LXV. BORAGINACEiE 
335 
glabrous. Leaves sessile, oblong, l^x| in. Calyx lobed to the 
middle, hairs appressed, straight. Corolla J in. diam., bright blue 
with a yellow centre. 
Kunawar to Kashmir, in wet ditches or on the banks of streams, 9000- 
12,000 ft. ; August-October. — W. Asia, N. Africa, Europe (Britain, Forget-me- 
not), N. America. 
2. Myosotis sylvatiea, Hoffm. ; FI. Br. Ind. iv. 173. Stems 
tufted, erect or decumbent, 6-18 in., covered with spreading hairs. 
Leaves oblong, ljxj in., lower stalked, upper sessile. Calyx 
lobed nearly to the base, hairs spreading, hooked. Corolla in. 
diam., bright blue with a yellow centre. 
Simla, Fagoo, in pastures and shady places ; July-October. — W. Himalaya, 
7000-12,000 ft. — W. Asia, Europe (Britain, Wood Forget-me-not). 
LXVI. CONVOLVULACEiE 
Herbs or shrubs ; stems usually twining. Leaves alternate, 
simple, entire or lobed, none in Cuscuta ; stipules none. 
Flowers regular, 2-sexual, often showy. Calyx free, deeply 5- 
lobed ; lobes overlapping, persistent, sometimes enlarged in fruit. 
Corolla hypogynous, usually bell-shaped or funnel-shaped ; limb 
5-lobed, often folding at the angles. Stamens 5, equal or unequal, 
inserted on the corolla -tube, alternate with the lobes, filaments 
usually dilated at the base ; anthers 2-celled. Ovary free, sessile, 
often encircled at the base by a ring-shaped disk, 2- rarely 3-celled ; 
styles one or two, simple or branching, stigma globose or linear. 
Capsule globose, usually more or less enclosed by the persistent 
calyx ; seeds usually 4. — A large Order widely dispersed over 
nearly the whole world, most abundant in warm regions. 
Leaf-bearing shrubs or herbs. 
Style single. 
Style not branching. Stigma capitate. 
Stamens unequal. Style long, slender . 
Stamens equal. Style short, thick 
Style branching. Stigmas linear 
Styles 2, each branching in two linear stigmas 
Leafless, parasitic herbs. Flowers very small 
. 1. Ipomoea. 
. 4. Porana. 
2. Convolvulus. 
3. Evolvulus. 
. 5. Cuscuta. 
1. IPOMOEA. From the Greek ips, bindweed, and omoios, 
similar ; referring to the climbing habit of most of the species of 
