BORAGINACEAE 



447 



Stickman Herb. Amb. (1754) 24, Amoen. Acad. 4 (1759) 132, 

 Sp. PL ed. 2 (1762) 227, which reduction has been followed by 

 numerous other authors, either under the Linnean name or under 

 the various synonyms cited above. It is to be noted that Rumph- 

 ius describes both the red- and the white-flowered forms. The 

 species is a native of tropical America, introduced into the East 

 at an early date in colonial history. 



BORAGINACEAE 



CORDIA Linnaeus 



CORDIA SUBCORDATA Lam. 111. 1 (1791-97) 421. 

 Cordia orientalis R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 498. 



Cordia campanulata Roxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) 17 (type!), Fl. Ind. 



ed. 2, 1 (1832) 590, 593. 

 Cordia rumphii Blume Bijdr. (1826) 843. 

 Novella nigra Rumph. Herb. Amb. 2: 226, t. 75. 

 Amboina, Paso, Robinson PL Rumph. Amb. 385, October 31, 1913, along 

 the seashore, locally known as kanawa. 



Novella nigra was originally, but erroneously, reduced by Lin- 

 naeus to Cordia sebestena Linn., in Stickman Herb. Amb. (1754) 

 10, Amoen. Acad. 4 (1759) 122, Syst. ed. 10 (1759) 936, Sp. PL 

 ed. 2 (1762) 274, in which he was followed by Burman f. and 

 by Willdenow. Cordia sebestena Linn, is, however, a different 

 species, confined to tropical America. Cordia subcordata Lam. 

 was based entirely on a specimen collected by Commerson on 

 Pralin or Praslin Island, but Poiret cites the Rumphian name 

 under this species, as doubtfully representing it, in Lamarck's 

 Encycl. 7 (1806) 41. Novella nigra is the whole basis of Cordia 

 campanulata Roxb., as definitely published in the Hortus Ben- 

 galensis (1814) 17, by citation of Rumphius ; and it is also wholly 

 or in part the basis of Cordia rumphii Blume Bijdr. (1826) 843. 

 The species is of wide distribution in Malaya and Polynesia, 

 always growing along the seashore. 



CORDIA MYXA Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 190. 



Arbor glutinosa Rumph. Herb. Amb. 3: 155, t. 97. 

 Amboina, Wae, Robinson PI. Rumph. Amb. 383, November 29, 1913, 

 along roadsides at low altitudes, locally known as gandal. 



This was originally reduced by Linnaeus to Cordia myxa Linn., 

 in Stickman Herb. Amb. (1754) 13, Amoen. Acad. 4 (1759) 

 124, Syst. ed. 10 (1759) 936, and after examining abundant 

 material from various parts of India, the Philippines, and Malaya 

 and the Amboina specimens, I am inclined to consider this dis- 

 position of Arbor glutinosa the correct one. The species is 



