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xiprigiu and cniarginale: the lower revolutc, 

 and sciiiitrifid, the size of the u|ipcr: the sta- 

 mina consist ot" four subulate lilanients, bend- 

 iiig to the upper lip, the length of the corolla: 

 two higher: the anthers arc simple: the pis- 

 lil!i:m is an ovate germ: the style is sim))lc; 

 situation and lengtii of the stamens : the stigma 

 bifid, and blunt: the pericarpium is an ovate 

 drupe, with tiie top obl;(]uc: the seed an oval 

 juit, onc-ccHed, and germinating. 



There is only one species cultivated for orna- 

 ment in the stove; Jj. Daphnvides, Daphne- 

 like Barba<lt!es Wild Olive. 



In this the leaves arc ihickish, rather stifl", 

 vcrv smooth, and green on both sides; the 

 lower ones are verv slightlv toothed: the co- 

 rolla is vellowish, with a line of dusky purple 

 along the middle of the lower lip. It rises leii 

 feet in heiuht. The flowers come from the 

 sides of the branches, and are succeeded by 

 large oval fruit, which occasionally ripen here. 

 li flowers in June. 



Ctilliire. — Plants of this sort may be easily 

 raised from seeds, which should be sowii on a 

 moderate hot-bed early in the spring, that the 

 ])lants mav acquire strength before winter. 

 When of sufl^;cient growth, they must be 

 I'lanted out into a separate small pot filled 

 uitli liirht fresh earlh, :md plunged into a nio- 

 ('.eiate hot-bed of tanners bark, water and shade 

 bcins: eiven until ihev have taken root ; alter 

 whichlhev must have alargc share of air in warm 

 weather, and he often rcireshed with water. In 

 w inter tlicv should be placed in the stove, where 

 liicv should have a moderate degree of warmth, 

 and but little water. They require much air in 

 sumnter, but will not succeed well if exposed 

 abroad in cold summers; they should there- 

 fore remain in the stove among plants which 

 require a free air. In this management they 

 mostly produce flowers and fruit in three or four 

 years. 



Thev are also capable of being propagated by 

 cuttinirs, which should be planted out in the 

 finnmcr; being put into pots tilled with light 

 rich earth, and plunged into a moderate hot- 

 bed, water and shade l)eing given until they 

 have taken root; after which they nmst be 

 treated as the seedling plants. 



These plants, from their being evergreen, and 

 having a pyramidal form, make a pretty variety 

 in the stove, in assemblage w ith other plants of 

 the exotic kind. 



BOHAGi:. SceBoRAGO. 



I'lORAGO, a genus containing herbaceous 

 plants of the hardy aimual and perennial kinds. 



It belongs to tlie class and order Pentandria 



Muiicnunia, and ranks in the natural order of 



jMuiicounw, 

 .^spn [folia- , 



i'he characters arc : that the calvx is a (ivc- 

 jurttd permanent perianth : the corolla is mono- 

 pelalous, rotate, the length of the calvx ; the 

 lube shorur than the calvx: border live-parted, 

 rotate, and flat: tliroat crowned with five emar- 

 ginate obtuse prominencies. '|"|k- ^tamina con- 

 sist of five subulate converging filaments: ihc 

 anthers are oblong, fixed To the inside of the 

 lilaments in the nuddle, and converging : the 

 pistillum consists of four germs: the style lili- 

 form, longer than the si;imen>: the stigma 

 simple: tlicrc is no periearjjiuni : the calyx 

 larger, and inflated. 'J"he sieds are four and 

 roundish, beiner wrinkled, and keeled out«anis at 

 the top, giolniTar at the ba>c, and inserted lon- 

 gituilinally into a hollowed receptacle. 



The species chiefly cullivated in gardens for 

 use or ornament arc: 1. B. (i/ficiiialis, Conmion 

 Annual Borage; 2. C. or/(7//a//i, Oriental I'ercn- 

 nial Horagc. 



In the first the whole plant is rough, with 

 white, siifl", prieklv hairs; the peduncles lenni- 

 natinsr and nianv-flowered ; the calvx divided to 

 tlie verv base, and also the corolla, bul it falls 

 off in one piece; the tube very short and white; 

 the segments acute; filaments verv short, while, 

 and springing from the claws of the petal, with 

 a sharp blue process where the anthers are in- 

 serted: these are of a blackish or dark-purple 

 colour, and form a kind of iiinIo in the middle 

 round the flower. The common colour of the 

 corolla is blue, but it varies to flesh-coloured 

 and white. It is an annual plant, and flowers 

 from May to August. It is a native of Aleppo, 

 but naturalized here, &c. 



There are varieties, with red flowers, with 

 while flowers, and with variegated leaves. 



The second species is a perennial jilant, with 

 thick fleshy roots, spreading under the surface: 

 ihe root-leaves are maiiv, oblong, and heart- 

 shaped, on long hairv fool-stalks: the flowcr- 

 stcm rises more than two feet in height, having 

 at the joints a single, small, sessile leaf; the 

 upper part branches out into several small foot- 

 stalks, which are temiinated by loose panicles of 

 flow ers of a pale-blue colour : the |->ctal is lurned 

 back, so that the connected anthers and style arc 

 left naked. The seeds are smaller than tlios* 

 of common Borage. When the flower-stalk 

 first appears the flowers seem collected into a 

 close spike, some of which often spread open 

 before the stalk is six inches high; but, a^ the 

 .stalks advance, they divide into many loose 

 spikes. It is a native of Coiisiantinopic, and 

 flowers in March. 



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