493. 1070 
BORAGIN EJE- Juss. 
Calyx 5-divisus, (raró 4-divisus;) persistens. A 
Corolla hypogyna, monopetala, sæpissimè regularis, 5- 
fida, nunc 4-fida ; æstivatione imbricatà. ` 
Stamina epipetala, numero laciniarum et cum iis alter- 
nantia, raró plura. 
Ovarium 4-partitum, 4-spermum, v. simplex 9—4-locu- 
lare, ovulis definitis, pendulis. : 
Nuculee 4, distincte v. infrà connate ; nunc Drupa 4-lo- 
cularis v. Bacca 2—4-pvrena. 
Semina exalbuminosa, modó albumine lamelliformi, - 
^. . carnoso. à; ; 
Embryo inversus. . —. Saee acid 
Herbæ v. Fruties. Folia alerna,. exstipulata, sæpè 
aspera. - Flores in spicis sæpèisecandi, nunc pani- 
culati, v. corymbosi, quandoque.axillares solitarii. — 
Oss. Distiscti ordinis initia constituunt genera capsularia 
Hydrophyllum, Phacelia et Ellisia, ob albumen copiosum 
cartilagineum, et folia composita v, altè lobata: in Hy- 
drophyllo embryo minutus; in Phaceliâ (cui pertinet Al- 
dea Plor peruv. et chil. quc vix specie differt a Hydro- 
phyllo magellanico Lem.) embryo fere longitudine albu- 
minis; in Ellisiá inquirendus. t — 
" An insuper ab ordine removendz Cordia et Varronia (gen e 
vix diversae)? in quibus Cotyledones plicatæ et Stylus di 
€hotomus, . . — tend i ; 
. In Bourrerià Gærtnerus filius embryonem erectum descripsit; 
sos quiin EhretiZ acuminatá certé inversus eat, 
HELIOTROPIUM. LZ. ^. 
