438 xcv. hydrophyllace^e. [Hydrolea. 
Seeds minute. Species 14, American except 1 China, 1 Indo- 
Malaya, 1 African. 
(1) H. zeylanica Vahl. Symb. ii. 46; King, Journ. As. Soc. 
Beng. lxxiv. ii. p. 276. (Fig. 114, p. 437.) 
Creeping, ascending herb, branched, 6 to 12 in. tall, glandular- 
pubescent above. Leaves thin lanceolate, -5 to 2 in. long, -2 to 
•5 in. wide; petioles winged to base. Flowers *5 in. across, bright 
blue, on racemes on short branch ends. Petals ovate. Capsule 
ovoid shorter than calyx, 2-lobed. Seeds very many. Hab. 
Muddy spots in rice-fields and ditches, open country. Singapore, 
Gelang beneath coconuts in ditches. Perak, Padang Rengas; 
Asam Kumbang (Wray). Perlis, Kanga (Ridley). Distrib. 
Tropical Asia, Africa, America, Australia. 
Order XCVI. BORAGINE2E. 
Herbs, shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate (rarely opposite). 
Flowers in scorpioid dichotomous cymes sometimes panicled and 
rarely solitary axillary, bisexual. Calyx inferior, 5-lobed (rarely 
8-lobed), usually persistent in fruit. Corolla gamopetalous; tube 
funnel-shaped or cylindric; lobes 5, rarely more imbricate. 
Stamens as many as lobes, insert on tube; filaments slender. 
Ovary superior, cells 2, with 2 ovules in each or 4 with 1 ovule; 
style occasionally twice bifid; stigma entire or bilobed. Fruit 
drupaceous with a hard 2- or 4-celled endocarp, or dividing into 
2 to 4 nutlets. Species about 1500, whole world. (King, Journ. 
As. Soc. Beng. lxxiv. 277.) 
Style twice partite; calyx enlarging in fruit ; trees or 
shrubs.1. Cordia 
Styles simple short, shortly bilobed; pyrenes 2, 
2-seeded scandent herbaceous or stout shrub , .2. Tournefortia 
Style long dilated attop; pyrenes 4, 1-seeded; herbs . 3. Heliotropium 
Style long bifid at top. Trees or shrubs . . . 4. Ehretia 
Styles nearly separate, prostrate herb; flowers often 
solitary ........ 5. Coldenia 
1. CORDIA, Linn. 
Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate. Flowers in dichotomous 
cymes scorpioid or in clusters, polygamous. Calyx tubular accres¬ 
cent in fruit. Corolla funnel-shaped or campanulate, white or 
orange; lobes 4 to 8. Stamens as many as lobes; anthers hastate 
exsert. Ovary 4-celled, cells i-ovuled; style long, bipartite; 
branches bifid. Fruit ovoid surrounded by the enlarged calyx; 
putamen bony, cells 1 to 4, only 1 seed. Species 280, tropics. 
