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CORDIACE,E. I. CORDIA. 



Domingo, &c. Lam. ill. no. 1901. Desf. ann. mus. 1. p. 205. 

 Red. pict. mus. par. Prunus racemosa, &c. Sloane, jam. p. 

 184. hist. 2. p. 130. t. 221. f. 1. Branches inclinate, bi- 

 trifurcate, cinereous, downy, or villous. Leaves on short peti- 

 oles, l| foot long. Racemes girded by 2-3 small leaves from 

 the forks. Drupe size of a pea. 



Long-leaved Cordia. Clt. 1752. Tree 40 to 60 feet. 



34 C. SALVIFOLIA (Juss. ex Poir. diet. 7. p. 46.) leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate, obtuse, wrinkled, very rough, coriaceous ; racemes 

 lateral, small, with villous divisions. Jj . S. Native country 

 unknown, but most probably of some part of tropical America. 

 Branches cinereous, or yellowish, striated, rather downy while 

 young. Leaves petiolate, very firm, beset with copious white 

 dots above, 2 inches long, and 1 inch broad. 



Sage-leaved Cordia. Tree or Shrub. 



35 C. DOMINGE'NSIS (Lam. ill. no. 1900.) leaves ovate, entire, 

 scabrous on both surfaces, whitish beneath ; panicles terminal, 

 downy; calyx tubular, with obtuse teeth, rufescent. I? . S. 

 Native of St. Domingo. Branches angular, very rough, black- 

 ish brown, downy at top. Leaves dark green above : upper 

 ones 8-10 inches long, and 4-5 broad. Racemes shorter than 

 the leaves, with short terete scabrous branches. Corolla 

 unknown. 



St. Domingo Cordia. Tree or Shrub. 



36 C. ? BUXIFOLIA (Juss. ex Poir. diet. 7. p. 45.) leaves cori- 

 aceous, ovate-cuneated, entire, nearly sessile, obtuse, scabrous ; 

 panicles corymbose, downy, lateral and terminal ; calyx short, 

 ovate, tubular, with 5 obtuse lobes. ^ S. Native country 

 unknown, but probably of some part of tropical America. 

 Habit of Ehretia buxijblia. Branches terete, grey, glabrous. 

 Leaves numerous, hardly an inch long, beset with copious white 

 dots above. Corolla funnel-shaped, having the tube cylindrical 

 and longer than the calyx, and the limb middle-sized and 

 spreading. Style bifid, each division bearing a solitary capitate 

 stigma, and is therefore probably a species of Lutrostylis. 



Box-leaved Cordia. Shrub. 



37 C. EXALTA TA (Lam. ill. no. 1910. Poir. diet. 7. p. 47.) 

 leaves ovate, acute at the base, rough, entire, coriaceous, on 

 very short petioles ; corymbs a little longer than the leaves, 

 glabrous, terminal ; calyx small, glabrous, campanulate, with 5 

 small acute teeth ; limb of corolla 5-cleft. fj . S. Native of 

 Guiana, Richard. Branches glabrous, striated. Leaves almost 

 shining above, and paler beneath, 4 inches long, and 2 broad. 

 Branches of corymb diffuse. Pedicels thick, very short, 1- 

 flowered. Drupe globose, size of a pea, containing a 2-celled, 

 2-seeded putamen. 



Tall Cordia. Tree 60 feet. 



38 C. NERVOSA (Lam. ill. no. 1906. Poir. diet. 7. p. 47.) 

 leaves alternate and opposite, ovate-oblong, acuminated, shining 

 and dark green above, but pale yellow, and rather downy 

 beneath, on short petioles ; corymbs glabrous, short ; bracteas 

 subulate ; calyx glabrous, with short, ovate, bluntish teeth. 

 Jj . S. Native of Guiana, Richard. Nearly allied to C.fia- 

 vescens, Aubl. Branches scabrous, cinereous, angular. Leaves 

 nearly glabrous, 8-10 inches long, and 4 broad; petioles nodose 

 at the base. Corymb having the first branches somewhat dicho- 

 tomous, the rest short and thick, rather woody. Corolla and 

 fruit unknown. 



Nerved-\eave<i Cordia. Clt. 1820. Shrub or tree. 



39 C. RETICULA'TA (Vahl. eclog. amer. 2. p. 5.) leaves ovate- 

 oblong, long-acuminated, reticulated, shining, scabrous beneath, 

 and smooth above ; racemes terminal, erect, branched, dichoto- 

 mous, and are, as well as the calyxes, clothed with rusty tomen- 

 tum; flowers 4-5 at the top of each peduncle, hardly pedicellate; 

 calyx smooth, not striated, campanulate in the fruit-bearing 



state, trifid, with oblong, obtuse segments ; stamens length of 

 corolla ; segments of the limb of the corolla oblong, bluntish. 

 Pj . S. Native of Montserrat, Ryan. Branches terete, glab- 

 rous, but clothed with rusty tomentum at top. Leaves peti- 

 olate, glabrous, shining on both surfaces. Branches of raceme 

 twice dichotomous. Tube of corolla length of calyx. Stigmas 

 dilated, transverse. Drupe obovate, glabrous, larger than a pea. 

 Reticulated-\en\e<\ Cordia. Tree. 



40 C. CALOPHY'LLA (Vahl. eclog. amer. 3. p. 5.) leaves ellip- 

 tic-lanceolate, acuminated, quite entire, glabrous, rather coria- 

 ceous, smooth above, and rather scabrous beneath ; corymbs 

 axillary ; calyx smooth, campanulate, 5-toothed. \) . S. Na- 

 tive of Cayenne, Rohr. Branches angular, glabrous, dichoto- 

 mous, yellowish. Leaves petiolate, 6-8 inches long, yellowish 

 beneath. Corymbs at the sides of the forks and tops of the 

 branches, with opposite leaves, 3 times longer than the petioles. 



Beautiful-leaved Cordia. Tree. 



41 C. FORMICA'RUM (Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 800.) 

 leaves oblong, acuminated, quite entire, scabrous ; branches 

 ventricose ; corymbs pilose, coarctate. Jj . S. Native of 

 Brazil, in the province of Para. Branches terete, smooth, 

 dilated at the ramifications, hollow in the axils, and forming 

 nests for ants, whence the tree is called Pao de Formige by 

 the natives. Leaves nearly sessile, a foot long, and a hand 

 wide, ciliated. 



Ants' Cordia. Tree. 



42 C. A'SPERA (Forst. prod. no. 109. Willd. spec. 1. p. 

 1074.) leaves ovate, acuminated, rough ; flowers cymose, wrink- 

 led. T/I . G. Native of the Island of Tongatabu. Forster 

 does not mention the size of the flowers. 



Rough Cordia. Tree. 



* * Species natives of Asia. 



43 C. LATIFOLIA (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 230.) leaves roundish, 

 cordate, entire, repand, 3-nerved, smooth above and scabrous 

 beneath ; panicles terminal and lateral ; flowers polygamous ; 

 calyx villous, campanulate, leathery, with an unequally-toothed 

 mouth ; corolla short, campanulate, with 5 linear-oblong seg- 

 ments; drupes oblately globose, on a smooth calyx, containing a 

 1-4-seeded nut. 1? . S. Native of Hindostan. Trunk short, 

 generally crooked, as in C. Myxa. Branches spreading and 

 drooping; young shoots smooth and angular. Leaves 3-7 

 inches long, and rather less in breadth. Panicles roundish. 

 Flowers numerous, small, white. Stamens as long as the seg- 

 ments of the corolla, inserted immediately under the fissure. 

 Drupe about an inch or more in diameter, yellow when ripe ; 

 pulp soft, clammy, and is eaten by the natives. Mr. Cole- 

 brooke says that the writers on Indian Materia Medica notice 

 two sorts of Sepistan. The first as large as a prune, with its 

 nut immersed in mucilaginous pulp, and separable from it. 

 The second smaller, with its nut adhering to the pulp, (as 

 described by the writers on Materia Medica in Europe,) but 

 with less mucilage, and sweeter than the large one. The rest 

 of the description, he observes, is common to both kinds, the 

 fruit growing in clusters ; when ripe yellow, but afterwards 

 turning black. The first, or large sort, is, no doubt, the fruit 

 of the present tree ; and the small sort that of C. Myxa, 

 which has hitherto been considered in Europe as the only 

 tree that produces this drug. The Arabic and Persian names 

 of Sepistan and Pislan are applicable to both sorts. Dr. 

 Wallich proposes to give this species the specific name of C. 

 Sepistana, and the West Indian species, now called Sebestena, 

 C. cocclnea, Wall, in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 332. 



Broad-leaved Sepistan. Tree 8 to 12 feet. 



