440 CORDIACKyE. 



W. Indies ; 2 for New Holland ; 1 for Patagonia ; 1 for China ; and 1 for 

 Senegal. In the E. Indies have been discovered, according to Spreng. 

 syst. Wall. Cat. and Royl. ill. 25 species; viz. 14 or 15 of Cordia ; 1 of 

 Cordiopsis ; and 9 of Erycibe ; — all natives of the Himalayas, the Khassya 

 Mountains, both Peninsulas of India, and the Moluccas. Properties under 

 the species. 



Cordia, L. {R. Br. pr. fi. Nov. Holl. 1, p. 498;— G. Don's Mill. diet. 4, 

 p. 374.) 



1. orientalis, R. Br. {pr. I. c. (1810.) — C. campanulata, Roxb. H. B. 

 p. n ; fl. ind. 1, p. 593 ; ed. Carey, 2, p. 336 ;— Humph. 2, t. 75.) 5 

 Moluccas. Tropical New Holland. Fl. largish, reddish-orange. Intro- 

 duced into H. C. G. in 1839, but had not fl. up to 1814.— R. Brown's 

 specific character of this tree is " (calyx 5-raro 4-dentatus) foUis 

 ovatis, subacuminatis, laevibus, integris ; calycibus glabris, exsulcis ; 

 drupa inclusa." As he quotes as a synonym Rumph. 2, t. 75, with an ! 

 there can be no doubt of the correctness of the quotations, although 

 the panicles in the plate quoted, and according to Roxb., are lateral, 

 not terminal. — The calyx in Rumphius's plate is more than 3 dentate, 

 and, adds R. Br., glabrous. His C. orientalis, and Rumph. 2, t. 75, 

 can, therefore, be referred neither to C. Rumphii, Bl., nor to C. sub- 

 cordata. Lam., the calyx being, in the former tomentose within, and, 

 in both, 3- dentate, not to speak of the pubescence of the leaves under- 

 neath. — G. Don's C. subcordata, in Mill. diet. 4, p. 375, is a com- 

 pound of Lamark's name, and Roxburgh's character of C. cam- 

 panulata. 



2. Sebestena, L. (G. Don's Mill. diet. 4, p. 375; — Jacq. amer. 42, ed. 2, 

 t. 44 ;— B. Repos. 2, t. 157 ,—B. M. 21, t. 794 i—Lam. ill. t. 96,/. 

 1 ; — Roxb. fl. ind. 1, p. 593 ; ed. Carey, 2, p. 336, under C. campanu- 

 lata.) b W. Indies. Fl. large, orange scarlet, R. S. ; fr. 0. A small 

 piece of the wood of this species put on a pan of lighted coals will 

 perfume the whole house with a most agreeable smell. (G. Don. I. c.) 



3. latifolia, Roxb. {fl. ind. 1, p. 589; ed. Carey, 2, p. 330; — Q. Don's 

 Mill. diet. 4, p. 378 ; not Wall. ibid. p. 375 ;— J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. 

 p. 136.) ^ ?«^*j1I? Buro-huhooari. b Hindoosthan. Silhet. Common 

 throughout Guzerat. Fl. small, white, C. S. ; fr. June and July. 

 The fruit, {Larger Sepistens, or Sebestens, Roxb. Colebr.) while young 

 and tender, is pickled, and is also eaten as a vegetable by the natives. 

 ( Vaupell. ) 



4. Myxa, L. {G. Don's Mill. diet. 4, p. 379 ■,—Roxb.fl. ind. \,p. 590; 

 ed. Carey, 2, p. 332 ;—J. Grah. Cat.B.pl p. 136 ■,—Delile.fl.agypt.p. 

 47, /. 19,/. 1, 2. — Cordia officinalis, or Sebestena domestica. Lam. ill. 

 t. 96,/. 2. — C. domestica, Roth. — Sebestena officinalis, Gdrtn. fr. 1, 

 p. 364, t. 76,/. 1. — S. domestica, Prosp. Alp. (Egypt, p. 30; Bauh. 

 hist. \, p. 198."— S. domestica, or Myxa, Commel. hart. amst. 1, t. 72. 

 — Frunus Sebestena, &c. Pluk. aim. t. 217,/. 3. — Cornus sanguinea, 



