360 



SYSTEMATIC BOTANY 



attached to and included in the corolla tube, and alter- 

 nating with its lobes. Ovary four-lobed, four-celled, 



FIG. 82 

 HELIOTROPIUM INDICUM, L. 



with an ovule in each cell. Style on the centre of the 

 ovary, with a swollen base, and large conical stigma. 

 Fruit of two pyrenes which themselves split into two, 

 making in all four 'nutlets'. 



CORDIA MYXA, L., a tree with crooked stem. Leaves 

 large, alternate, petioled, ovate (but variable in shape), 

 glabrous on the upper, scabrous on the lower surface, 

 with no stipules. 



Flowers staminate or bisexual, in cymose corymbs. 

 Calyx irregular, corolla funnel-shaped with short lobes 

 Tfr inch to J inch. Stamens attached to corolla tube and 

 alternate with its lobes, filaments hairy at the base, 

 anthers shortly exerted. Ovary four-celled, four-ovuled ; 



