Plate 794 - Rough-leaved Cordia

[ 794] CORDIA SEBEsTENA.

ROUGH-LEAVED CORDIA. **************** *** Class and Order.

PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

Generic Character.

Cor. insundibuliformis. stylus dichotomus.

Drupa nucleis trilocularibus. specific Character and synonyms.

CORDIA Sebestena; soliis oblongo-ovatis repandis fcabris.

Willd. sp.

Pl. 1. 1073.

Haffelq.

It. 458.

Mart.

Mill.

Dict. n. 3.

Bot.

Rep. t. 157.

CORDIA soliis fubovatis fubrepandis.

Jacq.

Amer. 42.

CORDIA nucis juglandis solio.

Plum.

Gen. nov. 13. 105.

Ic.

CORDIA soliis amplioribus, hirtis, tubo floris fubæquali.

Brown Jam. 202.

SEBEsTENA fcabra, flore miniato crifpo.

Dill.

Elth. 341. t. 255. f. 331.

CARYOPHYLLUS fpurius inodorus. sloane Jam. 136.

Hift. 2. p. 20. t. 64.

Catefb.

Car. 2. p. 91. t. 91.

NOVELLA nigra.

Rumph.

Amb. 2. p. 226. t. 75.

Burm.

Ind. 59.

WANZEY.

Bruce's Travels, 5.

P. 54. cum tabula? vix.

It is not improbable but that more than one species have been included in the above synonyms, but we have not been able to distinguish them.

The oriental plant, which is like- wife an inhabitant of the South-Sea Islands, is every where described as having yellow flowers and smoother leaves, while that of the Weft-Indies, like ours, is always fpoken of as having scarlet flowers.

The leaves vary in being more or less repand, N° 794 574 syd Edwards del Pub. by T.Curtis, st Geo.

Crefcent Nov. 1804.

F.Sansom sculp repand, ferrated, or quite entire.

An examination of several specimens from different countries, has not enabled us to find characters sufficiently permanent to distinguish them.

The Weft-Indian variety, which ours is, is generally described as a shrub of feven or ten feet in height, producing great quantities of fine scarlet flowers, which, according to BROWN, feldom bear perfect fruit in Jamaica; but at Carthagena, JACQUIN tells us, almost every flower is succeeded by fruit, which, if deprived of its pulp and dried in the fhade, may be transported in a vegetating state to any part of the world.

Thefe seeds, according to his obfervations, grow very readily, and at Vienna the young plants raised from them frequently bear flowers the first year.

This being the cafe, it is furprifing that so beautiful a shrub should be so feldom seen to ornament our floves.

The Sebestenes of the fhops, long since neglected in this country, though referred by LINNEUS to this plant, were more probably the product of CORDIA Myxa.l The Wanzey of BRUCE, a native of Abyffinia, or at least generally cultivated there, though given as a synonym to this plant by WILLDENOW, can hardly belong to it.

It is a much loftier tree, bearing fnow-white flowers, and in other respects differs so materially that we conclude it must be a distinct species.

Our drawing was taken in July 1801, from a fine plant in the collection of the Dowager Lady DE CLIFFORD, at Pad- dington.

It is propagated by cuttings with difficulty, but if care was taken to procure seeds from abroad, there would, according to JACQUIN, be no difficulty in obtaining this very ornamental shrub, Jaspi in ALIG VOM ALIVOM ned stom teda sud sidi dexqui son al s Susoni mosd bida ibal disodi 16 tes Towoll lisalignived

[ 794] CORDIA SEBEsTENA. ROUGH-LEAVED CORDIA. **************** *** Class and Order. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Generic Character. Cor. insundibuliformis. stylus dichotomus. Drupa nucleis trilocularibus. specific Character and synonyms. CORDIA Sebestena; soliis oblongo-ovatis repandis fcabris. Willd. sp. Pl. 1. 1073. Haffelq. It. 458. Mart. Mill. Dict. n. 3. Bot. Rep. t. 157. CORDIA soliis fubovatis fubrepandis. Jacq. Amer. 42. CORDIA nucis juglandis solio. Plum. Gen. nov. 13. 105. Ic. CORDIA soliis amplioribus, hirtis, tubo floris fubæquali. Brown Jam. 202. SEBEsTENA fcabra, flore miniato crifpo. Dill. Elth. 341. t. 255. f. 331. CARYOPHYLLUS fpurius inodorus. sloane Jam. 136. Hift. 2. p. 20. t. 64. Catefb. Car. 2. p. 91. t. 91. NOVELLA nigra. Rumph. Amb. 2. p. 226. t. 75. Burm. Ind. 59. WANZEY. Bruce's Travels, 5. P. 54. cum tabula? vix. It is not improbable but that more than one species have been included in the above synonyms, but we have not been able to distinguish them. The oriental plant, which is like- wife an inhabitant of the South-Sea Islands, is every where described as having yellow flowers and smoother leaves, while that of the Weft-Indies, like ours, is always fpoken of as having scarlet flowers. The leaves vary in being more or less repand, N° 794 574 syd Edwards del Pub. by T.Curtis, st Geo. Crefcent Nov. 1804. F.Sansom sculp. repand, ferrated, or quite entire. An examination of several specimens from different countries, has not enabled us to find characters sufficiently permanent to distinguish them. The Weft-Indian variety, which ours is, is generally described as a shrub of feven or ten feet in height, producing great quantities of fine scarlet flowers, which, according to BROWN, feldom bear perfect fruit in Jamaica; but at Carthagena, JACQUIN tells us, almost every flower is succeeded by fruit, which, if deprived of its pulp and dried in the fhade, may be transported in a vegetating state to any part of the world. Thefe seeds, according to his obfervations, grow very readily, and at Vienna the young plants raised from them frequently bear flowers the first year. This being the cafe, it is furprifing that so beautiful a shrub should be so feldom seen to ornament our floves. The Sebestenes of the fhops, long since neglected in this country, though referred by LINNEUS to this plant, were more probably the product of CORDIA Myxa.l The Wanzey of BRUCE, a native of Abyffinia, or at least generally cultivated there, though given as a synonym to this plant by WILLDENOW, can hardly belong to it. It is a much loftier tree, bearing fnow-white flowers, and in other respects differs so materially that we conclude it must be a distinct species. Our drawing was taken in July 1801, from a fine plant in the collection of the Dowager Lady DE CLIFFORD, at Pad- dington. It is propagated by cuttings with difficulty, but if care was taken to procure seeds from abroad, there would, according to JACQUIN, be no difficulty in obtaining this very ornamental shrub, Jaspi in ALIG VOM ALIVOM ned stom teda sud sidi dexqui son al s Susoni mosd bida ibal disodi 16 tes Towoll lisalignived