81 
C 0 E D I A.* (Plumier, Linn.) 
(Sebestier. Fr.) 
Natural Order , Cordiace^. (R. Brown.) Linncean Classi- 
fication, Pentandria Monogynia. 
Calyx tubular or campanulate, 5-toothed or 5-cleft. Corolla mostly funnel- 
formed, the tube as long or longer than the calyx ; the border usually 
5-lobed and more or less spreading. Stamens 5 or more. Style once 
or twice bifid, with obtuse stigmas. • Drupe globular or ovate ; the nut 
2 or 4-celled, some of the cells often abortive, cells 1 -seeded. 
These are trees or shrubs chiefly of inter-tropical India and America, 
with alternate leaves, the flowers disposed in axillary or terminal corymbs 
or panicles and subject to vary in the number of their parts. 
ROUGH-LEAVED CORDIA. 
CORDIA Sebestena, foliis oblongo-ovatis repandis scabris . Hassel- 
quist, Iter. p. 458. Miller, Diet. No. 1 . Willd. Sp. pi. vol. 2, p. 
1073. Plum. Gen. p. 13, ic. 105. Lam. Illust. tab. 96, fig. 1. Botan. 
Magaz. t. 794. Botan. Repos, tab. 157. 
*Named by Plumier in honour of Euricius Cordus and his son Valerius, 
two German botanists of the 16th century. Sebestena is from the Persian 
name Sebestan . 
