It is a handsome tolerably hardy biennial with a sweet- 

 scented blossom, and will soon become general in our 

 collections. 



The drawing was taken some time ago at the nursery of 

 Messrs. Whitley and Co. in the King's Road, Fulham. 



Don MSS. 



We are to thank Mr. Don for the above account of the 

 species. 



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The following observations are borrowed from Sir James 

 E. Smith. 



" There is so great a space between the inner edges of 

 " the inflexed valves and the central receptacle, in Ver- 

 BASCUM pulverulentum and some other species, that the 

 ripe capsule is literally of but one common cell, though 

 originally o/two. Celsia differs from this genus in hav- 

 ing four stamens only, two long and two short. Professor 

 " Schrader, in the first part of an excellent monograph on 

 Verbascum, published at Gottingen in 1813, p. 14, 

 asserts that this difference is very constant and invariable, 

 and therefore he is not disposed to concur with those 

 " botanists who combine these two genera. We heartily 

 " assent to this determination. With regard to the new 

 " genus of Ramondia, founded, if we mistake not, on Ver- 

 " BASCUM Mi/conij and distinguished by having a capsule of 

 one cell, with two lateral linear receptacles; we must 

 suspend our judgment till we can examine into that 

 character, but the habit of the plant, and its oblong 

 heart-shaped two-celled anthers, indicate a very distinct 



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.The species of Verbascum are amongst the most un- 

 certain of any well-known genus. They are more than 

 commonly variable in the colour and size of their flowere, 

 and appear to be very subject to hybridous intermixture. 

 Hence we are led to mistrust some reputed species, de- 

 scribed even by the ablest writers. The production of 

 " several mule ones has been traced and recorded, and we 

 " have observed others. Professor Schrader indeed has long 

 " cultivated and studied what he has described, and his 

 " accuracy is indisputable." 



The whole genus is nearly, if not entirely, European, 



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