498 
VERBASCIN/E. I. Versascum. 
80 V. conpa'ruu (Desf. fl. atl. 1. p. 186.) leaves tomentose : 
radical ones cordate, petiolate, crenulated, obtuse: cauline ones 
stem-clasping, quite entire. ¢.?H. Native of Mount Atlas, 
near Tlemsen. Stem simple, or a little branched, tomentose, 
erect, thickness of a finger. Flowers unknown. 
Cordate-leaved Mullien. PI. erect. 
81 V. Cravrówm (Michx. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 148.) gla- 
brous; stem very simple; cauline leaves nearly lanceolate- 
oblong, deeply crenated: the crena again crenated ; spikes 
like those of V. Blattària. 4. H. Native of Carolina. This 
is probably only a variety of V. Blattaria. 
Clayton’s Mullien. PI. 4 to 6 feet. 
82 V. srricrum (Clark. trav. ed. 2d. pt. 2. sect. 1. p. 262.) 
stem shrubby, erect; lower leaves spatulate-ovate, petiolate : 
superior leaves ovate-lanceolate, obsoletely toothed or quite 
entire, sessile; all canescent from stellate hairs ; racemes elon- 
gated; pedicels divaricate, longer than the calyx. h.F. Na- 
tive of the Island of Rhodes. Plant tomentose, Leaves 13 to 
2 inches long and more. Racemes panicled. Flowers large, 
an inch in diameter, yellow. 
Strict Mullien. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 
83 V. raxirrónuM (Presl. del. prag. 1. p. 76.) leaves crenu- 
lated, densely clothed with stellate tomentum on both surfaces : 
radical ones oblong-ovate, mucronate: cauline ones sessile: 
upper ones ovate, acuminated ; flowers panicled; fascicles 
many-flowered, loose. 4. H. Native in the region of Mount 
JEtna. 
Loose-flowered Mullien. PI.? 
84 V. sRAcTEA'TUM (Presl. del. prag. 1. p. 214.) leaves 
ovate-oblong, toothed, green on both surfaces, rather tomen- 
tose beneath : radical ones acute : lower cauline ones acuminated, 
petiolate: upper ones lanceolate-linear, exceeding the aggre- 
gate fascicles of flowers. 4. H. Native of Bohemia. Very 
PETS allied to V. lychnitis, and is probably only a variety 
of it. 
Bracteate-flowered Mullien. PI. 3 to 4 feet. 
85 V. cra'smuw (Delarb. in journ. de santé et d'hist. nat. 
bourd. 2. p. 166. and in journ. soc. pharm. par. l. p. 154.) 
stem angular, branched ; leaves glabrous, obscure green: radi- 
cal ones petiolate, elliptic, crenated: cauline ones subdecurrent, 
cordate, auricled ; fruit spicate, sessile, bracteate. ¢.H. Na- 
tive of France. If the cauline leaves of this species are truly 
subdecurrent, it is distinct from all others. 
Glabrous Mullien. PI. 
86 V. a’nnuum (Mill. dict. no. 11.) radical leaves oblong, 
quite entire, deep green on both surfaces: cauline leaves acute, 
sessile; flowers aggregate, pedicellate. 4.? (2.? H. Native 
of Sicily. Blattària annua, flore majore luteo, capsulá item 
majore, Mor. hist. 2. p. 498. Lower leaves 10 inches long, 
rounded at apex. Raceme long, loose, terminal. Flowers fas- 
cicled, deep yellow. Capsule large, brownish. Perhaps V. 
glabrum, Willd.; the V. blattarioides, Lam. 
Annual Mullien. Fl. July, Aug. Clt.? Pl. 4 to 9 feet. 
Cult. The ies of Verba are generally tall, robust 
plants, they therefore should be grown at the back of flower 
borders, or in shrubberies, where they will make a showy ap- 
pearance. They thrive in any common soil, and are all readily 
increased by seeds; and some of the perennial kinds by divi- 
sions of the root. As there is hardly any genus more liable to 
sport into hybrids than Perbáscum by promiscuous impregnation, 
it is difficult to say what is a hybrid, or what is a species in the 
gardens, These hybrids we have found, however, to become 
abortive generally about the third generation, plainly showing 
that nature has its limits. 
II. RAMO'NDIA (named in honour of L. Ramond, a French 
1 
II. Ramonpra. III. Czrsi4. 
botanist, and traveller in the Pyrenees; author of “ Voyages 
au Mont Perdu," 1 vol. 8vo. Paris, 1801.) Richard in Pers. 
ench. 1. p. 216. Lam. et D. C. fl. fr. syn. 1. p. 236. Mycónia, 
Lapeyr. Chaixia, Lapeyr. Verbascum species, Lin. 
Lix. syst.  Pentándria, Monogynia. Calyx campanulate, 5- 
parted. Corolla rotate, 5-lobed, or 5-parted, rarely 4-parted, 
rather unequal, hairy at the base of the sinuses of the lobes. 
Stamens approximate. Anthers perforated at the apex. Stigma 
roundish. Capsule 1-celled, 2-valved: valves bent in at the 
margins, forming dissepiments; placentas 2, parietal, many- 
seeded.—A stemless plant, with radical, rosulate, wrinkled, 
hairy leaves, and 1, or few-flowered scapes, and large purple 
corollas. 
1 R. Pyrena‘rca (Rich. in Pers. ench. 1. p. 216.) 2f. H. 
Native of the Pyrenees and Piedmont, in groves. R. scapí- 
gera, Jaume St. Hil. fam. nat. 1. p. 280.  Verbáscum Myconi, 
Lin. spec. p. 255. Mill. icon. t. 277. Curt. bot. mag. 236. My- 
cónia borragínea, Lapeyr. abr. p. 115. Chaixia Mycóni, Lapeyr. 
abr. suppl. p. 37. Cortisa foliis ovatis sessilibus, Lin. hort. 
cliff. p. 50. Trew. ehret. p. 26. t. 57. Auricula Ursi Myconi, 
Dalech. hist. p. 837. Leaves radical, ovate, tapering into the 
petioles, disposed in a rosulate manner, broadly and deeply 
crenated, clothed with long, rufous, silky hairs on the under 
side and along the margins, and white hairs above. Scapes 
naked, pubescent, 2-4 inches long, usually 1-flowered, rarely 
2-5-flowered. 
Pyrenean Ramondia. Fl. May. Clt. 1731. Pl. à foot. 
Cult. This is a pretty little alpine plant. It grows well in 
common garden earth, and is well fitted for the front of flower 
borders, or to be grown among other alpine plants. It is 
readily propagated by division. 
III. CEILSIA (named by Linneus, in honour of Olaus Cel- 
sius, D.D. professor of the Greek language, and afterwards of 
theology, in the University of Upsal.) Lin. gen. no. 757. 
Schreb..gen. no. 1015. Juss. gen. p. 124. ed. Usteri. p. 139. 
Geertn. fruct. 1. p. 262. t. 55. Nees in Lin. trans. 17. p. 80. 
Verbáscum species, Tourn. 
Lin. syst. Didynàmia, Angiospérmia. Calyx 5-parted. Co- 
rolla rotate, 5-lobed. Perfect stamens 4, didynamous, that is 2 
long and 2 short, all bearded. Anthers woolly.—Herbs. Leaves 
simple, or pinnate. Flowers disposed in loose, terminal racemes, 
rising each from the axil of a bractea, or small leaf. 
Secr. I. Arcru'rus (from apkroc, arctos, a bear; and ovpa, 
oura, a tail; in reference to the long raceme of’ flowers, which 
has been compared to a bear’s tail.) Benth. scroph. ind. p. 5. 
Herbs. Filaments all bearded; anthers of all fixed by the 
middle, 2-celled, and, with the cells, confluent. 
1 C. onrzxTA'LIs (Lin. spec. 866. hort. ups. 179. t. 2.) lower 
leaves jagged: cauline ones bipinnate. (2. H. Native of Cap- 
padocia and Armenia. Lam. ill. 1. t. 532. Sibth. et Smith, 
fl. graec. t. 605. Verbáscum orientale Sophize folio, Tourn. cor. 
8.—Buxb. cent. 1. p. 14. t. 20. and 5. p. 17. t. 33. Plant gla- 
brous or downy. Segments of leaves narrow. Calyx clothed 
with glandular down. Flowers shorter than the bracteas, of à 
rusty yellow colour outside, and yellow inside. 
Eastern Celsia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1713. Pi. 2 feet. 
2 C. Pr'rsica (Meyer, verz. pflanz. p. 111.) perennial, pu- 
bescent ; radical leaves bipinnatifid : cauline ones cut ; pedicels 
much longer than the sublinear bracteas; calycine segments sub- 
linear, one half shorter than the capsule, which is pear-shaped. 
Y. H. Native of Caucasus, in dry stony places on the Talusch 
mountains. 
Persian Celsia, P]. 9 feet. ? 
