CORDIACE,. I. CORDIA. 



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908, and about Carthagena. Varronia alba, Jacq. amer. p. 41. 

 ed. pict. p. 25. Desv. journ. bot. 1. p. 280. no. 28. Cotnmel. 

 hort. 1. p. 155. t. 86. Calabura alba, Plukn. phyt. t. 152. f. 4. 

 A tree with a tufted head ; trunk half a foot in diameter ; but 

 shrubby in the hedges. Leaves 4-5 inches long, ovate, or 

 roundish-ovate. Flowers white. Limb of corolla campanulate. 

 Drupe large, oblong, whitish, subpellucid ; pulp white, sweet, 

 clammy ; nut striated, oblong, blackish, Jacq. 



(f'hite-fmited Cordia. Clt. 1820. Tree 30 feet. 



2. DASTCE'PHALJE. Spikes capitate, globose. Throat of 

 corolla pilose. 



* Calycine teeth acute. 



85 C. MARIQUITE'NSIS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 

 75.) leaves nearly sessile, lanceolate, remotely and crenately ser- 

 rated towards the apex, wrinkled, scabrous above, and clothed 

 with rusty tomentum beneath ; spikes subglobose, lateral, pe- 

 dunculate ; calyx strigose ; throat of corolla pilose ; stamens 

 exserted. Jj . S. Native of New Granada, betwixt the towns 

 of Honda and Mariquita, in rocky places. Varronia lanceolata, 

 Willd. herb. no. 4546. fol. 2. Branches terete, glabrous, brown. 

 Leaves on short petioles, nearly opposite, acuminated, acute at 

 the base, 1 to 1 \ inches long. Spikes sometimes bifid, size of a 

 pea. Corolla funnel-shaped, twice as long as the calyx. Drupe 

 ovate-obtuse, half covered by the calyx, glabrous. 



Mariquito Cordia. Shrub. 



86 C. PA'TENS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 75.) 

 leaves ovate, acuminated, rounded at the base, remotely and 

 sharplv denticulated, scabrous from strigae above, but clothed 

 with fuscescent tomentum beneath ; spikes globose, axillary and 

 terminal, on long peduncles, spreading ; calyx hispid from 

 strigae ; throat of corolla villous ; stamens exserted. 1j . S. 

 Native of New Andalusia, in temperate places betwixt Guana- 

 guana and the monastery of Caripe, at the altitude of 400 

 hexapods ; as well as of Brazil. Young branches terete, 

 densely clothed with fuscescent hairs, as well as the petioles and 

 peduncles. Leaves 3 inches, and longer, on short petioles. 

 Corolla funnel-shaped, white, twice as long as the calyx ; limb 

 nearly entire. Spikes size of a sloe. Drupe unknown. 



far. a, monoctphala (Cham, et Schlecht, in Linnaea, 4. p. 

 486.) head of flowers always solitary. ^ . S. Native of Bra- 

 zil, within the tropic, Sello. 



far. p, polycephala (Cham, et Schlecht, 1. c.) heads of flowers 

 usually by threes, the lateral 2 approximating the terminal one, 

 on short peduncles. ^ . S. Native of tropical Brazil, Sello. 

 Stamens hardly exserted. Drupe glabrous, covered by the 

 calyx, but with the vertex free. 



Spreading Cordia. Tree 15 feet. 



87 C. SERRATIFOLIA (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c. p. 76.) leaves ob- 

 long, acuminated, narrowly cuneated at the base, sharply and 

 coarsely serrated, scabrous above, pubescent and canescent be- 

 neath ; spikes globose, lateral, pedunculate ; calyx strigose ; 

 throat of corolla pilose ; stamens exserted. tj . S. Native of 

 Mexico, near Campeche. Branches terete, clothed with hair- 

 like down. Leaves petiolate, about 3 inches long. Spikes size 

 of a pea. Peduncles downy. Corolla funnel-shaped, white. 

 Drupe not seen. 



Serrated-leaved Cordia. Tree or shrub. 



88 C. LASCEOLA'TA (Desv. in journ. bot. 1. p. 277. 

 under I'arrbnia. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 3. p. 75.) 

 leaves nearly sessile, lanceolate, crenately-serrated, wrinkled, 

 hispid above, but clothed with hoary pubescence or tomen- 

 tum beneath ; spikes globose, pedunculate, lateral ; calyx stri- 



gose ; stamens exserted ? Tj . S. Native of New Granada, 

 near the city of Honda. Branches terete, hispid from strigae. 

 Leaves on short petioles, entire at the base, 1 inch long, and 2-3 

 lines broad. Spikes globose, size of a large pea. Peduncles 

 downy. Calyx campanulate, clothed with hoary tomentum. 

 Drupe globose, glabrous, inclosed in the calyx, 1 -celled, 1- 

 seeded. 



Zanceoto/e-leaved Cordia. Tree or shrub. 



89 C. LIMA (Desv. journ. bot. 1. p. 278. no. 24. under 1'ar- 

 rbnia) leaves ovate, obscurely toothed, scrobiculate, pubescent 

 beneath ; spikes capitate, few-flowered, on short peduncles. 



fj . S. Native of St. Domingo. 

 .Rafp-leaved Cordia. Tree or shrub. 



90 C. LINEA'TA (Desv. 1. c. p. 278. no. 23. under Varronia) 

 leaves lanceolate-linear, acuminated, serrated, tomentose be- 

 neath, scabrous above ; spikes pedunculate, lateral and axillary : 

 peduncles elongated, adnate to the petioles, naked. ^ . S. 

 Native of Jamaica. Varronia lineata, Lin. amoen. acad. 5. p. 

 394. Swartz, obs. p. 87. Varronia polycephala, Lam. ill. no. 

 1887.? ex Poir. diet 4. p. 263. no. 2. Varronia corymbosa, 

 Desf. tabl. jard. par. 171. Lantana corymbosa, Lin. spec. p. 628. 

 Plukn. aim. p. 395. t. 328. f. 5. Branches rather pilose. 

 Leaves on short petioles, serrated by some crenatures. Spikes 

 globose. Peduncles rather villous. Corolla funnel-shaped. 



Lined Cordia. Clt. 1793. Shrub or tree. 



91 C. HC V MILIS ; leaves roundish, equal ; fruit 2-seeded. fj . 

 S. Native of Carthagena. Varronia bumilis, Jacq. amer. p. 

 41. Brown, jam. p. 172. t. 13. f. 2. This is a very doubtful 

 species. Corolla tubular. 



Dnarf Cordia. Shrub 4 feet. 



92 C. VILLOSA (Spreng. syst. 1. p. 654.) leaves oblong, ob- 

 tuse, lined with veins, clothed with white villi on both surfaces, 

 undulately crenated ; heads terminal, few-flowered, on short 

 peduncles. ^ . S. Native of St. Domingo, Bertero. 



J illous Cordia. Shrub or tree. 



93 C. RA'DCLA (Spreng. syst. 1. p. 654.) leaves oblong, ob- 

 tuse, attenuated at the base, stiff, wrinkled, hispid, shining 

 above ; heads few-flowered, nearly sessile, axillary ; calyx his- 

 pid, fj . S. Native of Hispaniola. Varronia scaberrima, 

 Bertero. 



/fajp-leaved Cordia. Shrub or tree. 



94 C. OUAZCM^FOLIA (Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 463.) 

 hairy ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, on short petioles, acute, toothed, 

 entire at the base, and rather oblique, hairy beneath, wrinkled, 

 and very veiny ; heads pedunculate, few-flowered, sub-corym- 

 bose, f} . S. Native of Brazil. Varronia, Desv. in journ. 

 bot. 1. p. 276. no. 20. Branches alternate, terete, downy. 

 Corolla tubularly funnel-shaped. Teeth of calyx very short. 



Guazuma-leared Cordia. Shrub or tree. 



95 C. CRENA'TA (Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 463.) stem 

 much branched, fuscous ; leaves ovate-roundish, crenated, veiny, 

 wrinkled, canescent beneath, rather hairy on both surfaces, but 

 most so beneath ; peduncles lateral, generally 4-flowered ; flow- 

 ers capitate, loose ; stamens exserted ? fj . S. Native of Peru. 

 Varronia crenata, Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 22. t. 146. f. b. 

 Desv. journ. bot. 1. p. 276. no. 19. Cordia lantanoides, Spreng. 

 syst. 1. p. 653. Habit of a species of Lantana. Branches 

 spreading, terete, rather hairy while young. Leaves obtuse, 

 on short petioles. Peduncles a little longer than the leaves. 

 Calyx downy, blackish outside, and white inside. Corolla white, 

 plicate, a little longer than the calyx. Stigmas elongated. 

 Drupe red, ovate, girded by the calyx to the middle, containing 

 a 1 -celled, rarely 2-celled putamen. 



C renal ed- leaved Cordia. Shrub 6 feet. 



96 C. CORTMBOSA ; scabrous ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, sca- 



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