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Celsia Linearis. Linear-Leav'd Celsia. 



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Clafs and Order. 



DlDYNAMIA AnGIOSPERMI A. 



Generic Character. 

 Cal. 5-partitus. Cor. rotata. Filamenta barbata, Cap/. 2-locu- 

 laris. 



Specific CharaBer and Synonyms. 



CELSIA linearis. J acq. Collect, v. 2. n. 210. Icon. v. 2. /. 13. 

 CELSIA linearis foliis ternis linearibus denticulatis. 



We here prefent our readers with the figure of a plant 

 newly introduced from France by Mr. Williams, Nurfery- 

 man of Paris, collected originally in Peru by Mr. Dombey, 

 wbofe flowers, if they do not equal thofe of the Fuchfia already 

 figured in elegance of form and growth, furpafs them fome- 

 what in brilliancy of colour, whence it becomes a molt de- 

 finable plant for the purpofe of ornament. 



Profeffor J acq u in, who firft gave a figure and defcription 

 of this plant, informs us in his Collectanea, that he received 

 feeds of it from Profeffor Ortega of Madrid, under the 

 name of Cel/ia linearis^ which name he has adopted ; and we, 

 from refpect to fuch authority, have continued; at the fame 

 time we mult obferve, that it ill accords with that genus : 

 the bloffoms while in bud fold up fomewhat in the fame 

 manner as thofe of the Celfia, but on expanfion they appear 

 widely different ; their fhape indeed then becomes truly 

 lingular, refembiing a half-formed imperfe£t corolla, its fila- 

 ments are fhort and want the hairs which in part characterife 

 the Celfia; its feed-veffels alfo are far from being round: 

 its antherse are large and clofe together, fomewhat like thofe 

 of the Solanum, and there is fo little of inequality in them, 

 that few ftudents would be induced to refer its flowers to the 

 clafs Didynamia. 



Being a native of a warm climate, it comes to the greateft 

 perfection here when placed in a ftove in which the heat is 

 moderate ; but it will fucceed very well if treated as a tender 

 green-houfe plant: it does not appear to be quite fo hardy as 

 the Fuchfia, nor to flower like that plant at all feafons, but 

 ufually produces its bloffoms in the latter fummer months, 

 thofe are fucceeded by feed-veffels producing perfect feeds, 

 by which, as well as by cuttings, the plant is propagated. 



Its leaves, which are not deciduous, are linear, and more 

 or lefs toothed, growing three together; this charaBer however 

 is fomewhat obicured by others growing from their bofoms. 



