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CORDIACE^;. I. CORDIA. 



young tetragonal and scabrous. Corymb strigose. Corolla 

 white. 



Very scabrous Cordia. Tree. 



76 C. MICRA'NTHA (Swartz, prod. p. 47. fl. ind. occ. 1. p. 

 460.) leaves elliptic, acute, entire, membranous, hairy beneath ; 

 racemes compound, loose ; calyx short, glabrous, striated ; sta- 

 mens exserted. fj . S. Native of Jamaica, in woods on the 

 mountains. Nearly allied to C. collococca ; but the leaves are 

 less attenuated at the base and apex, hispid beneath ; racemes 

 small, and flowers much smaller. Branches glabrous, wrinkled, 

 grey. Leaves dark green, and shining above, paler beneath, 

 attenuated at the base, obtuse or acuminated. 



Small-flowered Cordia. Fl. ? Clt. 1822. Tree 30 feet. 



77 C. LVIGA V TA (Lam. ill. no. 1912. Poir. diet. 7. p. 46.) 

 leaves ovate, veiny, shining, rather scabrous ; panicles lateral 

 and terminal, longer than the leaves, glabrous ; calyx glabrous, 

 or rather scabrous, striated ; corolla salver-shaped, or subcam- 

 panulate ; stamens villous at the base, shorter than the corolla. 



\j . S. Native of the Antilles ?, Richard. Branches slender, 

 nodose, grey, terete. Leaves roundish, entire, obtuse, or acute, 

 attenuated at the base, rather small, coriaceous, pale beneath. 

 Corollas like those of Ehretia linifolia ; with the lobes of the 

 limb ovate, obtuse. " Cymes many times dichotomous. Drupe 

 globose," ex Cham. 



Smooth Cordia. Shrub or tree. 



SECT. III. VARRONIA (so named by Browne, from Marcus 

 Tarrentius Varro, a learned Roman, author of a treatise de Re 

 Rustica. He died in the year 27.) Flowers small, glomerate, 

 capitate or spicate, always pentamerous, pentandrous, and her- 

 maphrodiate. Throat of corolla pilose. Calycine segments 

 acute, or subulately setaceous. Leaves on short petioles. 

 Varronia, Browne, jam. t. 13. f. 2. Lin. gen. no. 258. Jacq. 

 amer. p. 40. 



. 1. CYMOS^E. Cymes glomerate at the time of flores- 

 cence, but evolute in the fruit-bearing state. Calycine teeth 

 acute. 



78 C. DI'SCOLOR (Cham, et Schlecht, in Linnaea, 4. p. 482.) 

 leaves nearly opposite, ovate, obtuse at the base to ovate-lanceo- 

 late, acute at the base, or all acute, unequally and coarsely 

 toothed, or almost entire, strigose on both surfaces : the hairs 

 beneath tomentose, fine, adpressed, and of a lurid rust-co- 

 lour, mixed with strigae ; cymes 2-3 times bifid, nearly capi- 

 tate ; spikes secund, dense ; flowers usually pentamerous, rarely 

 tetramerous ; calyx obconically campanulate : teeth acute, erect, 

 glabrous inside ; corolla campanulately funnel-shaped, bluntly 

 5-lobed, glabrous outside, villous inside ; stamens inclosed, t? . 

 S. Native of Brazil, within the tropic, at Rio Janeiro, Sello. 

 Branches terete ; young shoots tomentose. Largest leaves 2 

 inches long, and 10 lines broad, equal to the internodes. Cymes 

 strigose. Calyx tomentose outside. Ovarium globose, inclosed 

 in the calyx, 2-celled, having the calycine teeth conniving over 

 its vertex. 



Tn'o-coloured-\ea\e& Cordia. Shrub. 



79 C. URTICIFOLIA (Cham, et Schlecht, in Linnsea, 4. p. 483.) 

 leaves ovate, subacuminated, acute, obtuse at the base, coarsely, 

 simply, and doubly serrated, hairy beneath, and beset with 

 fewer, shorter pili above, scabrous from short pili along the 

 margins ; cymes 2-3 times bifid ; calyx cup-shaped or campa- 

 nulate, hairy, ciliated, glabrous inside, 5-toothed : teeth acute, 

 erect, acuminated ; corolla tubularly campanulate ; limb bluntly 

 5-lobed, glabrous outside, and villous inside ; stamens inclosed, 

 f? . S. Native of the South of Brazil, Sello. Young shoots 



and inflorescence beset with spreading rufescent hairs. Leaves 

 on short petioles, longer than the internodes, 3 inches long, and 

 Ij broad. Branches axillary, alternate, cymiferous, forming a 

 leafy panicle at the tops of the branches. Corolla 2 lines long. 

 Drupe ovate, inclosed in the calyx, with the top alone free ; 

 putatnen of drupe usually 1 -celled, 1 -seeded from abortion. 

 Nettle-leaved Cordia. Shrub. 



80 C. HERMANNI^EFOLIA (Cham, et Schlecht, 4. p. 484.) 

 leaves nearly opposite, elliptic or ovate-lanceolate, with the base 

 sometimes obtuse, and sometimes acute ; sometimes bluntish, 

 and sometimes acute at the apex, simply, or obsoletely doubly 

 serrated on the margins ; serratures acute or obtuse, granular 

 above, and beset with short white strigae between the nerves, 

 scabrous along the margins, but clothed with longer, softer hairs 

 beneath ; cymes terminal, nearly sessile ; calyx sub-campanu- 

 late, 5-toothed : teeth erect, acute, thicker, and acuminated at 

 apex, glabrous inside ; corolla tubularly campanulate, glabrous 

 outside : tube villous inside : limb length of tube, bluntly fi- 

 lched ; stamens villous at the base, inclosed. ^ . S. Native of 

 Brazil. Shrub much branched. Leaves on short petioles, 1^ 

 inch long, and ^ inch broad, larger than the internodes. Branches 

 axillary, cymiferous, each furnished with a leaf. This species 

 comes very near C. discolor, but the tomentum and hairs are 

 larger. 



Var. ft, calyclna (Cham, et Schlecht, 1. c. p. 486.) habit more 

 slender and loose ; leaves usually alternate, longer and broader, 

 shorter than the internodes ; inflorescence more loose ; flowers 

 a little larger ; teeth of calyx more prolonged ; tube of corolla 

 smoothish inside ; anthers exserted, exceeding the corolla. ^ . 

 S. Native of Brazil, in humid places ; and of Mexico, at Ha- 

 cienda de La Laguna. Perhaps a proper species. 



Hermannia-leaved Cordia. Shrub. 



81 C. BIFURCA'TA (Rcetn. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 466.) leaves 

 alternate, and nearly opposite, ovate-lanceolate, acute, serrated 

 upwards ; peduncles umbellately cymose, composed of unilateral, 

 few-flowered, small racemes or spikes ; calyx 5-toothed. \j . 

 S. Native of Peru, in stony places. Varronia bifurcata, Ruiz, 

 et Pav, fl. per. 2. p. 24. t, 146. f. a. Desv. journ. bot. 1. p. 

 280. no. 26. Branches rather angular while young. Leaves 

 on short petioles. Peduncles axillary and terminal. Corolla 

 white, about half the length of the calyx. Stigmas 4, spread- 

 ing. Drupe ovate, scarlet, half inclosed in the calyx; nuts 1- 

 celled by abortion. Genitals inclosed ? 



Bifurcate-corymbed Cordia. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



82 C. PARVIFLORA ; leaves ovate-oblong, serrated ; pedun- 

 cles opposite the leaves, and alternating with them ; spikes glo- 

 bose. J? . S. Native of Peru ? Varronia parviflora, Ort. dec. 

 7. p. 86. Pers. ench. 1. p. 167. Perhaps the same as C. 

 bifurcata. 



Small-Jlon>ered Cordia. Shrub or tree. 



83 C. LOURE'IRI (Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 466.) leaves 

 on short petioles, ovate-lanceolate, quite entire, opposite and 

 alternate, shining ; peduncles lateral and terminal, many-flow- 

 ered ; calyx short, 5-cleft ; stamens about equal in length to 

 the corolla, inserted in the mouth of the tube. Tj . G. Native 

 of China. Varronia Sinensis, Lour. coch. p. 138. ed. Willd. 

 1. p. 171. Desv. journ. bot. 1. p. 280. no. 27. Calyx sub- 

 campanulate. Corolla white, campanulate, with a short thick 

 tube, and a 5-parted limb; segments ovate, spreading, equal. 

 Drupe small, ovate, glabrous, red, acid, edible, containing a 

 4-celled nut. 



Loureiro's Cordia. Tree middle-sized. 



84 C. A'LBA (Rozm. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 466.) leaves 

 ovate, toothed, subcordate at the base ; cymes 5 a foot in dia- 

 meter ; calyx entire, bursting from which the corolla lies in a 

 horizontal manner ; stigmas obtuse. ^ ^- Native of Cura- 



