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long, girt at the base by the enlarged, cnp-shaped calyx ; stone 
wrinkled, containing 1-4 seeds. 
Valleys below Simla ; March, April. — Throughout India, ascending to 
5000 ft. — Tropical regions of the Old World ; often cultivated. 
C. vestita, HooJc.f. & Thoms . ; FI. Br. Ind. iv. 139, a small tree, extends from 
the Jhelum to Oudh, and may occur in the outer hills. The buds and young 
shoots are thickly clothed with long, red-brown hairs, and the flowers are pale 
yellow. 
2. EHRETIA. In honour of G. D. Ehret, a German botanical 
artist of the eighteenth century, much of whose work was done in 
England. He married a sister of the celebrated Philip Miller.-— 
Tropical and subtropical regions of the Old World. 
Ehretia laevis, Roxb. ; FI. Br. Ind. iv. 141. A tree. Leaves 
alternate, stalked, ovate or orbicular, 2-5 in., entire ; upper surface 
glabrous, lower roughly pubescent. Flowers white, nearly J in. 
diam., in one-sided, slender spikes forming terminal or axillary 
corymbs. Calyx pubescent, 5-lobed. Corolla- tube very short ; 
lobes long, spreading. Stamens protruding. Ovary ovoid, 
2-celled ; style terminal, cleft near the top into 2 branches ; 
ovules 2 in each cell. Drupe red, globose, J in. diam., containing 
3 or 4 small, 1 -seeded stones. 
Sutlej valley, Basantpur ; January- April. — Throughout India, ascending to 
3000 ft. — Tropical and subtropical regions of the Old World. 
E. acuminata, R. Br. ; FI. Br. Ind. iv. 141, a tree, extends from the Indus 
to Sikkim, and may occur in the outer hills ; it differs from the above in 
having ovate -oblong, sharply toothed leaves, and in the drupe containing only 
two stones. 
3. HELIOTROPIUM. The classical name of H. europceum , 
from the Greek helios, the sun, and tropeo, to turn towards. — 
Nearly all tropical and temperate regions. 
Heliotropium strigosum, Wittd. ; FI. Br. Ind. iv. 151. A small, 
perennial, usually procumbent herb, clothed with short, white 
appressed hairs ; stems tufted, spreading, much branched, 1-6 in. 
long. Leaves alternate, nearly sessile, linear-lanceolate, J— J in., 
entire, acute. Flowers pale blue or white, in. diam., in 
terminal, bracteate spikes 1-3 in. long, lower flowers often shortly 
stalked. Calyx 5-lobed. Corolla-tube cylindric, about twice as 
long as the calyx ; lobes spreading. Stamens included. Ovary 
ovoid, 4-celled ; style terminal, short, stigma conical ; ovule one 
in each cell. Fruit of 4 more or less united, minute, 1 -seeded 
nutlets. 
Valleys below Simla ; July-September. — Throughout India, ascending to 
5000 ft. — Tropical Asia, Australia. 
