298 XCV. BORAGINER. 
TriBeE 1. CorpdIem. 
1. CORDIA, Plum. 
Calyx tubular, 4—5-toothed (rarely 3-6-8-toothed). Corolla 
funnel or salver-shaped ; limb 4-5-parted (rarely 6-12). Style 
twice 2-fid, mostly exserted. Drupe ovate or globose, pulpy, 
girt with the persistent calyx.—D0C. Prod. ix. p. 471. 
Trees or shrubs, mostly tropical, with often handsome flowers.—There 
are 2 or more South African species, natives of the interior and Natal. 
TRIBE 2. EHRETIER. 
2. EHRETIA, Linn. 
Calyx 5-lobed, valvate or imbricate in bud. Corolla salver- 
shaped or subrotate, the tube long and cylindrical, or short 
(sometimes very short), subcampanulate ; lobes 5, imbricate. 
Stamens with subulate filaments, exserted; anthers ovate. 
Ovary 4-celled; style 2-fid or 2-parted ; stigmas mostly ecapi- 
tellate. Berry either fleshy or nearly dry. Seeds with little 
or no albumen.—D0C. Prod. ix. p. 502; Thes. Cap. t. 6. 
Shrubs or small trees, chiefly tropical. Leaves alternate or tufted, en- 
tire. Flowers cymoso-corymbose.—2 (or more) species, in the Eastern dis- 
trict, 
3. TOURNEFORTIA, Linn. 
Calyx 5-4-parted. Corolla salver-shaped, nude in the 
throat. Stamens 5-4,included. Style mostly short, rarely 0 ; 
stigma undivided or 2-lobed, peltate, subconical. Fruit either 
of 2 undivided, 2-celled, 2-seeded carpels, or 4-parted.—DC. 
Prod. ix. p. 513. 
Erect or climbing shrubs, rarely herbs. Leaves alternate, entire, mostly 
petioled. Scorpioid cymes nude, branching ; corolla white or yellowish.— 
T. tuberculosa, Cham., our only species, is half herbaceous. Eastern dis- 
trict. 
TrIBE 3. HELIOTROPEA. 
4, HELIOTROPIUM, Tourn. 
Calyx 5-parted or rarely 5-toothed, persistent. Corolla 
salver-shaped, the throat open, sometimes bearded, the lobes 
of the limb with a simple plait, or rarely with an intermediate 
tooth. Style short; stigma subconical. Nuts 4, 1-locular, 
the young cohering at base, at length separable, not on a 
common receptacle.—DC. Prod. ix. p. 581. 
Herbs or undershrubs, villous or glabrous. Leaves entire or toothed, 
rarely opposite. Cymes scorpioid; corolla white or purplish.—A large 
tropical genus, of which some 5 species are South African. 
