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bcll-rorm: tube sborl, lliick: border tubc-bcllicd, ratlicr thicker than 

 the tube: intnilh iive-clefl ; throat naked, pi rvious : the stamina 

 consist of five, subulate fiJaujents, very sliort: anthers acute, erect: 

 the pistilhun is a four-parted germ: slyk> fihform, length of the sta- 

 mens: slignia obtuse: there is no pericarpium: calyx unchanged 

 the seeds two, bony, glossy, sub-ovate, outwardly gibbous, and bilo- 

 cular. 



The s»])ccies cuUivatcd is C. ukijov, (J real Honey wort. 



It rises with stems eighteen inches high and more, round, sriioolh, 

 l)ranching, and leafy: the leaves are glaucous, becoming blue by age, 

 smooth, Avithout prickles, but ciliated about the edge, and dotted 

 with white: the branches are leafy and nodding; with flowers among 

 the leaves, hanging on long peduncles: the tube of ihv. corolla is yel- 

 low, but the border purple. It is a native of Ital}-, flowering in June 

 and the two following months. 



There are varieties with smooth leaves and purple flowers, and 

 with prickly leaves and yellow flowers. 



Culture. — The plants are raised by sowing the seeds annually in 

 the autumn or early spring montlis in patches in the borders, clumps, 

 or other parts. The autunin sowings should be made as early as 

 possible. They also rise from the self-sown seeds, 'i'hey should be 

 managed as other hardy annunls. These arc plants j)roper for be- 

 ing planted out about the apiary, or in the small beds or borders. 



