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C E L 



irom the variety of cfll-ct \\ hich is afiorJcd by 

 their line showy heads. 



CELSIA, a genus comprising a p'anl of the 

 perennial evergreen shrubby Howcring exotic 

 kind. 



It belongs to the class and order D'nhjnam'ia 

 Ang'wspcrmia, and ranks in the natural order of 

 LiirldcE. 



The characters are: that the calyx is a five- 

 parted pcrianthiuni: divisions lanceolate, obtuse, 

 the length of the corolla, and permanent: the 

 corolla is niono|>el.ilous, rotated ; tube extrcnielv 

 short; border flat, half-fuc-cleft, uucqual; di- 

 visions roundish, of which the two superior 

 ones are smaller, the inferior one larger : the 

 stamina consist of four capillar^' iilamentj, in- 

 clined towards the smallest divisions of the co- 

 rolla; of which the two longer ones are shorter 

 than the corolla, and are outwardly woolly : the 

 anthers roundish, small: the pistilluni is a 

 roundish germ: stvle filiform, length of the 

 stamens : stigma obtuse : the pcricarpiuni is a 

 roundish capsule, compressed at the tip, acumi- 

 nate, sitting on the calyx, bilocular: the seeds 

 are very many, small, and angular : the recep- 

 tacles solitary and hemispherical. 



The species mostly cultivated is C. linearis, 

 Linear-leaved Celsia. 



It is an elegant, evergreen, smooth shrub : 

 the trunk is woody, but weak, the thickness of 

 a quill, striated, pale-brown, three feet high, 

 putting out numerous spreading branches its 

 whole length; the younger ones green, grooved, 

 and verv TealA' : the leaves growing three toge- 

 ther, lanceolate-linear, acute, thinly serrate, or 

 sometimes quite entire, shining on boih sidis, 

 subpelioled, spreading much, the largest two 

 inches long: peduncles axillary, solitary, one- 

 flowered, shorter than the leaves, and three to- 

 gether : the corolla brilliant scarlet, with a blood- 

 red throat. It is a native of Peru. 



Culture. — It niav be raised either from seeds 

 or cuttings. In the first mode the seeds should 

 be sown in the spring months in pots of iiirlit 

 earth plunged in an ordinary hotbed. When 

 the plants are sufficiently large they should be 

 planted out singly in other pots. 



In the latter mode the cuttings made from the 

 young shoots should be planted in pots of rich 

 earth in the spring season, and plunged in the 

 bark hotbed, due shade and water btinir; given 

 till thev have stricken fresh root. It blossoms 

 best in a stove of moderate heat, but is capable 

 of succeeding in a cood greenhouse, where it 

 •uflbrds variety in its leaves. 



CELTIS, a genus containing plants of the 

 hardy deciduous tree and shiub kinds. ThcLolc, 

 or Nellle-trec. 



It belongs to the class and order Pohjuamia 

 Monoecia, and ranks in the natural order of 

 Scalridcc. 



The characters of which arc: that the iicr- 

 maphrodite flowers are solitary superior: the 

 calyx is a one-loafed p'-rianth, five-jKiried ; di\i- 

 sions ovale, [.atulous, and witherinir: there i-; no 

 corolla: the stamina consist of live verv !-hort 

 filaments, conceakd at first by the anthers, hut 

 after the shedding of the pollen growing longer: 

 anthers oblong, ihickish, quadrangular, four- 

 furrowed : the pistillum is an ovate germ, .acu- 

 minate, length of the calyx: stvles two, spread- 

 ing, variously infleited, subulate, jnibcseent on 

 every side, very long: the stigmas are simple: 

 the pericarpium is a globular drupe, one-celled : 

 the seed a roundish nut. Male flowers on the 

 same plant inferior: the calvx is a six-parted 

 perianthium, the rest as in the hermaphrodites : 

 no corolla: the stamina six, the rest as in the 

 hennaphrudites. 



The species generally cultivated are: 1. C. 

 australis, European J51aek-fruited Nettle-tree; 

 2. C. occidentalis, American Purple-fruited 

 Nettle-tree; 3. C. orientalis. Oriental Yellow- 

 fruited Nettle-tree; 4. C. micraniha, Jamaica 

 Nettle-tree. 



The first in its native situation rises with an 

 upright stem to the height of forty or fify feet, 

 with manv slender branches, which have a 

 smooth dark-coloured bark spotted with gray : 

 the leaves are alternate, near four inches Ions, 

 and about two broad in the middle: the flowers 

 arc axillary all along the branches, coming out 

 in the spring at the same time with the leaves, 

 and generally decay before these are arrived at 

 half their size. The fruit is the size of a pea or 

 small cherry, and black, i'he wood is extremely 

 hard. It is native of the South of Europe. 



The second sort rises with a straight stem, 

 which in young trees is smooth and of a dark 

 colour; but as they advance it becomes rougher 

 and of a lighter green: the branches spread very 

 much : the leaves are alternate, on pvettv long 

 foot-stalks, are a little pubescent ; and v. Ir.n full 

 grown broad-ovate, acuminate at the point, and 

 quite entire, in the other parts serrate: the base 

 flowers come out opposite to the leaves upon 

 long peduncles. The fruit is smaller than that 

 of the first sort, and nl;cn ripe of a dark purple 

 colour. Though it I'oines out late in the sprmi'' 

 it is equally late in fading, the leaves eontinui'ur 

 in full verdure till within a few davs of their 

 droppingofl'. Itisanative of North Anui tea, 

 flowering in May, and ripening seeds in Oc- 

 tober. 



The third species rises with a stem about ten 

 or tw live feet high, dividing into many brancljc«j 



