pentandria monouyisia. Cordia, 



6. C. campanulata, R. 



Leaves long-petioled, ovate-cordate, repand, acute. Panicles la*. 

 terai. Corul campauulate. T)rupes ovate, dry, hid in the permanent 

 calyx. 



Novella nigra, Rumph. Amb- 2. t. 75. is no doubt this plant, .though 

 it has hitherto been quoted for Cordia Sebestena which is also now 

 before me from the West Indies, in full blossom in the botanic garden 

 at Calcutta, and differs from Novella nigra in the following respects.* 

 1st. In having larger, cordate, almost entire, obtuse, scabrous leaves ; 

 whereas in C. campanulata they aire smaller,, longer-petioled, more. 

 ovate; repand, and very acut©. 



2d. In having corymbiform terminal panicles, with infundibuli- 

 form corols; on the other hand in campanulata the panicles are la=> 

 terai, and the corol campanalate. In both the calyx, stamina, and 

 pistillum are nearly alike. 



Drupe (in campanulata) ovate, pointed with the permanent base 

 of the style, and completely covered with the thin dry permanent 

 calyx ; instead of pulp, as in the other species, there is a thick coat 

 of a dry, firm, friable texture, scarcely differing in colour from the 

 mi ^ — jy#£ five-ribbed, with as many fluted grooves between, very 

 liard, light brown, adhering firmly to its friable covering, four-celled,. 

 though it is rare to find all fertile, perforated up through the centre.. 

 —Seed solitary, ovate, pointed. Integument single, pure white^ 

 thick, soft, and tender. — Ferisperm none.— Embryo inverse, pure 

 xvhite. Cotyledons deeply grooved, as in Sebestena officinalis, Gaert* 

 s&m. 1. 364. t. 76. p. 1. Flunuda small, two-lobed. Radicle rouncU, 

 jsh, superior? 



*SirJ. E. Smith has hinted at this difference in Rees's Cyclopedia, under Cordia. 

 —The trees of C. Sebestena -which we possess at the botanic garden produce their 

 charming flowers in great profusion annually, doling the hot season, and they appear other- 

 wise vigorous and enduring the climate of Bengal perfectly well. It is therefore the more 

 to be regretted, that all our endeavours to increase them, by inducing them to produce 

 fruit, or multiplying them by cutting, laving, or grafting, have hitherto proved utterly 

 abortive.— N, W. 



