fourteenth clals, the other is a Verbafcum and belongs to the 

 fifth! Gartner, who examined Celsia orientalis, diftinguifh- 

 ed this genus from Verbafcum by the different ftructure of the 

 capfule, obferving that in the former the diflcpiment between 

 the cells is fingle and contrary to the valves, in the latter 

 double, formed by the infle&ed margins of the valves. In 

 this refpe6t too Celsia cretica belongs to the genus Verbaf- 

 cum ; and this circumftance would have overcome our un- 

 willingness to make any change in eftabliihed names, fatisfied 

 that in uniting this plant with Verbafcum we mould have 

 been clofely treading in the footfleps of nature ; but the 

 examination of Celsia Arfturus, which differs from the other 

 fpecies, and from Verbafcum, in having oppofite leaves, makes 

 us again hefitate, for in this too we find the capfule of Ver- 

 bafcum. On this account we have thought it fafeft to retain 

 this plant in its former fituation, till both genera fhall have 

 been more accurately examined. 



The Celsia cretica is a fhewy biennial, readily propagated 

 by feeds, requiring to be protected from froft. Flowers in 

 June, July, and Auguft. Is a native of Crete, the fields 

 about Algiers and Tunis, and faid in Hortus Kewenfis to have 

 been introduced into this country from the Eaft-Indies by 

 M. Thou in in 1776. 



Our drawing was taken at Mr, Salisbury's Botanic 

 Garden, Brompton. 



