ofPaderotay JVulfeniaf and Hsmlmcr'n. 97 



The only fpecies I have hitherto afcertained are the following : 



1. H.fabulofa diandra, foliis oppofttis pinnatifidis, caule proftrato. 



2. H. diffiifa, didynama, foliis alternis oppofitifque pinnatifidis, caule 



patulo, 



3. H. moniana, diandra, foliis ovatis ferratis obtufiufculis, caule erefto. 



4. H.urticifolia, didynama, foliis ovatis ferratis acutis, caule fufFru- 



ticofo, capfulis retufis. 



Celfia urticifolia. Curt. Mag. i.^\j. 



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



fufFruticofo, capfulis acutis. 



Celfia linearis. Jacq. Ic. rar. v. 3. /. 497. Curt. Mag. t. 210. 



The three firft I know only from fpecimens in the Linnsean 

 herbarium. The diffufa is fufpe6led by the younger Linnseus to be 

 a variety of the fabulofay to which I can fcarcely affent. It is not 

 eafy to fay which of the two rnay be the original Padercta bonce fpei. 

 The fpecimen of Linnneus fo marked is the diffufa\ but he had not 

 that before him when he wrote the dilfertation upon rare African 

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

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

 real Pcedcrota. The montana is fufficiently diftin£l 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 Cdjia, but 

 certainly without foundation. The error originated with Profenbr 

 Ortega, and he has been followed by Jacquin and Curtis againfl 

 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 ihould be ignorantly given and heedlcfsly retained, as it is 

 difficult to eradicate them when once applied to any very popular 

 and ornamental plant. Thus a moll beautiful Cliekne has been 



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