of PeeJerotay fFulf^ma, and Hefmmcr'is, 97 



The only fpecies I have hitherto afcertainecl arc the following: 

 I. H.fabul'fa dianJra, foliis oppofitis pinnatitidis, caule prollrato. 

 3. H, diffufd^ didynama, foliis alternis oppofitifquc pinnatifidis, caule 

 patulo. 



3. H montanay dia'idra, foliis ovatis ferratis obtufiufculis, caule ere^lo. 



4. H, urtk'ifMa^ didynama, foliis ovatis ferratis acutis, caule fuftVu- 



ticofo, capful is retufis. 



Geliia urticifolia. Curt. Mag. t.^iy. 



5. H. linearis, didynama, foliis lineari-lanceolatis fubferratis, caule 



fuffruticofo, capfulis acutis. 



Celfia linearis. Jacq. Ic. rar, v. 5. /. 497. Curt, Mag. i. 210, 



The three firft I know only from fpecimens in the Linnxan 

 herbarium. The diffuja is fufpecf ed by the younger Linnaeus to be 

 a variety of the fabulofaj to which I can fcafcely aflcnt. It is not 

 eafy to fay which of the two may be the original Pczdercta l>ont^fpei. 

 The fpecimen of Linnxus fo marked is the diffi(fa\ but he had not 

 that before him when he wrote the dii^ertation upon rare African 

 plants, and it has certainly four ftamina. If the number of ilamina 

 be conftant, the fabulofa (which has but two) muft have been the 

 real Padcrota. The montana is fufficiently diilindl in habit and cha- 

 ra6ler from both. 



The two remaining fpecies are natives of Peru, and have for fome 

 time been commonly known in our gardens as fpecies of dljia^ but 

 certainly without foundation. The error originated with ProfelTor 

 Ortega, and he has been followed by Jacquin and Curtis again ft 

 their own judgment, for neither of thefe plants has the habit or 

 character of any Celfia. It is to be lamented that fuch erroneous 

 names lliould be ignorantly given and hecdlefsly retained, as it is 

 difficult to eradicate them when once applied to any very popular 

 and ornamental plant. Thus a moft beautiful Chekne has been 



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