S30 PENTANDRIA MONOGYN-IA. Cordin, 



CORD I A, Schreb. gen. N. 35(X 



Calyx one-leaved. Corol sub-campanulare, five-parted, Germ 

 four-celled, ceils one-seeded, attachment lateral. Drupe superior, 

 with a four-celled nut, one or two of which are only fertile. Embry& 

 inverse, without perisperm. 



l.C. latifolia, R. 



Polygamous. Leaves round-cordate, entire and re.pand, three=» 

 nerved. Panicles terminal and lateral. Drupes oblate-globose, on 

 a smooth calyx. Nut from one to four-seeded. 



Syng. SC^5, Sheioo, ^^TCcHi:, Shleshmatuka, ST/fa*., Sheets, 

 ?31T^> Ooddala, W^fft^:, Vwhoovar^ka, TO^R:, Vwlioovara^ 

 ftTf^^f:, Pichhila, tT3pfifWc*i> Dwijukooisiia, ^cTt^:, Sheetn- 

 yhula, ^3J<£<ft:> Sbatuko, ^li^R^f:? Kwmboodarwka, W"cT3f3T; 

 Bhootwdiooma, "JI^TT^:, G«ndhwpooshpa, "Hrff^^J* BhootuvreV. 

 shuka, 



Mind Byra-lesoor^. 



A native of Hindoosthan and introduced by chelate General Martin^ 

 into the botanic garden at Calcutta, where it blossoms during the 

 cold season ; and the fruits ripen in June and July. They are much 

 larger than those of C. myxa, smooth, and of a beautiful pale straw 

 colour covered with a whitish bloom. 



Trunk short and generally crooked, as in Jtfyjca ; the bark also, 

 scabrous and crooked. Branches numerous, spreading, and droop- 

 ing ; young shoots angular and smooth ; the general height of trees 

 ten or twelve years old is about twenty feet. — Leaves alternate, 

 petioled, from round to cordate and ovate, often slightly repand, 

 three-nerved ; texture hard, smooth above, scabrous and pale under- 

 neaihj from three to seven, or even eight inches long, and rather leg* 

 l® breadth. — Petiols nearly round, and smooth. — Stipules none.-^ 



