Trichodesma
(from thrix, trichos, a hair, and desmos, a bond; the anthers are bound to each other by hairs). SYNS. Borraginoides, Friedrichsthalia, Leiocarya, Pollichia, Spiroconus, Streblanthera. ORD. Boragineae. A genus comprising nine or ten species of coarse, hardy or half-hardy herbs, inhabiting Africa, tropical and Central Asia, and Australia. Flowers in terminal racemes; calyx deeply five-cleft; corolla of five often long-acuminate lobes; stamens five; anthers connivent by means of hairs. Leaves opposite or alternate, entire. T. zeylanicum, the only species known to cultivation, is a coarse, hardy annual, thriving under ordinary treatment. T. zeylanicum (Cingalese). Ceylon Borage. fl. pale blue, in simple racemes; calyx segments 1/4in. to 1/2in. long; corolla lobes broad, longer than the calyx. l. linear to oblong-lanceolate, often 3in. to 4in. long, the margins usually recurved. h. several feet. Southern India, Ceylon, Mascarene Islands, and Australia. (B. M. 4820.)