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2. C. Myxa (juice of fruit viscid), Linn.; DC. Frod. ix. 479; Benth. 
FI. Austr. iv. 386. Sebastan Tree (or, according to Dr. Dymock, “Sapistan,” 
which he says is an abbreviation of “ Sag-pistan,” which means in Persian dogs’ 
dugs”) ; “ Bpa Burry,” Forest Hill, Macartney. A handsome tree, with a dense 
coma, glabrous or the foliage scabrous-pubescent. Leaves on rather long 
petioles, from ovate to orbicular, very obtuse or shortly acuminate, entire or 
irregularly sinuate, 3 or 5-nerved at the base, usually 2 to 3in. long. Flowers 
not large, polygamous, in loose pedunculate cymes or panicles. Calyx mem- 
branous, about 3 lines long, entire and closed over the corolla in the bud, 
opening irregularly into short lobes without prominent ribs when the flower 
expands, hardened, broadly cup-shaped, and irregularly and broadly toothed 
or lobed under the fruit. Corolla-tube oblong-cylindrical, slightly contracted 
at the throat, nearly as long as the calyx, glabrous inside and out ; lobes narrow, 
recurved, as long as the tube. Stamens exserted. but not exceeding the corolla- 
lobes ; anthers oblong-linear. Style short, with 4 long filiform branches 
stigmatic along the inner side. Drupe ovoid or nearly globular, pale yellow 
or slightly pink, the pulp very viscid, the putamen very hard, usually 1 or 
2-celled, with 1 seed in each cell. — Wight. Illustr. t. 169; C. dichotomy. Forst.; 
R. Br. Prod. 498 ; C. Brown 'd , DC. Prod. ix. 499 ; C. latifolia, Roxb.; DC. 
Prod. ix. 478 ; C. i.viocarpa, F. v. M. Fragm. i. 59 ; Sebestena officinalis, Ghertn. 
Fruct. i. 364 t. 76; Beurreria ylabra, G. Don, Gen. Syst. iv. 290; Rheede, 
Hort. Mai. iv. t. 37. 
Hab.: Broadsound, It. Hr own ; E. coast. A. Cunninyham; Gilbert Kiver, V. v. Mueller; 
liockingham Bay, Dallachy ; Port Denison, Fit- a Ian ; Nerkool Creek. Bowman : Piockhampton, 
Thoset, Dallachy. 
The specimens with all the flowers male have usually a looser, more slender inflorescence than 
those in which all or nearly all the flowers are perfect. The species is dispersed over tropical 
Asia, from Ceylon to the Philippines, and is also sent from tropical Africa, but in many places 
it is cultivated only. — Benth. 
In India the wood is considered fairly strong, and is used for boat-buildinr, well-curl s, gun- 
stocks, and canoes ; the bark for rope-making, and the fruit for eating. Medicinally the dried 
fruit is valued on account of its mucilaginous nature and demulcent properties; it is much used 
in coughs and chest affections, also in irritation of the urinary passages; in larger quantities it 
is given in bilious affections as a laxative.— Dymock, Vey. Mat. Med. of II'. Ind. 
Wood used for obtaining fire by friction. Macartney. 
Wood of a light colour, coarse-grained, easv to work, and strong. — Hailey's Cat. (ft. Il’ood* 
So. 287. 
3. C. subcordata (nearly heart-shaped leaves), Lam.; DC. I* rod. ix. 477 ; 
Benth. FI. Austr. iv. 385. A moderate-sized spreading tree, the young 
shoots pubescent. Leaves on rather long petioles, very broadly ovate, acute 
or acuminate, often slightly cordate at the base, the upper surface scabrous 
with small scattered hairs, bearded underneath with short hairs in the axils 
of the principal veins or along their whole length, 4 to 6in. long, blowers 
not numerous, large, in shortly pedunculate loose cymes. Calyx tubular, 
about Mn. long, without prominent ribs, shortly and irregularly lobed, enlarged 
after flowering and closing over the fruit. Corolla broadly funnel-shaped, 2 
or 3 times as long as the calyx, with 5 to 7 broad lobes, much shorter thau the 
tube, spreading to from 1 to liin. diameter. Anthers included in the tube. Style 
forked, each branch with 2 spathulate stigmatic lobes. Drupe nearly globular 
but contracted at the top, about lin. diameter, completely enveloped in the 
enlarged calyx. — Seem. FI. Vit. t. 34; < ’. orientalis, R. Br. Prod. 498; Rumph. 
Herb. Amb. ii. t. 75. 
Hab.: Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria. H. Browne. Henne , Hope Islets, M'Giltivray ; 
Port Denison, Fitzalan. 
The species is also on the Mozambique coast and Comoro Islands, and in the Indiau Archi- 
pelago extending to the Philippines and Pacific Islands ; in India perhaps only where cultivated. 
Abundant in New Guinea 
