cH.*p. I.] BORAGINE.E. 409 



ORDER CXXXVIL— BORAGINE^. 

 The fruit of the plants included in this order 

 consists of four distinct carpels, each containing 

 a bony nut. These nuts frequently appear as 

 though a hole had been bored in them at the 

 base, and they are frequently striped or twisted. 

 The flowers are generally secund, or rather 

 they are produced in spikes which appear to 

 have flowers only on one side, from the spikes 

 being curiously rolled up before the flowers 

 expand, and uncoiling gradually as they open. 

 The corolla is generally salver or funnel shaped, 

 with a five-lobed limb, and five little scales just 

 within the throat, which appear to be placed 

 there to close up the orifice. There are five 

 anthers, which seem attached to the corolla, 

 without any stamens, and a slender style termi- 

 nating in a two-lobed stigma. The calyx is 

 tubular, and remains on the fruit till ripe ; the 

 teeth of the calyx contracting at the point, so 

 as to cover the ripe carpels. The principal 

 genera are Pulmonaria (Lungwort), Symphytum 

 (Comfrey), Cerinthe (Honey wort), Litho^ 

 spermum (Gromwell), Echium (Viper's Bugloss), 

 Anchusa (Bugloss) ; Myosotis (Scorpion-grass 

 or Mouse-ear), one species of which, M.pahistris, 

 is the Forget-me-not ; Omphalodes (Venus' 

 Navelwort), Cynoglossum (Hound's-tongue), 

 and Heliotropium (the Heliotrope). 



