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CORDIACEjE. I. CORDIA. 



brous, entire at the base, serrated at top ; spikes globular, few- 

 flowered, disposed in a corymbose or cymose manner ; calyx 

 villous, elongated ; coro'la campanulate ; stamens inclosed. 

 >7 . S. Native about Caraccas. Varronia corymbosa, Desv. in 

 journ. bot. 1. p. 275. no. 18. Schrad. new journ. 4. p. 80. 

 Varronia monosperma, Jacq. hort. schoenbr. 1 . t. 39. Willd. 

 spec. 1. p. 1081. Varronia uhnifolia, Dum. Cours. bot. cult. 

 2. p. 148. Cordia monosperma, Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 

 463. Varronia polycephala, Lam. ex Spreng. Cordia ulmi- 

 folia, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 653. Branches terete, brownish- 

 green. Leaves on short petioles, acute, deep green, 4 inches 

 long. Peduncles terminal, bifid, trifid, about an inch long. 

 Corolla dirty white, twice as long as the calyx ; limb unequal, 

 divided into many teeth. Stamens usually 6. Stigmas elongated, 

 flat. Drupe roundish, size of a pea, shining, deep red, contain- 

 ing an ovate, rough, brown 1 -celled nut, ex Jacq. 



Corymbose -flowered Cordia. Clt. 1800. Shrub 12 feet. 



* Calycine teeth long, subulately setaceous. Throat of corolla 



pilose. 



97 C. DASYCE'PHALA (Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 462.) 

 leaves ovate-oblong, acuminated, narrowed at the base, coarsely 

 serrated, hispid from strigae on both surfaces ; heads terminal, 

 pedunculate ; calyx tubular, glabrous : with subulately seta- 

 ceous pilose teeth ; throat of corolla pilose ; stamens exserted ? 



fj . S. Native of New Andalusia, near Bordones and Cu- 

 mana, in humid places, where it is called by the natives Bre- 

 tonica. Varronia dasycephala, Desv. journ. bot. 1. p. 274. no. 



15. Cordia sphserocephala, Humb. in Roem. et Schultes, syst. 

 4. p. 801. Branches terete, warted, strigose while young. 

 Leaves petiolate, 2 inches long. Heads of flowers round, size of 

 a cherry. Corolla funnel-shaped, with emarginate lobes. Very 

 nearly allied to C. globbsa. 



Thick-headed Cordia. Shrub or tree. 



98 C. GLOBOSA (Roam, et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 464.) leaves 

 ovate-oblong, obtuse, deeply serrated, stiff, hispid from strigae 

 on both surfaces, but softer beneath ; heads globose, peduncu- 

 late, lateral ; calyx strigose : with subulately-setaceous teeth ; 

 corolla funnel-shaped ; throat of corolla pilose ; stamens ex- 

 serted. Tj . S. Native of Cuba, near Regla and Havana ; 

 as well as of Jamaica, and other of the West India Islands. H. 

 B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 76. Varronia globosa, Lin. 

 spec. 274. Jacq. amer. p. 41. Lam. ill. no. 1889. t. 95. f. 4. 

 exclusive of var. 0. Varronia bullata, Lin. spec. 274. Jacq. 

 amer. pict. 4. t. 43. Swartz, obs. 48. Desv. journ. bot. 1. p. 

 274. no. 14. Cordia bullata, Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 462. 

 Cordia pilulifera, Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 801. Varrbnia 

 pilulifera, Willd. herb. Sloane, hist. 2. t. 194. f. 2. Varronia 

 fruticosa, Browne, jam. t. 13. f. 2. " Stems dichotomous. Pe- 

 duncles naked from the forks of the stem," ex Lin. According 

 to Jacquin, it agrees with C. Martinicensis in many points, but 

 differs from it in the globosity of the heads of flowers ; in the 

 segments of the corolla being emarginate, and in the blunt qua- 

 druple stigma. 



G/o6oe-headed Cordia. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1818. Shrub. 



99 C. MIRABILOI'DES (Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 465.) 

 leaves ovate-oblong, on short petioles, hispid from strigse on 

 both surfaces, serrated ; petioles inflexed and articulated at the 

 base ; heads of flowers roundish, simple or compound, pe- 

 dunculate ; calycine segments ovate at the base, ending each 

 in a long setaceous point; corolla salver-shaped; stamens ex- 

 serted. fj . S. Native of St. Domingo, in hedges, in the vici- 

 nity of Porto Prince. Varronia mirabiloides, Jacq. amer. p. 41. 

 t. 33. Lam. ill. no. 1886. Swartz, prod. p. 48. fl. ind. occ. 1. 



p. 465. Varronia geniculata, Pers. ench. 1. p. 167. Varronia 

 bullata, Cent. amer. 1. t. 55. ex Desv. journ. bot. 1. p. 278. no. 

 25. Tournefortia serrata, Lin. spec. 201. Plum. gen. 5. icon. 

 228. f. 1. and ft. gen. 5. t. 228. f. 2. Leaves 2 inches long. 

 Flowers size and figure of Mir&bilis Jalapa, white. Limb of 

 corolla flat, 5-rayed. Drupe size of a pea, covered by sweet 

 clammy pulp. Stigmas subulate, obtuse. Perhaps the same as 

 C. globbsa, or a variety of it. 



Mirabilis-like Cordia. Fl. Sept. Clt. 1798. Tree 3-6 feet. 



100 C. BONPLANDIA'NA (H. B.et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 

 77.) leaves ovate, acuminated, narrowed at the base, doubly 

 crenated, scabrous from papillae above, but pilosely tomentose 

 and hoary beneath ; heads on short peduncles, axillary and late- 

 ral, crowded at the tops of the branches ; calyx hairy ; calycine 

 teeth subulately setaceous ; stamens exserted. J? Native 

 of the shore of Caraccys, near Porto Cabello. Varronia globu- 

 lifera, Willd. herb. no. 4541. C. Bonplandii, Rcem. et Schultes, 

 syst. 4. p. 462. Varronia Bonplandii, Desv. journ. bot. 1. p. 

 275. no. 16. Branches hispid, terete. Leaves petiolate, 3-4 

 inches long. Heads of flowers size of a small cherry. Pedun- 

 cles hispid. Calyx campanulate. Corolla funnel-shaped, white ; 

 limb nearly entire. This is a very elegant plant. 



Bonjjland's Cordia. Tree. 



101 C. GRANDIFLORA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 

 77. Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 461.) leaves ovate, acumi- 

 nated, narrowed at the base, serrated, clothed with silky strigae 

 above, and dense fuscescent pili beneath ; heads globose, on 

 long peduncles, lateral ; calyx clothed with silky strigae, with 

 subulately setaceous teeth ; stamens inclosed. ^ . S. Native 

 of tropical America, on the sandy banks of the river Apures, 

 near St. Fernando and Arichuna, in the province of Varinas. 

 Varronia grandiflora, Desv. journ. bot. 1. p. 278. no. 12. Var- 

 ronia lantanoides, Willd. herb. no. 4543. Branches terete, stri- 

 gose. Leaves petiolate, 2 inches long, having the serratures 

 erect and mucronate. Heads globose, size of a cherry. Calyx 

 fuscescent. Corolla campanulate, tapering into a tube at the 

 base, white, 1 \ inch ; with an entire, revolute limb, and pilose 

 throat ? This is a very elegant species. 



Great-flowered Cordia. Shrub. 



102 C. MICROPHY'LLA (Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 463.) 

 leaves small, nearly sessile, entire, tridentate or 3-lobed at apex ; 

 heads few-flowered, sessile. ^.S. Native of New Spain. 

 Varronia rnicrophylla, Desv. journ. bot. 1. p. 275. no. 17. 

 Calycine teeth elongated. Corolla funnel-shaped or tubular. 



Small-leaved Cordia. Shrub. 



103 C. MACROCE'PHALA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. 

 p. 77. Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 462.) leaves ovate-ob- 

 long, narrowed at both ends, acutish, crenated, clothed with 

 hoary tomentum on both surfaces, but most so beneath ; heads 

 globose, pedunculate, terminal and lateral ; calyx clothed with 

 rusty tomentum, with subulately setaceous teeth ; throat of 

 corolla rather pilose ; stamens exserted ? Tj . S. Native of the 

 Andes of Peru, near Cascas, ex H. B. et Kunth ; Brazil and 

 Mexico, ex Desv, Varronia macrocephala, Desv. journ. bot. 

 1. p. 274. no. 13. Branches clothed with hoary tomentum when 

 young, rather angular. Leaves petiolate, 2 inches long. Heads 

 of flowers size of a walnut. Peduncles clothed with hoary to- 

 mentum, somewhat quadrangular. Corolla funnel-shaped, white, 

 twice as long as the calyx. Drupe containing a 1 -celled, 1- 

 seeded nut. 



Large-headed Cordia. Shrub or tree. 



104 C. CALOCE'PHALA (Cham, et Schlecht, in Linnaea, 4. p. 

 488. and 8. p. 129.) leaves broad, lanceolate, subcordate, ob- 

 tuse, crenated, canescent above and hoary beneath ; heads on 

 short peduncles, lateral and terminal, clothed with fuscescent 



