Cordia,'] 



62. BORAGINEiE, 



4-celled, glabrous; style terminal, twice bipartite. Jjrupe ovoid, 

 eiulocarp bony^ often perforated at the apeX; cells 4 or fewer by abortion. 

 Albumen 0. 



Leaves alternate, 3-5-nerved at the base, without white 

 disks. Calyx ribbed or not. 



Leaves ovate, roagh, glabrous, not tomentose 

 beneath. Cymes lax, glabrous ... ... 1. C. Myxa. 



Leaves white, tomentose beneath, glabrous above. 



Cymes lax, glabrous ... ... ... 2. C. Wallichii, 



Leaves small, alternate, 3-nerved, with white disks 

 above, scabrous, beneath villous or glabrescent. 

 Cymes small, tomentose ... ... ... 3. C. monoica» 



Leaves sub-opposite, feather- veined, small, narrow, 

 scabrous or glabrescent above, glabrescent beneath. 

 Berry small ... ... ... ... 4. C Rothii, 



Leaves alternate, broad, cordate, ovate, densely tomen- 

 tose beneath, feather-veined, or 3-5 nerved at the 

 base. Cymes short, tomentose. Calyx ribbed. Berry 

 medium sized ... ... ... ... 5. C, Macleodii, 



Leaves alternate, scabrid above with white disks, hard 

 tomentose beneath, margin repand, base cuneate. 

 Cymes tomentose ... ... ... 6. C'.fulvosa. 



I have followed Braadis and others in uniting G. Myxa, L., ixad 

 0. obliqua, Willd. 0, WalUchii, G. Don., I have kept distinct from 

 0. ohliquaj Willd., of which species it is made a variety in the Fl. Br. I. 

 Tfie dense tomentam. of the leaves is constant and appears to be a specific 

 character, 



1. C. Myxa, Linn. Fl. Br. I. 4. 136; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 173 ; 

 Brandis For. Fl. 336 ; Bedd Fl. Sylv. 165. G. obliqua, Willd. I. Fl. Br. 

 4. 137 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 173. G. latifolia, Boxb. Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 173 ; Brheede Hort. Mai. 4. t. 37. Ghella, K ; Shelu, sherti, cJiokri, 

 M. ; Bhokur vargund, Vern. ; Lessuri, gidari, Sind. Fruit sebesten. 



Salt range, sub-Himalayan region from the Chenab to Assam, Khasia 

 HillS; Bengal, Burma, Sind, Western, Central and Southern India. 



Throughout the presidency, in deciduous forests, also in Sind. Fl. 

 Mch.-Apl. Fr. June-Sept. 



A moderate sized deciduous tree. Bark dark coloured, rough fissured. 

 Wood grey, moderately hard, strong, and seasons welL Pores large and 

 small. Medullary rays alternately broad and fine crossed by close, broad 

 lines of light coloured tissue. Weighs about 40 lbs. to the cub. ft. Used 

 for boat -building, agricultural implements, etc. 



The mucilaginous fmit is used in medicine, it is also eaten by natives^ 



2. C. Wallichii, G. Don. ; Brandis For. Fl. 337 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 174; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 345. G. obliqua, Willd. var. WallicUi, 

 Fl. Br. I. 4. 137. Burgundy duhiwur, Vern.; Oedurif S'md ; Sepistan, 

 jpistan, Guz. ; Buralessura, Hind. 



Western peninsula and Mysore. Common in Guzorat and in the drier 

 districts of the presidency, also in the Mundgod sub-division of North 

 Kanara in deciduous forests. Fl. Dec.-Jany. Fr. Apl.-May. Leaves 



