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LXXVI. BORAGINACE.E 



[Cordia 



Fl. middle-sized, nearly sessile, in lateral compact, shortly pedunculate or nearly 

 sessile cymes, calyx turbinate, ^ in. long, corolla-lobes spathulate, spreading 

 or reflexed. Drupe J-f in. long, ovoid, acute, not edible. 



Eajputana. Central Provinces. Cli. Nag-pur, Orissa. Western Peninsula, in 

 deciduous forests. PL March-May. 10. C. vestita, Hook. f. & Thorns. Vern. Kumb, 

 Ph. ; Barola, Bairola, Ajanta, Hind. Suhhimalayan tract, Jhelam to Sarda. Oudh 

 Forests. Similar to 9, hut less densely tornentose, sometimes quite glahrous, 1. with a 

 cuneate or rounded not cordate base, fl. pedicelled in unilateral racemes, arranged in 

 pedunculate panicles, calyx clavate J in. Drupe A-§ in. long, edible. 11. C. fulvosa, 

 Wight Ic. t. 1380. Deccan, Karnatik. Similar to 10, hut 1. smaller, inflorescence 

 of 9. 



B. Leaves often nearly opposite, no distinct basal nerve's. 



12. C. Rothii, Roem. &. Schult. ; Wight Ic. t. 1379. Vern. Liar, Sind ; 

 Gondi, Gundi, Rajputana. 



A small or middle-sized tree, bands of wood parenchyma broad, heartwood 



dark brown, not scented. L. 

 nearly opposite, cuneate-ob- 

 long, obtuse, entire, stellate 

 pubescent beneath, rough 

 above, blade 3-4, narrowed 

 into petiole £ in. long, sec. n. 

 faint, 4-6 pair. Fl. white, 

 generally tetrandrous. Drupe 

 ovoid, mucronate, ^ in. long, 

 glabrous, longitudinally stri- 

 ate, yellow or reddish-brown 

 when ripe, with gelatinous 

 pellucid edible pulp. 



Sind, Punjab, Pajputana, Guze- 

 rat and the Deccan. Fl. April- 

 Sept. Coppices -well. — Ceylon. 

 Arabia, Abyssinia. 13. C. Per- 

 rottetii, Wight Ic. t. 1381, Deccan. 

 Closely allied to 12 and probably 

 not specifically distinct, 1. clus- 

 tered, often alternate, elliptic- 

 oblong. 



II. Fl. large, white, yellow 

 or red, corolla- tube longer than 

 calyx. 



14. C. octandra, A. DC. C. serrata, Eoxb. ; Wight Ic. t. 469. Travancore, open forest 

 at 1,000 ft. A small or middle-sized tree, almost glabrous, 1. ovate, acuminate, more 

 or less serrate, blade 3-6, pet. 1-2 in. Fl. white, calyx cj'lindric-campanulate, corolla- 

 tube slightly longer than calyx, lobes 7-9, stamens usually 8. 15. C. subcordata, Lanak. 

 Sea coast of the Andamans and South Tenasserim. A littoral species. Malay Peninsula 

 and Archipelago, Australia and islands of the Pacific. Often cultivated in gardens. 

 A large evergreen shrub or small tree, 1. nearly glahrous, ovate, very shortly acumi- 

 nate, blade 3-6, pet. 1-1J in. Fl. showy, brick-red or orange, calyx cylindric, corolla- 

 tube twice the length of calyx, limb 6-lobed, nearly 1 in. across, stamens 6, style 6-cleft, 

 drupe 1 in. long, entirely enclosed in the calyx. 



Fig. 172. Cordia Eothii, Eoem. et Schult. J. 



2. EHRETIA, Linn. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 141. 



Shrubs or trees, 1. alternate. Fl. small, white, bisexual, pentamerous, in 

 axillary or terminal corymbs or panicles. Calyx small, in bud not enclosing 

 the corolla, in fr. persistent, but not as a rule accrescent. Ovary 2-celled, 

 cells 2-ovuled, style terminal, bifid. Cotyledons ovate, not plaited, in scanty 

 albumen. Species 40-50, tropics of the Old World, a few in America. 



A. Leaves serrate or with a few teeth at the apex, corolla rotate. 



