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CLVT. NOLANE^E. 



C. (Alyxce). 

 Fruit enveloped in 

 the calyx (inag.). 



C. (Myxce). 



Fruit deprived of the 



calyx (mag.). 



C. (Hyxae). 



Kernel deprived of the 

 pericarp (mag.). 



C. (ifyxae). 



Transverse section of the 

 seed (mag.). 



COKOLLA nypogynous, monopetalous, isostemonous, generally regular, aestivation 

 contorted. STAMENS 5, inserted on the corolla. OVARY 4-8-celled ; OVULES appendicu- 

 late or erect, anatropous. FRUIT drupaceous. EMBRYO straight, exalbuminous ; COTY- 

 LEDONS longitudinally folded. 



TREES or SHRUBS. LEAVES alternate, simple, coriaceous, scabrous, exstipulate. 

 FLOWERS $ , or $ ? , terminal, in a panicle or corymb, sometimes in a more or less 

 contracted spike, ebracteate. CALYX persistent or accrescent, 4-toothed or 4-5- 

 partite. COROLLA monopetalous, hypogynous, infundibuliform or campanulate, limb 

 usually 5-fid, aestivation convolute or contorted. STAMENS inserted on the corolla- 

 tube, alternate with its lobes ; filaments filiform or subulate ; anthers 2-celled, dehis- 

 cence longitudinal. OVARY free, 4-8-celled ; style terminal, dichotomous, or twice 

 dichotomous at the top ; stigmas 4 or 8 ; ovules solitary in each cell, appendiculate or 

 erect, anatropous. DRUPE fleshy, with one bony 4-8-celled stone, or 1 -celled by 

 arrest. SEEDS with a membranous testa. EMBRYO exalbuminous, straight, with 

 thick fleshy cotyledons, forming many contiguous longitudinal folds ; radicle short. 



PRINCIPAL GENERA. 

 Cordia. Varronia. 



We have indicated the more or less real affinities between Cordiacea; and Borraginea and Convolute 

 lacece (which see). 



Cordiacece mostly inhabit the intertropical regions of the Old and New Worlds. 



The drupe of Cordia is mucilaginous, of a pleasant and slightly astringent taste, acid in some 

 species. The cotyledons contain a mild oil. Cordia My.ra is an Asiatic tree, which has been cultivated 

 in Egypt from time immemorial. The ancients employed its fruit as an emollient in affections of the 

 lungs, and its bark in astringent gargles. C. Sebestena, a tree of the Antilles, possesses the same proper- 

 ties. C. Rumphii produces a wood of a maroon brown, elegantly veined with black, and which smells 

 like musk. 



CLVI. NOLANE^E. 



(SOLANACEARUM tribes, Dunal. NOLANE^E, G. Don. NOLANACE^E, Endlicher.) 



Herbaceous or sub-woody prostrate PLANTS. LEAVES alternate, geminate, entire. 

 PEDUNCLE 1 -flowered, extra-axillary. CALYX campanulate, 5-partite, persistent, 

 [valvate] . COROLLA hypogynous, monopetalous, infundibuliform ; limb folded, 5-10- 



