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LXV. BORAGINACE^ 
Trees, shrubs or herbs, usually roughly hairy ; stems terete. 
Leaves alternate, rarely opposite, simple, entire, rarely toothed ; 
stipules none. Flowers regular, 2 -sexual, rarely polygamous, often 
changing in colour with age, usually in long, simple or branched, 
one-sided racemes, inr oiled from the tip when young. Calyx free, 
5-toothed or 5-lobed, persistent, often enlarged in fruit. Corolla 
hypogynous ; tube cylindric, usually short, mouth naked or fur- 
nished with 5 small scales ; limb spreading, 5-lobed. Stamens 5, 
attached in the corolla-tube, alternate with the lobes ; filaments 
very short ; anthers 2-celled, usually included. Ovary ovoid or 
4-lobed, 4-, rarely 2-celled ; style linear, simple or branched, 
terminal or inserted between the lobes of the ovary, stigma small, 
terminal ; ovules 1, rarely 2 in each cell. Fruit a drupe or con- 
sisting of 4 one-seeded nutlets ultimately separating from the 
receptacle. — A large Order dispersed over nearly the whole world. 
— Named from Borago, a genus not represented in India ; 
etymology obscure. 
Mouth of corolla-tube without scales. 
Trees or shrubs. 
Ovary 4-celled. Style 4-branched . 
Ovary 2-celled. Style 2 -branched . 
Herbs. 
Leaves in. Flowers A in. diam. 
Leaves 1-4 in. Flowers f-1 in. diam. 
Mouth of corolla-tube furnished with 5 scales. 
Nutlets bristly. 
Ovary flattened. Bristles of nutlets minute 
Ovary conical. Bristles of nutlets I in. long 
Nutlets smooth. 
Flowers white. Corolla-tube longer than the calyx 
Flowers blue. Corolla -tube shorter than the calyx 
1. Cordia. 
2. Ehretia. 
3. < Heliotr opium. 
4. Trichodesma. 
5. Cynoglossum. 
6. Paracaryum. 
7. Mertensia. 
8. Myosotis. 
1. CORDIA. In honour of E. Cordus, a German physician and 
writer on medicinal plants in the sixteenth century. — Nearly all 
warm regions, but chiefly America. 
Cordia Myxa, Linn. ; FI. Br. Ind. iv. 136. A tree. Leaves 
alternate, stalked, ovate or orbicular, 3-6 in., entire ; upper surface 
glabrous, lower pubescent. Flowers white, J in. diam., often 
polygamous, in open, usually terminal panicles ; bracts none or 
minute. Calyx irregularly lobed. Corolla-tube as long as the 
calyx ; lobes narrowly oblong, recurved. Stamens protruding, 
filaments hairy. Ovary ovoid, 4-celled ; style terminal, cleft about 
half-way up into 4 long, linear branches ; ovule one in each cell. 
Drupe pale brown or pink, nearly black when ripe, ovoid, f-l j in. 
