CORDIACE.E. I. CORDIA. II. PATAGONCLA. 



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glabrous ; spikes at first subglobose, then elongated and linear ; 

 calyx almost globose, downy, 5-toothed : teeth short, ovate, 

 acute. H . S. Native of Hispaniola. Varronia integrifolia, 

 Desv. journ. bot. 1. p. 271. no. 9. t. 10. Poir. suppl. 3. p. 

 729. Leaves on short petioles, H inch long, and 3-4 lines 

 broad, beset with white dots above, paler beneath. Peduncles 

 and calyxes downy. Corolla a little longer than the calyx ; 

 with roundish segments. 



Entire-Itared Cordia. Tree. 



125 C. CCRASSA'VICA (Rcena. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 460.) 

 leaves sublanceolate, acute, serrated, wrinkled, scabrous above, 

 and clothed with white down beneath ; spikes terminal, oblong, 

 dense-flowered ; calyx tubular, inflated, downy ? 5-toothed : 

 teeth ovate at the base, and ending each in a setaceous point ; 

 stamens a little shorter than the limb of the corolla, fj . 

 S. Native of Cura9oa, in hedges, and among trees. Varronia 

 Curassavica, Jacq. amer. p. 40. ed. 2. p. 25. Desv. joum. bot. 

 1. p. 269. no. 6. Swartz. obs. p. 88. Cordia Martinicensis, 

 Link, enum. 1. p. 162. Sieb. pi. trin. no. 42. Varronia Mar- 

 tinicensis, Lam. diet. 4. p. 264. ex Desv. 1. c. Cent. amer. t. 

 56. according to Desv. 1. c. and probably of Swartz. Lantana 

 Curassavica, Lin. spec. ed. 1. p. 627. Mill. diet. no. 7. Varronia 

 assurgens, &-c. Browne, jam. p. 172.? Sloan, hist. 2. p. 81. 

 Branches terete, scabrous, when old rusty. Spikes 2-3 inches 

 long, pedunculate ; flowers small. Corolla white ; tube length 

 of calyx ; limb short, with the lobes short and emarginate. 

 Drupe small, red. " Leaves alternate, elliptic-lanceolate, or 

 oblong, obtuse or acutish, crenated or serrated, densely clothed 

 with canescent down beneath, but scabrous above ; spikes 

 solitary, terminal and lateral, slender, loose-flowered ; lower 

 flowers abortive, gland-formed ; calyx downy, 5-toothed : 

 teeth acute, thickened, and a little acuminated at apex ; corolla 

 campanula te, 3 times as long as the calyx ; with a 5-lobed 

 limb, and elliptic, obtuse segments ; stamens exserted, length 

 of the segments of the corolla ; style hardly higher than the 

 insertion of the filaments, divided into 4 branches at top, as in 

 the rest of the genus. Ij . S. Native of Brazil, in the island of 

 St. Catharine, in gardens. Branches angular, striated, clothed 

 with adpressed down at top. Calyx short, campanulate, gla- 

 brous inside. Corolla glabrous outside, villous downwards 

 from the insertion of the filaments inside. Ovarium glabrous." 

 Cham, et Schlecht, 4. p. 489. 490. 



Curacoa Cordia. Shrub 15 feet. 



' * Doubtful species belonging to Sect. III. Vanbnia. 



126 C. NI'TIDA (Willd. herb, ex Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. 

 p. 800.) leaves elliptic, quite entire, petiolate, obtuse, shining, 

 reticulately veined ; flowers cymose. J? . S. Native country 

 unknown. 



.SAi'jiing-leaved Cordia. Shrub or tree. 



127 C. ALMFOLIA (Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 801.) 

 leaves ovate-oblong, downy, sharply and equally serrated. Jj . 

 S. Native country unknown. Varronia alnifblia, Horn. hort. 

 hafh. 1. p. 227. Very nearly allied to C. parviflora, the 

 J arrdnia parciftora, of Ortega, but differs in the form of the 

 leaves. 



Alder-leated Cordia. Clt. 1818. Tree or shrub. 



128 C. CHAM.EDRYOIDES (Ro2m. et Schultes, syst 4. p. 801.) 

 clothed with tomentose down ; leaves ovate, doubly serrated, 

 and cordate ; peduncles axillary, cymosely capitate. I? S. 

 Native country unknown. Varronia chamaedryoides, Willd. 

 herb. 



Germander-like Cordia. Shrub. 



129 C. MICROCE'PHALA (Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 801.) 

 leaves lanceolate-oblong, serrated, scabrous ; spikes ovate. 



fj . S. Native of Caraccas. Varronia microcephala, Willd. 

 herb. 



Small-headed Cordia. Shrub. 



130 C. PARVIFLORA (Desf. hort. par. ex Link, enum. 1. p. 

 162.) leaves oblong, acute, serrated, attenuated, and quite 

 entire, scabrous, hairy ; petioles downy. J; . S. Native 

 country unknown. Flowers cymose, as in C. mirabiloide*. 



Small-flowered Cordia. Clt. 1819. Shrub or tree. 



131 C. GRANDIFLORA (Lindl. bot. reg. 1491.) leaves alternate, 

 serrated ; flowers large, white, terminal, corymbose. V . S. 

 Native of tropical America. ? This is a very doubtful shrub. 



Great-fonercd Cordia. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1827. Shrub. 



Cult. All the species of this genus are very pretty while in 

 blossom, and are of the most easy culture. They thrive best in 

 a mixture of loam, peat, and sand, or any light rich soil ; and 

 cuttings strike root readily when planted in sand, with a hand- 

 glass placed over them in heat. 



II. PATAGO'NULA (so called because a native of Pata- 

 gonia.) Lin. gen. and Lam. ill. t. 96. Patagonica, Dill. elth. 

 p. 304. t. 226. f. 293. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx small, deeply 4- 

 6-cleft, but usually 5-cleft, at length increasing much as the 

 fruit comes to maturity. Corolla rotate, about 2 lines in dia- 

 meter ; limb 5-cleft, with acutish, elliptic segments ; tube very 

 short. Stamens 5, glabrous, shorter than the segments of 

 the corolla, inserted in its throat. Ovarium and style 

 glabrous. Style and stigmas as in Cordia. Drupe globose, 

 acute, beaked by the permanent base of the style, dry, sur- 

 rounded by the calyx as an acorn in its cup, containing a 1- 

 celled, 1-seeded putamen by abortion. Embryo pendulous ; 

 cotyledons plicate. A much branched shrub, with pale green, 

 alternate or nearly opposite leaves, serrated towards the top. 

 Inflorescence terminal, bractless, panicled, composed of few- 

 flowered cymes. Flowers white. 



1. P. AMERICANA (Lin. spec. 212.) 1? . G. Native of Pata- 

 gonia and the South of Brazil, Sello. Cordia Patagonula, Ait. 

 hort. kew. 1. p. 259. ed. 2d. vol. 2. p. 10. Patagonica foliis 

 partim serratis partim entecris, Dill. hort. elth. p. 304. t. 226. 

 f. 293. Branches terete. Buds and tender parts of branches 

 beset with longer hairs. Leaves glabrous on both surfaces, lan- 

 ceolate, or oblong-lanceolate, tapering into the short petioles, 

 and sub-cuneated at the base, generally acute, rarely obtuse at 

 the apex : younger ones cuneately obovate, entire or serrated 

 towards the top : largest ones 2^ inches long, with the consist- 

 ence and smoothness of those of Lauris nobiKs, margined, when 

 young furnished with cilia at the base. Flowers small, pedicel- 

 late, cymose, white, or greenish white, smelling like those of 

 elder. Limb of corolla from 4 to 5-cleft, with an equal number 

 of stamens. 



Var. /3, glabra (Cham, in Linnaea, 4. p. 492.) shrub perfectly 

 glabrous in every part, fj . S. Native of the South of Brazil. 



American Patagonula. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1732. Shrub 

 10 to 12 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Cordia, above. 



Tribe II. 



EHRETIA'CE.E. (The plants contained in this tribe agree 

 with Ehrelia in the characters given below.) Style semi-bifid ; 

 stigmas 2, obtuse. Drupe containing 2-4 2-celled, 2-seeded 

 nuts, or 2-4 1 -celled, 1-seeded nuts, rarely a 5-6-celled, 5-6- 

 seeded nut. Cotyledons plicate. ? This tribe differs from 

 Tribe I. Cordiaeeue, in the stigmas being 2, not 4, and in the 

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