38 SYLVA TELLUR. 



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 pecuhar. 



174. Cordia ohliqua 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, 

 drupis oho\,fl,panicidatis — 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 ifec. 



178. behest, repanda Raf. C. do Jaq. ^'C fol. 

 ovatis serrato repandis, fl. rubris — South Amer. 



179. ^ebest, indica R. fol. ovatobl. scabris, 

 florib. flavis — East Indies, the proper linnean 

 Species. 



