Order 78. Gentianacece. 193 



efcalked ; flowers in umbels, fringed, orange-coloured inside, capsule 

 roundish. Malwan only (J).), near which I had it. Deccan penin- 

 sula (H.). * L. parvifolium, leaves round, cordate, pedicels numerous, 

 just below the leaf; flowers white, bearded, capsule oblong. Very 

 common in tanks, but so small as to be difficult to find (D.). 



Pleurogyne, corolla rotate. * P. minor (Ophelia, M. D.), small, leaves 

 ovate, flowers in cymes of a beautiful blue, with white spot at the 

 base of the lobes ; all parts 4. Highest Ghauts opposite Bombay (D.). 

 From the descriptions it is not clear whether the calyx segments are 

 equal or not. 



Order Polemoniacese, which comes in here, contains no 

 species wild in W. India, but the genus Phlox belongs to it, 

 very well represented in gardens both in England and India. 



ORDER 79. HYDROPHYLLACEJE. 



Differs from Grentianaeese by having alternate leaves and 

 imbricated corolla lobes. 



HYDROLEA. Herbs with regular 5-divided flowers, calyx 

 divided nearly to the base, corolla widely campanulate, sta- 

 mens five, attached to the very short tube of the corolla, 

 anthers arrow-shaped, styles 2, stigmas capitate, capsule 

 roundish. 



If. zeylanica. Erect or procumbent, much branched, mostly 

 smooth, stems round, leaves lanceolate ovate, flowers in short 

 racemes, handsome, dark blue, with white anthers and blue 

 styles, petals rounded, capsule enclosed in the catyx. 



This is the only Indian species of the order. The Konkans in wet 

 places. Throughout India (#.), and very widely distributed except 

 in Europe. The flowers, both in form and colour, are like those of 

 the common speedwell, but much larger. The petals are divided so 

 low down that they may easily be looked on at first sight as quite 

 distinct. The garden Nemopliila belongs to this order. 



OEDER 80. BORAGINE-ffi. The Borage Family. 



Herbs, shrubs, or trees, generally rough with coarse hairs, 

 leaves without stipules, calyx inferior persistent, lobes 5 or 

 more up to 8, corolla with 4 to 8 divisions, often with hairy 

 scales in the throat, stamens as many as the corolla lobes in- 

 serted in the tube. 



The old order Boraginaceae had very decided characteristics, viz. 

 rough stems and leaves, a 4-lobed ovary, the style between the lobes, 

 and fruit of 4 seed-like nuts. In these respects it was very like 

 Labiatse, differing from that by the flowers being more or less regular, 

 and the leaves alternate. But there is now included with this the old 



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