138 c. BORAGINE2E. (C. B. Clarke.) [Cordia. 



ASSAM, Griffith, &c. CHITTAGONG ; H. f. $ T., &c. PEGU ; -fi^r?. DISTBIB. 

 Ava. 



A large tree. Leaves 3-6 in., acute or obtuse, scabrid with very small rough 

 points, base 3-5-nerved ; petiole 1-2| in. Corymbs terminal, female many-flowered, 

 male dense. Calyx at flower-time scarcely % in., tubular-campanulate. Corolla-lobes 

 4, ^- in. Stamens 4. Berry usually i by i in., 1-2-seeded ; fruiting-calyx scarcely 

 in wide. 



tt Leaves feather-nerved not (or obscurely') 3-nerved at the base. 



5. C. Rothii, Roem. $ Sch. Syst. iv. 798 ; leaves subopposite oblong 

 base attenuate feather-nerved mature scabrous glabrescent, cymes small pubes- 

 cent or subtomentcse, berry in. ellipsoid acute. Wight Ic. t. 1379 ; DC. 

 Prodr. ix. 480 ; Dalz. Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 174 ; Bedd. For. Man. 166 ; Brand. 

 For. Fl. 338. C angustifolia, Roxb. Fl. 2nd. ed. Carey fy Watt. ii. 338, not of 

 Roem. 8f Sch. 0. reticulata, Roth Nov. Sp. 124 ; Wall. Cat. 895 ; not of Vahl. 

 C. subopposita, DC. Prodr. ix. 480. 



W. INDIA, from the Punjab, Hurdwar, and Scinde to Malabar, frequent. DISTBIB. 

 Arabia, Abyssinia. 



A tree, attaining 30 feet. Leaves 4 by l in., usually obtuse, entire or undulate ; 

 petiole f in. Corymbs 1-3 in. Calyx at flower time | in., minutely pubescent. 

 Corolla-lobes usually 4, in. Berry usually 1-seeded. 



6. C. Ferrottetii, Wight Ic. t. 1381, not of A. DC. ; leaves obovate- 

 oblong feather-nerved scabrous pubescent, corymbs small tomeutose, berry 

 in. ellipsoid acuminate. Bedd. For. Man. 166 partly ? 



S. DECCAN PENINSULA; Bellary, Coimbatore, &c., Wight. 



A small tree. Leaves 1-2 in., somewhat clustered, scarcely subopposite, obtuse, 

 entire or crenate ; petiole in. Corymbs 1-2 in. Calyx at flower time \ in., tomen- 

 tose, tubular-campanulate, soon glabrescent. Corolla-lobes mostly 4, - * in. Cordia 

 Perrottetii, A. DC. Prodr. ix. 482 (Perrottet's Pondicherry example) is Premna 

 tomentosa, Willd. ; Beddome's description 1. c. appears compounded of this and 

 Wight's. 



7. C. oblong itolia, Thwaites Enum. 214 ; leaves elliptic acute or lanceo- 

 late feather-nerved mature glabrous, corymbs terminal soon glabrous, berry 1 

 by | in. ellipsoid shortly acute. Bedd. For. Man. 166. ? C Leschenaultii, 

 DC. Prodr. ix. 482. 



CEYLON ; Central Province up to 2000 ft., Thwaites. 



Subscandent, Thwaites. Leaves alternate, 4 by 2 in. elliptic, or 4 by 1 in. lanceo- 

 late, base cuneate or rounded, subentire, secondary nerves conspicuous minutely 

 reticulated ; petiole 1 in. Corymbs 2-4 in., flowers in close clusters. Calyx at 

 flower time \ in., narrowly funnel-shaped, nearly glabrous without. Corolla-lobes 

 5-7, f in. Of C. Leschenaultii no authentic example has been seen ; the old speci- 

 men in the British Museum so named is C. oblongifolia. These plants only 

 differ from C. Myxa in the leaves being obscurely 3-nerved at the base with more 

 numerous lateral nerves. 



8. C. Roxburg'liii, Clarke ; minutely scabrous-pilose, leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate copiously feather-nerved, corymb small, calyx widely funnel-shaped 

 teeth triangular distinct. 



CEYLON; Herb. Roxburgh. 



Branches terete, minutely scabrous-pilose. Leaves alternate, 3^ by 1 in., acute 

 at both ends, coriaceous, subentire, nerves 10-15 pair; petiole in. Corymb 1^ in. 

 diam., minutely scabrous-pilose ; flowers few, sessile in small clusters. ' Calyx at 

 flower-time \ in., minutely scabrous-pilose ; teeth 5 or 6, ^ iu.. minutely scabrous- 

 pilose within. Corolla glabrous within, lobes i in., elliptic. Style long, divided into 



