Tournefortia.\ xcvi. boragine^e. 441 
(2) T. Wallichii DC. Prodr . ix. 527; King, lx. 281. (Fig. 115, 
p. 440.) 
A nearly herbaceous climber. Leaves fleshy-membranous, 
dark green, ovate acute, base round, 2 to 3-5 in. long, 75 to 175 in. 
wide; petioles -3 to -4 in. long. Cymes terminal and axillary; 
peduncle 2 in. long, dichotomously branched with several branches; 
spikes scorpioid, about r in. long (longer in fruit). Flowers -3 in. 
long, sessile, numerous. Calyx -05 in. long. Corolla-tube 4-angled, 
teeth 4 ovate, green. Fruit *2 in. long, 4-grooved. Hah. Common 
in damp shady spots. Singapore, Reservoir; Changi; Jurong. 
Johor, Bukit Murdom, Batu Pahat (Kelsall). Selangor, Petaling; 
Kwala Lumpur (Curtis). Perak (Kunstler). Penang, Penara 
Bukit (Curtis). Dislrib. South Siam, Java, Borneo, Sumatra. 
3 . HELIOTROPIUM, Linn. 
Herbs hairy. Leaves alternate. Flowers white or violet in 
terminal dichotomous scorpioid cymes. Calyx of 5 narrow lobes. 
Corolla-tube cylindric, lobes imbricate. Stamens 5, included; 
filaments short. Ovary 4-celled, 4-ovuled. Fruit dry of 4 nutlets. 
Species about 225, whole world, but chiefly American. 
(1) H. indicum Linn. Sp. PL 130 ; King, l.c. 281. 
Herb about 1 to 1*5 ft. tall, little-branched, hairy. Leaves 
ovate or ovate-lanceolate acute, base cordate, i*5 to 2 in. long, 
75 to 2 in. wide; petioles -5 in. long. Cymes about 2 in. long, 
gradually lengthening. Flowers *15 in. long. Corolla pale violet, 
centre white, with yellow eye. Fruit -i in. long, conic, of 4 pear- 
shaped beaked pyrenes. Hab. Common weed in waste ground. 
Singapore, Johor, Malacca (Griffith). Pahang, Pekan. Kelantan, 
Perak, Penang. Dislrib. Asia, Africa, and America. Native 
names : Rumput Oleh; Seri Bumi; Jinkin Kala. 
Excluded Species 
H. strigosum Willd. “In all the provinces by waysides not 
common,” King, l.c. 282. I have never seen a single plant of 
this from anywhere in our area. 
4 . EHRETIA, Linn. 
Shrubs or small trees. Leaves alternate or dentate. Flowers 
small, white in axillary or terminal corymbs or panicles, rarely 
i-flowered, axillary. Calyx 5-lobed. Corolla-tube short, lobes 
5, blunt imbricate. Stamens 5, exsert. Ovary 2-celled, 2-ovuled 
in each; style bifid. Drupe small, globose, 4(or 1- to 3-)-seeded 
dividing into 2 bilocular or 4 unilocular pyrenes. Species 50, tropical. 
Leaves thin coriaceous or membranous; flowers 
panicled. 
Leaves ovate or elliptic-oblong, acuminate, 5-nerved. (1) E. timorensis 
Leaves obovate, blunt 7- to 8-nerved . » • ( 2 ) E. parallela 
Leaves stiffly coriaceous, small; flowers solitary . . (3) E. buxifolia 
