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44 C. MY'XA (Lin. spec. 273. syst. p. 161. mat. med. 

 t. 67.) leaves oval, ovate, or obovate, repand, smooth above, 

 but rather scabrous beneath ; panicles terminal and lateral, 

 globular ; flowers polygamous ; calyx tubular, widening towards 

 the mouth, and torn as it were into 3-5 divisions ; divisions 

 of corolla revolute. ^ . S. Native of the Circars, chiefly in 

 gardens, hedges, &c. near villages ; and of Nipaul on Blieem- 

 pedi. Delile, fl. egypt. p. 47T t. 19. f. 12. Vidi-Marum, 

 Rheed. mal. 4. t. 37. Sebestena officinalis, Gaertn. fruct. 1. p. 

 363. t. 76. Cornus sangulnea, Forsk. descr. p. 33. ex Vahl. 

 symb. 1. p. 19. Sebestena domestica, or C. officinalis, Lam. 

 ill. p. 420. no. 1895. t. 96. f. 2. Myxa, Commel, hort. 1. p. 

 139. Primus Sebestena, &c. Plukn. aim. 306. t. 217. f. 3. C. 

 domestica, Roth. Sebestena domestica, Prosp. Alp. aegypt. 

 j). 30. Bauh. hist. 1. p. 198. Primus Sebestena Matnioli, 

 Plukn. aim. p. 306. t. 217. f. 2. Trunk generally crooked. 

 Branches numerous, spreading, and bent in every direction, 

 forming a dense shady head. Leaves 2-3 inches long, and 

 from 1-J to -2 broad. Bracteas none. Calyx not in the least 

 striated. Drupe globular, smooth, size of a cherry, yellow ; pulp 

 transparent, viscid, containing a sub-tetragonal, 4-celled nut, 

 which is cordate at both ends ; the cells rarely all fertile. The 

 smell of the nut when cut is heavy and disagreeable, the taste of 

 the kernels like that of fresh filberts. The fruit is not used 

 medicinally among the Circars, but when ripe is eaten by the 

 natives : the pulp is of a sweetish taste. The dried fruit 

 is the Sebestena of the Materia Medica, The Telinga name 

 of the tree is \cckra, the Hindoostan one Lusora or Lesoora, 

 and the Bengal name is Bohoori. Linnaeus erroneously describes 

 this plant as having a 10-striped calyx. 



Myxa Sepistan. Clt. 1644. Tree 10 to 15 feet. 



45 C. SWAVE OLEJSS (Blum, bijdr. p. 843.) leaves alternate, 

 ovate, or ovate-oblong, bluntish, a little attenuated at the base, 

 nearly equal, quite entire, or somewhat repandly angled, glab- 

 rous above, but tomentose in the axils of the nerves beneath ; 

 corymbs terminal ; flowers spicate, secund ; tube of corolla 

 inclosed in the calyx, which is campanulate, without furrows, 

 and downy outside, 'h . S. Native of Java, on the west 

 side, in mountain woods. Allied to C. 1'ndica, and C. domestica. 



Street-scented Cordia. Fl. Oct. Tree 40 feet. 



46 C. BAXTAME'XSIS (Blum, bijdr. p. 843.) ultimate leaves 

 3 in a whorl, oval, bluntish, almost quite entire, coriaceous, 

 glabrous above, and tomentose beneath ; corymbs terminal, 

 dichotornbus, divaricate ; calyx without a furrow, 3-5-toothed. 

 V . S. Native of Java, near Tjikandie, where it is called Kandal. 



Bantam Cordia. Fl. Dec. Tree 30 feet. 



47 C. W ALLICHII ; leaves broad, ovate-roundish, triple- 

 nerved, acute, glabrous above, and densely clothed with tonien- 

 tum beneath ; corymbs lateral and terminal, dichotomous ; 

 calyx campanulate, downy, irregularly toothed ; genitals exserted. 

 t; . S. Native of the East Indies. Cordia tomentosa, Wall, 

 cat. no. 897, but not of Cham. Allied to C. Myxa. 



Wallich's Cordia. Shrub. 



48 C. POLY GAMA (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 337.) leaves ovate- 

 cordate, entire, scabrous ; panicles terminal, in the male more 

 divided ; flowers polygamous ; the male ones generally tetran- 

 drous ; the hermaphrodite ones often pentandrous ; filaments in 

 the male flowers as long as the corolla, in the hermaphrodite 

 flowers shorter ; calyx narrow, campanulate, 4-5-toothed, vil- 

 lous; corolla funnel-shaped, 4-5-cleft, with linear revolute seg- 

 ments. '- . S. Native of the mountains of Coromaudel. 

 Trunk short. Young shoots terete, scabrous. Leaves from 

 ovate to cordate, entire, or slightly scollop-toothed, when young 

 soft and villous, 1-6 inches long, and about 3-fourths of that 

 broad. Panicles pubescent. Flowers small, white. Drupes 



oval, size of a black currant, smooth, when ripe yellow, contain- 

 ing a 4-celled putamen ; pulp mucilaginous, as in C. Myxa. 

 Polygamout- flowered Cordia. Tree middle-sized. 



49 C. MOXOICA (Roxb. cor. 1. p. 43. t. 58. Willd. spec. 1. 

 p. 1072.) leaves ovate, toothed, scabrous ; corymbs axillary 

 and terminal, with many male flowers ; drupe pointed, containing 

 a 4-celled nut ; calyx, corolla, and genitals as in the genus. 



Ij . S. Native chiefly in the Circar forests. Small tree. Leaves 

 about 3 inches long, and 2 broad. Panicles dichotomous, com- 

 posed of short, recurved, one-ranked spikes. Flowers white. 

 Drupe size of a cherry, yellow, pulpy. Stigmas bifid, acute. 



-Vona?c>t-flowered Cordia. Fl. March, April. Clt. 1799. 

 Tree small. 



50 C. SERRA'TA (Juss. ex Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 333.) tender 

 parts hairy ; leaves ovate-cordate, acuminated, serrated ; co- 

 rymbs lateral ; 'flowers usually octandrous, with from 7 to 9- 

 cleft corolla ; calyx sub-cylindrical, 3-5-toothed. ^ . S. Na- 

 tive of Travancore. Branches numerous, spreading in every 

 direction. Leaves rather harsh, with few hairs, 4-6 inches 

 long, and from 2 to 4 broad. Corymbs dichotomous. Flowers 

 white, middle-sized. Corolla with a cylindrical tube, length of 

 calyx ; limb about 8-cleft ; segments oblong, recurved. Fila- 

 ments hairy, inserted in the tube of the corolla below its mid- 

 dle. Perhaps the same as C. terrata, Juss. ex Poir. diet. 7. 

 p. 41. 



Serrated-leaved Cordia. Tree. 



51 C. GRA'XDIS (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 335.) leaves round-cor- 

 date, obtuse, entire, scabrous, somewhat triple-nerved ; panicles 

 terminal, drooping ; flowers tetrannerous, tetrandrous ; drupe 

 containing a 4-celled nut, 2 or 3 of the cells usually abortive. 

 Ij . S. Native of Chittagong. Cordia obliqua, Herb. Madr. 

 Leaves rounded, or retuse at the base ; the apex acute or 

 obtuse, often remotely toothed. Ramifications of the panicle 

 many times dichotomous, those with the petioles and young leaves 

 are beset with rusty villi. Calyx with an even surface, and 4- 

 toothed mouth. Drupe dirty yellow, smooth, slightly-depressed 

 at apex, half an inch long, supported by the enlarged, many- 

 toothed, striated calyx ; pulp gelatinous. Leaves often a foot 

 long. Perhaps belonging to section Gerotcdntfuu. 



Great-leaved Cordia. Tree. 



52 C. ANGUSTIFOLLA (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 238.) leaves nearly 

 opposite, lanceolate, obovate-lanceolate, obtuse, or emarginate, 

 scabrous ; panicles terminal, corymbose ; flowers tetramerous 

 and tetrandrous ; calyx campanulate, obscurely 4-toothed ; 

 corolla having the tube longer than the calyx, and the limb of 

 4 linear revolute divisions, tj . S. Native of Mysore. C. 

 reticulata, Roth. nov. spec. 124. Trunk short ; branches nume- 

 rous, spreading in every direction, often drooping. Leaves 4 

 inches long by one broad. Flowers small, white. Stamens 4, 

 inserted just below the divisions of the corolla. Drupe size of 

 a large pea, round, smooth, yellow ; when ripe the pulp is yel- 

 low, gelatinous, and pellucid ; putamen 4-celled, though seldom 

 more than one of the cells comes to maturity. 



Xarroir- leared Cordia. Clt. 1820. Tree 12 to 15 feet. 



53 C. ACCMIKA'TA (Wall, in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 339.) glab- 

 rous, smooth ; leaves oblong-ovate, acuminated, entire ; corymbs 

 terminal, short, dichotomous ; flowers with funnel-shaped corol- 

 las, and deeply divided calyxes. J? . S. Native of Silhet, 

 where it is called Ramutti. Cordia reflexa, Roam, et Schultes, 

 syst. 4. p. 800. Leaves about 5 inches long, smooth. Corymbs 

 oval, rather downy, composed of unilateral spikes of small 

 white flowers. Corolla having the tube twice as long as the 

 calyx ; segments of the limb lanceolate, ciliated, recurved, or 

 bent backwards. Stamens elevated above the throat. 



Acuminated Cordia. Tree middle-sized. 

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