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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



CORDATE. Heart-shaped. A Cordate leaf 

 dentate margin is shown at Fig. 510. 



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FIG. 610. CORDATE LEAP, WITH DENTATE MARGIN. 

 CORDIA (named after Euriciua Cordns, whose true 

 name was Henrious Urbanus, 1486-1535, and Valerius, 

 his son, 1515-1544). STN. Varronia. OBD. Boraginea. 

 A very large genus, comprising about two hundred species 

 of stove or greenhouse evergreen trees and shrubs, of 

 considerable beauty. Inflorescence terminal. Flowers 

 sessile, in dichotomous scorpioid cymes, spikes, or 

 densely-packed heads; corolla funnel-shaped or campanu- 

 late, five-toothed. Leaves quite entire, or toothed. 

 They thrive in a mixture of loam, peat, and sand, or 

 any light rich soil. Cuttings strike root readily when 

 planted in sand, with a hand glass placed over them, 

 in heat. 



C. decandra (ten-stamened)." JL white, large, very showy, 

 fragrant, disposed in a terminal leafy corymb; corolla ten- 

 toothed. I. linear-lanceolate, attenuated, scabrous, sessile, with 

 revolute edges, hoary from down. h. 3ft Chili, 1875. A very 

 handsome greenhouse shrub. (B. M. 6279.) 



C. Gerascantbns (Spanish Elm), fl. large, verticillate, sessile ; 

 racemes usually four together, Sin. to 4in. long ; corolla white, 

 throat rillous; calyx ten-furrowed, ten-striped, downy. May. 

 L ovate-oblong, acute, quite entire, glabrous, unequal at the base, 

 Sin. to 4in. long. h. 30ft. West Indies, 1789. Tree, 

 C. glabra (glabrous). /., corolla white, liin. long, campanulately 

 funnel-shaped, glabrous ; cymes bifid or trifld, scorpioid, terminal, 

 but at length lateral. Autumn. I. scattered, opposite, and three 

 in a whorl, on short petioles, lanceolate, narrowed at both ends, 

 6in. long, membranous, flat. Brazil, 1868. Shrub. Tops of 

 branches, inflorescence, and petioles, scabrous from small 

 bristles or stiff hairs. (B. M. 5774.) 



C. Myxa (Myxa).* Jl., divisions of corolla revolute ; panicles 

 terminal and lateral, globular. I. oval, ovate, or obovate, repand, 

 smooth above, but rather scabrous beneath, 2in. to 3in. long, 14in. 

 to 2in. broad, h. 10ft to 15ft India, 1640. Tree. 



FIG. 511. FLOWERING BRANCH OF CORDIA NIVEA. 



C. nivea (snowyY, fl. white, borne in heads or spike-like clusters 

 ds of branches ; calyx clothed with white hkirs. I. petioled, 



at end 



e w we ars. . peoe, 



ovate or ovate-oblong, crenate, dentate. Branches, leaf-stalks, 

 tomentose. A. 3ft Brazil. Shrub. See Fig. 511. 



and peduncles tom. . . ru. ee g. . 



C. Sebestena (Sebestena). fl., corolla orange-coloured, funnel- 

 shaped ; limb spreading five to seven-parted, with crenately 

 undulated edges ; peduncles terminal, corymbose? June to August. 

 L ovate acute, or elliptic, quite entire/hispid, scabrous abofe, 

 4in. to 5m. long. A. loft to 35ft Cuba, 1728. Tree. (B. M! 

 '" 



( 3U P e ' b )-* fl- corolla white, campanulately funnel- 

 showy ; cymes at first terminal, then lateral, 



l , 



shaped, 



Cordia continued. 



pedunculate. I. cuneate-oblong to oblong- elliptic, acuminated, 

 acute, toothed in front ; the largest are 6iin. long and 2iin. broad. 

 Brazil. Tree. (B. M. 4888.) 



CORDIACE2E. This natural order takes its name 

 from the large genus Cordia. By Bentham and Hooker, 

 and other authorities, it is now merged into Boraginece. 



CORDONS. See Training. 



CORDYLINE (from kordyle, a club ; in allusion to 

 the large fleshy roots of some of the species). Club Palm. 

 STN. Tcetsia. OED. Liliacece. A genus of greenhouse or 

 stove Palm-like plants, usually erect, nnbranched, bearing 

 a tuft of long, narrow, drooping leaves at the summit of 

 the trunk, which in some species acquires a height of 

 30ft. to 40ft. Some authors regard Mr. Baker's sections 

 as distinct genera: Calodracon, examples Banksii and 

 terminalis; Draccenopsis, examples australis, indivisa, and 

 pumilio ; Charlwoodia, example stricta. Flowers white, 

 small, solitary, in branched panicles, rarely produced on 

 young plants ; bracts two in number, one at the base of 

 the pedicel, where it joins the peduncle, is simple; the 

 other, opposite to it, and consequently placed in the axil 

 of the pedicel and peduncle, is much shorter, broader, and 

 is double, being either bifid or bipartite, always having 

 two nerves. For culture, see Dracaena. In the follow- 

 ing enumeration are included some of the half-score 

 " true " species of Cordyline, and a great many sorts 

 known in gardens as Dracanas, but which are nearly all 

 varieties of Cordyline terminalis, a species cultivated 

 everywhere throughout the tropics, and producing innu- 

 merable varieties from seed. 



C. albioans (whitish).* I. long, narrow, pointed, about 2in. broad, 

 narrowed into a long channelled petiole ; bright green, with a 

 pale green or whitish border, breaking out, in well-grown matured 

 plants, into a conspicuous white variegation. 1869. Stove. 



C. albo-rosea (white and red).* 1. deep green, edged with rose ; 

 whitish when in a young state. 1874. Stove. 



C. amabilis (lovely).* I. 24in. to 30in. long by 4in. to 5in. wide ; 

 ground-colour bright glossy green, which, as the plant grows, 

 becomes marked aud suffused with pink and creamy-white ; young 

 leaves in large specimens quite rosy. 1871. Stove. 



C. amboynensis ( Amboynan).* I. oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 deep bronzy-tinted green, the lower half having a distinct edging, 

 iin. wide, of bright rosy-carmine ; petioles tinted with rosy-purple ; 

 spreading and gracefully arched. Amboyna, 1876. Stove. 



C. angusta (narrow). I. narrow, arching, about Iin. wide, 

 narrowed and compressed at the base into a purplish stalk ; dull 

 dark green above, tinted with purple beneath, and becoming 

 slightly bronzed in age. 1869. A slender-growing stove species. 



C. australis (Southern).* fl. white, densely crowded, sweet- 

 scented, Jin. across. I. oblong-lanceolate, 2ft to 3ft. long, and 

 2in. to 4in. broad, striated with numerous parallel veins. New 



Zealand, 1823. A very fine species for sub-tropical gardening, 

 with a stout-branched stem, from 10ft. to 40ft high. Hardy in 

 warmer parts of England aud Ireland. (B. M. 5636.) 



C. a. llnftnta (lined).* A very handsome and ornamental plant, 

 with fine, broad, gracefully recurving foliage. 



C. Balmoriana (Balmore's). I. bronzy, with white and rosy 

 stripes. 1875. Stove. 



C. TtaairaH (Banks's). fl. white, loose, very much larger than the 

 bracts. L very long, linear-lanceolate, 5ft. to 6ft. long by lift, 

 to 2ft. broad, closely striate, and also having six to eight very 

 evident veins on each side of the prominent midrib. Stem 

 sub-arboreous, 5ft. to 10ft high, simple or sparingly branched. 

 New Zealand, 1860. Greenhouse. (B. G. 444.) 



C. B. erythrorachls (red-ribbed) is a form with red midrib. 



C. Baptist!! (Baptist's).* L 18in. to 24in. long ; ground-colour 

 green, margined and striped with yellow and pink. 1873. A 

 very distinct form, having the stem, as well as the leaves, 

 variegated. Stove. (I. H. n. s. 334.) 



C. bellula (pretty). I. purplish, margined with red, small. 1874. 

 Stove. (I. H. n. s. 163.) 



C. cannaafolia (Canna-leaved).* I. on long petioles, somewhat 

 oblong, with an obtuse apex, which, however, is frequently split ; 

 1ft. to 2ft long, and Sin. to 5in. wide, slightly recurved, dark green. 

 Queensland, <sc., 1820. An elegant stove species, growing to a 

 considerable height See Fig. 512. 



C. chelsoni (Chelsea).* I. large ; ground-colour a glossy dark 

 green, almost black, which, as the plant attains age, becomes 

 mottled and suffused with deep crimson, a broad line of the 

 same colour bordering the leaves on either side. 1870. A 

 remarkable stove sort, with a bold free growth. (I. H. 19, 90.) 



