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CORDIACEjE. I. CORDIA. 



A. lycopsoides, and A. spectdbilis. It differs from the first in 

 the insertion of the stamens, and from the second in the corolla 

 being smaller, and especially in the throat not being half closed 

 by inclosed plicae. 



Intermediate Amsinckia. Fl. ? Clt. 1836. PI. | foot. 



4 A. SPECTA'BILIS (Fisch. et Meyer, 1. c.) throat of corolla 

 glabrous, half closed by thrust-in plicae ; limb length of tube : 

 stamens inserted in the throat of the corolla. O- H. Native 

 of New California, about the Russian colony, Ross. Corolla 

 beautiful yellow ; limb 6 inches in diameter, furnished with 5 

 plicae at the throat, which are similar to scales. 



Showy Amsinckia. Fl. Clt. 1836. PI. | foot. 



Cult. The seeds of these plants only require to be sown in 

 the open ground about (he beginning of May in a dry, warm, 

 sheltered situation. None of them are worth cultivation, except 

 in botanical gardens. 



ORDER CLXVII. CORDIA'CE^E (the plants contained in 

 this order agree with Cordla in the drupaceous fruit, and bifid 

 or dichotomous style.) 



Calyx 5-cleft, or 4-5-toothed. Corolla funnel-shaped ; throat 

 naked ; limb 5-10-lobed. Stamens equal in number to the seg- 

 ments of the corolla, exserted or inclosed. Style semi-bifid, or 

 dichotomous ; stigmas obtuse. Berry or a drupe containing 

 2 2-celled, 2-seeded nuts, or 4 1 -celled, 1 -seeded nuts, or a 

 4-celled putamen, which is sometimes only l--celled from 

 abortion, partly or altogether covered by the calyx. Coty- 

 ledons plicate. Trees or shrubs. Leaves entire, serrated, or 

 cut. Inflorescence terminal, panicled, or corymbose, or spicate, 

 usually bractless. 



This order was formerly united with Boragmece, from which 

 its habit, plaited cotyledons, and divided style, separate it. 

 Little is known of the properties of the plants contained in 

 it, except that the flesh of the fruit is emollient and mucila- 

 ginous. The nuts of Cordia Sebestena are sometimes employed 

 as laxatives. 



Synopsis of the genera. 

 TRIBE I. 



CORDIE\E. Style dichotomous. Fruit drupaceous. 



1. CORDIA. Calyx 4-10-toothed. Limb of corolla 4-1 0-cleft. 

 Stigmas 4. Drupe containing a 4-celled putamen, which is 

 sometimes 1-3-celled by abortion. 



2 PATAGONU'LA. Calyx 4-parted. Limb of corolla 4-cleft. 

 Stigmas 4 ?. Drupe containing a 4-celled putamen. 



TRIBE II. 



EHRETIA V CE.S. Style semi-bifid ; stigmas 2, obtuse. Berry 

 containing 2-4, 2-celled, 2-seeded nuts, or 4, 1 -celled, 1 -seeded 

 nuts. Cotyledons plicate ? 



3 EHRE'TIA. Calyx 5-cleft. Corolla funnel-shaped, with a 

 5-lobed limb, and a naked throat. Stamens exserted. Berry 

 containing 2 2-celled, 2-seeded nuts. 



4 BEURRE'RIA. All as in Ehretia, except that the berry 

 contains 4 2-celled, 2-seeded nuts. 



5 CORTE'SIA. Calyx 10-toothed. Corolla funnel-shaped ; 

 limb spreading, 5-lobed. Stamens 5, exserted. Style bifid at 



apex ; stigmas peltately globose. Drupe containing 2 1 -seeded? 

 nuts. 



G CARMONA. Calyx 5-parted. Corolla campanulate, or 

 rotate ; limb 5-6-cleft. Stamens 5-6, inclosed. Styles 2, capil- 

 lary ; stigmas simple. Drupe containing a 5-6-celled putamen. 



7 LUTROSTYLIS. Calyx 5-parted. Corolla funnel-shaped, 

 5-cleft. Stamens a little shorter than the corolla. Styles 2, 

 short ; stigmas sub-capitate. Drupe small, containing 4 1 -seeded 

 nuts. 



8 RHA'BDIA. Calyx 5-parted. Corolla campanulate, 5-cleft. 

 Stamens inclosed. Style simple ; stigma 2-lobed. Drupe 

 containing 4 1-seeded pyrenae or nuts. 



9 MORELOSIA. Calyx 5-cleft. Corolla rotate, 5-cleft. 

 Stamens exserted. Style forked ; stigmas 2, capitate. Drupe 

 containing a 4-celled, 4-seeded putamen. 



TRIBE III. 



ERIMATA'LE.*:. Style hardly any. Stigma large, discoid, 5- 

 grooved. Drupe containing only one 1-seeded nut. 



10 ERYS!BE. Calyx 5-parted. Corolla salver-shaped, 5- 

 parted ; segments of the limb bifid. 



j" A genus not known whether belonging to the present order. 



1 1 ROCHEFORTIA. Calyx 5-parted. Corolla funnel-shaped ; 

 limb spreading. Stamens inserted in the recesses between the 

 lobes of the corolla. Styles 2, subulate ; stigmas simple. 

 Fruit globose, 2-celled ; cells containing numerous angular seeds. 



I. CO'RDIA (named after Euricius Cordius, whose true 

 name was Henricus Urbanus, and Valerius his son, German 

 botanists of the 16th century.) Plum. gen. 14. Lin. gen. no. 

 256. Schreb. gen. no. 350. Juss. gen. p. 128. ed. Usteri. p. 

 143. Gaertn. fruct. 1. t. 76. R. Br. prod. p. 498. Cordana, 

 Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 47. t. 184. Sebestena, Dill. elth. 

 t. 255. 



LIN. SYST. Tetra-Pentdndria, Tretragynia. Calyx tubular, 

 usually 5, rarely 3-4-6-1 0-toothed. Corolla funnel-shaped ; 

 limb from 4 to 10-cleft, but usually 5-cleft. Stamens equal in 

 number to the divisions of the corolla. Style dichotomous ; 

 stigmas 4. Drupe partly or wholly covered by the calyx, con- 

 taining a 4-celled putamen, which is sometimes only 1-3-celled 

 by abortion. Cotyledons plicate. Trees or shrubs. Leaves 

 quite entire, or cut. Inflorescence terminal, panicled, corym- 

 bose, or spicate, bractless. 



SECT. I. SEBESTE'NJE. Calyxes and fruit smooth. Inflores- 

 cence corymbose, or panicled. Segments of calyx acute. 

 Throat of corolla glabrous. Flowers large. 



1 C. RU'MPHII (Blum, bijdr. p. 843.) leaves on long petioles, 

 ovate-oblong, acuminated, attenuated at the base, nearly equal, 

 somewhat repand, smoothish above, but downy in the axils of 

 the nerves beneath ; corymbs length of petioles ; segments of 

 calyx without furrows, tridentate, tomentose inside. Tj . S. 

 Native of the Moluccas. Novella nigra, Rumph. amb. 2. p. 

 226. t. 75. Allied to C. Sebeslena. Corollas orange-red. 



Rumphius's Cordia. Fl. Aug. Sept. Tree. 



2 C. DICHOTOMA (Forst. prod. no. 1)0. R. Br. 1. c.) leaves 

 ovate, a little toothed, glabrous ; cymes opposite the leaves, 



