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although often intimated that the Egyptian tree 

 was different. It is a small tree with small white 

 warts on the branches, leaves not obliqual. 



173. Cordia officinalis Raf. C. myxa var. 

 offic. Lam. &c, fol. ovatis acutis dentate repan- 

 dis, subtus scabris, calycib, levis East Indies 

 and Arabia flowers white. The synonymy of 

 this and the two last is quite perplexing, the real 

 C. myxa of L, has been deemed a riddle by 

 some, but the calix is peculiar. 



174. Cordia obliqua Wild. auct. fol. subrot. 

 cordatis integris obliquis levis. corymb, dichot. 

 calycib. levis In Malabar nearer C, egyptiaca 

 by the calix. 



175. COILANTHERA Raf. diff. Cordia, cal. tubul. 

 10striatis,5-8dent. cor. infundib. plicata 5-8fida, 

 stam. 5-8, filam, subul. basi villosis,antheris obi. 

 concavis. Drupis acum, nux 5striata 2loc. 2sp 

 Type CoiL rotundifolia Raf. Cordia do R, 

 P. 1. 148 auct, fol. ovatis subrot. crenatis scabris, 

 corymb, dichot. Peru. 



176. SEBESTENA Ad. Raf. diff. Cordia, cal. tu- 

 bul. obi. 3fido, cor. infund. 4-6fida, faux glabra, 

 lac. sepe crenul. stam. 4-6, stigma 4 recurvis, 

 drupisobov.fl.paniculatis this includes many 

 sp. blended in C. sebestena of authors, and dif- 

 ficult to distinguish, besides the section Sebes- 

 tena of Kunth, and some others, 



177. Sebestena scabra Raf. The American 

 Sp. ofDillen, Catesby 2 tab. 91 fol. cordatis 

 acutis integris scabris, fl. rubris Antilles, Ba- 

 hama &c. 



178. Behest, repanda Raf. C. do Jaq. c fol. 

 ovatis serrato repandis, fl. rubris South Amer. 



179. Sebest. indica R. fol. ovatobl. scabris, 

 florib. flavis East Indies, the proper linnean 

 Species. 



