, irregularly ridged; leaves ovate to rounded, 

 8 to 20 cm. long, acute to rounded at apex, entire or repand-dentate, scab- 

 rous above; flowers in large or small cymes, orange; calyx 1 to 1.5 cm. 

 long; fruit ovoid, 2.5 to 4 cm. long, white; wood hard, close-grained, dark 

 brown, its specific gravity about 0.71. " Siricote bianco," " siricote," " copt6," 

 " zac-copt6," " anacahuite," " anachuita " (Yucatan) ; "San Bartolom6" (Porto 

 Rico); " vomitel Colorado" (Cuba, Porto Rico). 



The tree is often planted for ornament. The fruit is edible and is said to 

 have emollient properties and to be used in the treatment of fevers. The plant 

 has been employed also as a remedy for intestinal and stomach complaints 

 and for bronchial affections. 



18. Cordia pringlei Robinson, Proc. Amer. Acad. 26: 169. 1891. 

 Cordia pringlei altatensis T. S. Brandeg. Zoe 5: 219. 1905. 



Sinaloa to San Luis PotosI and Veracruz; type from Las Palmas, San Luis 

 Potosi. Nicaragua and Costa Rica. 



'Repert. Sp. Nov. Fedde 12: 240. WW. 



