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CLVI. NOLANEiE, 



C, (MyxcE). 

 Fruit enveloped in 

 tlie calyx (mag,). 



C. (Myx(s). 



Fruit deprived of the 



calyx (mag.). 



C. (,Myx(B). 



Kernel deprived of the 



pericarp (mag,). 



C. (Myxce), 



Transverse section of the 



seed (mag.). 



C. {Myxoe). 

 Embryo 

 (mag,). 



CoEOLLA hypogynous, monopetalous, isostemonous, generally regular, cestivation 

 contorted. Stamens 5, inserted on the corolla. Ovary 4-8-celled ; ovules appendicu- 

 late or, erect, anatropous. Fetjit drupaceous. Embeto straight, exalhuminous ; coty- 

 ledons longitudinally folded. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, simple, coriaceous, scabrous, exstipulate. 

 Flowees ^ , 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, bypogynous, infundibuliform or campanulate, limb 

 usually 5-fid, aestivation convolute or contorted. Stamens inserted on tbe corolla- 

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

 cence longitudinal. Ovary free, 4-8-celled ; style terminal, dicbotomous, or twice 

 dicbotomous at tbe top ; stigmas 4 or 8 ; ovules solitary in eacb cell, appendiculate or 

 erect, anatropous. Deupb fiesby, with one bony 4-8-celled stone, or 1-celled by 

 arrest. Seeds with a membranous testa. Embryo exalhuminous, straight, with 

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



PRINCIPAL GENERA. 

 Cordis. Varronia. 



We have indicated the more or less real affinities between Cordiacea and Boiraginets and Convnlvu- 

 lacees (which see). 



Cordiaeece 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 Myxa is an Asiatic tree, which has been cultivated 

 in Egypt from time immemorial. Tbe ancients employed its fruit as an emollient in aifections of the 

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

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

 like musk. 



CLVI. NOLANEJS. 



(Solanaceaeum brihes, DwwaL— Nolane,^, f?. Bon. — Nolanace^, Endlicher.) 



Herbaceous or sub-woody prostrate plants. Leaves alternate, geminate, entire. 

 Peduncle 1 -flowered, extra-axillary. Calyx campanulate, 6-partite, persistent, 

 [valvate] . Corolla hypogynous, monopetalous, infundibuliform ; limb folded, 6-10- 



