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4. TRICHODESMA. From the Greek thrix, trichos, hair, and 
desmos, a band or fastening ; the anthers are united by hairs. — 
Tropical and subtropical regions of the Old World. 
Trichodesma indicum, B. Br.-, FI. Br. Ind. iv. 153. An 
annual herb, rough with appressed, bulbous-based hairs ; stems 
6-18 in., erect or diffuse. Leaves stem-clasping, lower opposite, 
upper often alternate, lanceolate, 1-4 in., acute. Flowers pale 
blue, turning to pink and ultimately to white, |-1 in. diam., single 
on drooping, axillary stalks. Calyx conical, prolonged below the 
divisions in 5 recurved tails ; lobes lanceolate, finely pointed. 
Corolla-tube nearly as long as the calyx ; lobes ovate, abruptly 
tapering into a narrow point, a glandular, yellow spot at the base 
of each. Anthers lanceolate, cohering in a woolly, projecting cone, 
tips naked, twisted. Ovary 4-lobed, 4-celled ; style terminal, 
simple ; ovule one in each cell. Fruit enclosed in the enlarged 
calyx ; nutlets 4, smooth, oblong-ovoid, 1-seeded, ultimately 
separating from the conical receptacle. 
Valleys below Simla; September, October. — Throughout India, ascending 
to 5000 ft.— W. Asia. 
5. CYNOGLOSSUM. From the Greek cyon , a dog, and glossa, 
a tongue ; referring to the rough leaves of some species. — Most 
temperate and subtropical regions ; abundant in Asia. 
Erect, hairy or pubescent herbs, hairs often bulbous-based. 
Leaves entire, rarely toothed ; radical stalked, spreading, often 
disappearing before flowering-time ; stem -leaves alternate, sessile 
or nearly so. Flowers in long, simple or forked, 1-sided racemes ; 
bracts none. Calyx deeply lobed, persistent. Corolla-tube as 
long as the calyx, furnished at the mouth with 5 small, obtuse 
scales ; lobes spreading, obtuse. Stamens included in the corolla- 
tube. Ovary flattened, 4-lobed, 4-celled ; style simple, inserted 
between the lobes ; ovule one in each cell. Nutlets 4, small, 
1-seeded, more or less covered with minute, hooked bristles, 
ultimately separating from the convex receptacle. 
Flowers i in. diam., or less. 
Flowers pale blue or white. Nutlets uniformly bristly. 
Leaves densely clothed with short, soft, appressed 
hairs. Flowers } in. diam. . . . . . 1. C. furcatum. 
Leaves covered with long, white, conspicuously 
bulbous-based hairs. .Flowers hardly ^ in. diam. 2. C . micranthum. 
Flowers dark blue. Leaves covered with long, white, 
mostly bulbous based hairs. Nutlets bristly on 
the margins, faces nearly naked ... 3. C. Wallicliii. 
Flowers \ in. diam., dark blue. Upper surface of leaves 
covered with bulbous based hairs, lower softly pubes- 
cent . . . 4. C. microglochin. 
1. Cynoglossum furcatum, Wall . ; FI. Br. Ind. iv. 155. Stems 
and leaves densely clothed with short, soft, brown, appressed hairs 
