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SYSTEMATIC BOTANY 



one because of the large white * leaves ' (really enlarged 

 calyx-lobes) which hang down among the brown flowers. 

 Stem round hirsute, leaves opposite, ovate, entire, 

 narrowed to the short petiole, hirsute, with large inter- 

 petiolar stipules one on each side between the petioles 

 of each pair of leaves. 



Flowers in terminal cymes. Calyx-tube with five 

 narrow spreading teeth. Corolla tubular below, above 

 stellate with five spreading lobes, very hairy on the out- 

 side, smooth like 

 brown velvet on the 

 inside. Stamens 

 five, borne on the 

 corolla tube, anthers 

 almost sessile, 

 linear. Ovary two- 

 celled, style slender, 

 with two stigmas. 

 Fruit a berry with 

 many seeds. 



Varieties of this 

 and other species are 

 occasionally culti- 

 vated in gardens. 

 OLDENLANDIA 



UMBELLATA, L., a 



small diffuse herb, 

 with blue flowers, 

 very common on the plains among grass. 



Stem four-angled, leaves opposite, linear oblanceolate, 

 entire, glabrous, one-nerved. Stipules cup-shaped with 

 bristles joining on each side the two leaves of a pair. 



FIG. 77. OLDENLANDIA UMBELLATA, L. 



