Hydrolea,} BORAGINEZ. : 711 
tube, alternate with corolla-lobes; filaments filiform, often dilated 
at he base; anthers oblong, versatile; dehiscence longitudinal, 
Introrse. Disk hypogynous, small, or 0. Carpels ein a 
603. Hydrolea Linn. 
Herbs; leaves alternate, entire. Flowers blue, in short, ter- 
es, regular. Sepals connate in a deeply 
5-partite calyx ; lobes lanceolate. Petals 5, connate in a widely 
campanulate, subrotate corolla; lobes imbricate. Stamens 5, 
adnate to corolla-tube, alternate with its lobes; filaments filiform, 
often dilated at the base; anthers oblong, sagittate. Carpels 2, 
connate in a completely 2-celled ovary; ovules in each cell 
numerous ; styles 2, distinct ; stigmas capitate. Fruit a globose 
oF ovoid, septicidal or irregularly 4-valved capsule. Seeds minute. 
1294. Hyprouma zeynantca Vahl ; F. B.I. iv. 183; EB. D. H. 604. 
Nama zeylanica F. I. ii. 73. 
In all the provinces. 
An annual marsh weed. Beng. Kasschra, isha-langulia. 
Order LXXXIX. BORAGINEZ. 
Herbs, shrubs or trees, often hispid or scabrous. Leaves alter- 
nate, rarely opposite, mostly entire; stipules 0. Flowers regular, 
hermaphrodite, or rarely by abortion polygamous, usually in scor- 
Ploid cymes, rarely solitary, axillary; bracts various, rarely 0. 
Sepals connate in an inferior calyx; lobes 5 rarely 6-8, usually 
Persistent, imbricate or open in bud. Petals connate in a gamo- 
Petalous corolla ; lobes 5, rarely 4 or 6, imbricate, rarely twisted in 
bud Stamens 4-6, adnate to corolla-tube, and alternate with 
