222 THE LADIES' FLOWER-GARDEN 
CHAPTER XXXVIII. 
BORAGINACE^. 
Essential Chabacter. — Calyx usually 5-parled, persistent. Corolla 
monopetalous, usually 5-cleft, imbricato in eestivation. Stamens usually 
5, Fruit of four distinct or combined achenia. Albumen none. 
Herbs or shrubs, h.irsli from asperities, with alternate exstipuUte 
leaves, and having the flowers generally disposed in one sided spikes or 
racemes, seldom in panicles or corymbs. — (G. Don.) 
GENUS I. 
CERINTHE, Tourn. HONEYWORT. 
Lin. Spsl. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Generic Character. — Corolla tubular ; throat naked. Anthers hastate, connected, having the lobes spirally twisted at the base. Nuts 2, 
2-celled, or 4, combined by twos, imperforated at the base. — (G. Don.) 
1.— CERINTHE MAJOR, Lin. THE GREATER HONEYWORT 
SvNONVMES. — C. glabra. Mill. ; C. glauca, Mwnch. 
Engravings. — Bot. Mag t. 333 ; and our^^. 5, in Plate 38. 
Specific Character, — St«m branched. Leaves cordate-ovate, 
denticulately ciliated. Corollas ventricose at top, 5-toothed. Teeth 
very short, acuminated, reflexed. — (G. Don.) 
Description, &c. — A plant, the flowers of which are more curious than beautiful ; but they are said to 
abound in honey, and hence the English name Cerinthe signifies Wax-flower. The species is a native of the 
south of Europe and Barbary ; and it was formerly so common in Italy, that Virgil calls it, " that ignoble weed 
Cerinthe." It was introduced in 1596. Seeds are common in all the seed-shops, and no particular care is 
required either in sowing them, or in the after culture of the plant. 
OTHER SPECIES OF CERINTHE- 
C. ASPERA, Roth. 
This species is distinguished by its leaves being rough with white warts. The corollas are long, and yellow, 
with a brownish purple tube. It is a native of the south of Europe, and was introduced in 1633. 
C. RETORTA, Smith. 
This species has its leaves beset with white warts on both surfaces. It is a native of the Peloponnesus, and 
was introduced in 1825. The flowers are small, with a yeUow tube and a violet-coloured limb. There are two 
other annual species, C. purpurea and C. alpina, but they have not been introduced. 
GENUS II. 
ECHIUM, Pliny. VIPER'S BUGLOSS. 
Lin. Syat. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Generic Character. — Corolla funnel-shaped. Throat wide, naked. Segments of the limb in many species unequal. Nuts turbinate, 
gigartoid, scabrous. — (G. Don.) 
Description, &c. — All the species have showy flowers, somewhat variable in colour, and frequently changing 
from blue to pink, like the different kinds of Bugloss (Anchusa). The name of Echium is derived from echis, 
