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VERBASCIN^Z. I. VERBASCUM. II. RAMONDIA. III. CELSIA. 



80 V. CORDA'TUM (Desf. fl. all. 1. p. 186.) leaves tomentose : 

 radical ones cordate, petiolate, crenulated, obtuse : cauline ones 

 stem-clasping, quite entire. $ . ? H. Native of Mount Atlas, 

 near Tlemsen. Stem simple, or a little branched, tomentose, 

 erect, thickness of a finger. Flowers unknown. 



Cordate-leaved Mullien. PI. erect. 



81 V. CLAYTONII (Michx. fl. bor. amer. ]. p. 148.) gla- 

 brous ; stem very simple ; cauline leaves nearly lanceolate- 

 oblong, deeply crenated : the crenae again crenated ; spikes 

 like those of 7. Blattaria. $ . H. Native of Carolina. This 

 is probably only a variety of V. Blattaria. 



Clayton's Mullien. PI. 4 to 6 feet. 



82 V. STRI'CTUM (Clark, trav. ed. 2d. pt. 2. sect. 1. p. 262.) 

 stem shrubby, erect; lower leaves spatulate-ovate, petiolate: 

 superior leaves ovate-lanceolate, obsoletely toothed or quite 

 entire, sessile ; all canescent from stellate hairs ; racemes elon- 

 gated ; pedicels divaricate, longer than the calyx. Tj . F. Na- 

 tive of the Island of Rhodes. Plant tomentose. Leaves 1^ to 

 2 inches long and more. Racemes panicled. Flowers large, 

 an inch in diameter, yellow. 



Strict Mullien. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



83 V. LAXIFLORUM (Presl. del. prag. 1. p. 76.) leaves crenu- 

 lated, densely clothed with stellate tomentum on both surfaces : 

 radical ones oblong-ovate, mucronate : cauline ones sessile : 

 upper ones ovate, acuminated ; flowers panicled ; fascicles 

 many-flowered, loose. $ . H. Native in the region of Mount 



Loose-flowered Mullien. PI. ? 



84 V. BRACTEA'TUM (Presl. del. prag. 1. p. 214.) leaves 

 ovate-oblong, toothed, green on both surfaces, rather tomen- 

 tose beneath : radical ones acute : lower cauline ones acuminated, 

 petiolate : upper ones lanceolate-linear, exceeding the aggre- 

 gate fascicles of flowers. $ . H. Native of Bohemia. Very 

 nearly allied to V. lychnllis, and is probably only a variety 

 of it. 



Bracteate-fiowered Mullien. PI. 3 to 4 feet. 



85 V. GLA V BRUM (Delarb. in journ. de sant6 et d'hist. nat. 

 bourd. 2. p. 166. and in journ. soc. pharm. par. 1. p. 154.) 

 stem angular, branched ; leaves glabrous, obscure green : radi- 

 cal ones petiolate, elliptic, crenated : cauline ones subdecurrent, 

 cordate, auricled ; fruit spicate, sessile, bracteate. $ . H. Na- 

 tive of France. If the cauline leaves of this species are truly 

 subdecurrent, it is distinct from all others. 



Glabrous Mullien. PI. 



86 V. A'NNUUM (Mill. diet. no. 11.) radical leaves oblong, 

 quite entire, deep green on both surfaces : cauline leaves acute, 

 sessile ; flowers aggregate, pedicellate. . ? O- ? H. Native 

 of Sicily. Blattaria annua, flore majore luteo, capsula item 

 majore, Mor. hist. 2. p. 498. Lower leaves 10 inches long, 

 rounded at apex. Raceme long, loose, terminal. Flowers fas- 

 cicled, deep yellow. Capsule large, brownish. Perhaps V. 

 glabrum, Willd. ; the V. blattarioldes, Lam. 



Annual Mullien. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. ? PI. 4 to 9 feet. 



Cult. The species of Verbascum are generally tall, robust 

 plants, they therefore should be grown at the back of flower 

 borders, or in shrubberies, where they will make a showy ap- 

 pearance. They thrive in any common soil, and are all readily 

 increased by seeds ; and some of the perennial kinds by divi- 

 sions of the root. As there is hardly any genus more liable to 

 sport into hybrids than Verbascum by promiscuous impregnation, 

 it is difficult to say what is a hybrid, or what is a species in the 

 gardens. These hybrids we have found, however, to become 

 abortive generally about the third generation, plainly showing 

 that nature has its limits. 



II. RAMO'NDIA (named in honour of L. Ramond, a French 



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botanist, and traveller in the Pyrenees ; author of " Voyages 

 au Mont Perdu," 1 vol. 8vo. Paris, 1801.) Richard in Pers. 

 ench. 1. p. 216. Lam. et D. C. fl. fr. syn. 1. p. 236. Myc6nia, 

 Lapeyr. Chaixia, Lapeyr. Verbascum species, Lin. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx campanulate, 5- 

 parted. Corolla rotate, 5-lobecl, or 5-parted, rarely 4-parted, 

 rather unequal, hairy at the base of the sinuses of the lobes. 

 Stamens approximate. Anthers perforated at the apex. Stigma 

 roundish. Capsule 1 -celled, 2-vaIved : valves bent in at the 

 margins, forming dissepiments ; placentas 2, parietal, many- 

 seeded. A stemless plant, with radical, rosulate, wrinkled, 

 hairy leaves, and 1, or few-flowered scapes, and large purple 

 corollas. 



1 R. PYRENA'ICA (Rich, in Pers. ench. 1. p. 216.) If. H. 

 Native of the Pyrenees and Piedmont, in groves. R. scapi- 

 gera, Jaume St. Hil. fam. nat. 1. p. 280. Verbascum Myconi, 

 Lin. spec. p. 255. Mill. icon. t. 277. Curt. bot. mag. 236. My- 

 conia borraginea, Lapeyr. abr. p. 115. Chaixia Myconi, Lapeyr. 

 abr. suppl. p. 37. Cortusa foliis ovatis sessilibus, Lin. hort. 

 cliff, p. 50. Trew. ehret. p. 26. t. 57. Auricula Ursi Myconi, 

 Dalech. hist. p. 837. Leaves radical, ovate, tapering into the 

 petioles, disposed in a rosulate manner, broadly and deeply 

 crenated, clothed with long, rufous, silky hairs on the under 

 side and along the margins, and white hairs above. Scapes 

 naked, pubescent, 2-4 inches long, usually 1 -flowered, rarely 

 2-5-flowered. 



Pyrenean Ramondia. Fl. May. Clt. 1731. PI. \ foot. 



Cult. This is a pretty little alpine plant. It grows well in 

 common garden earth, and is well fitted for the front of flower 

 borders, or to be grown among other alpine plants. It is 

 readily propagated by division. 



III. CE'LSIA (named by Linneus, in honour of Olaus Cel- 

 sius, D.D. professor of the Greek language, and afterwards of 

 theology, in the University of Upsal.) Lin. gen. no. 757. 

 Schreb. gen. no. 1015. Juss. gen. p. 124. ed. Usteri. p. 139. 

 Gsertn. fruct. 1. p. 262. t. 55. Nees in Lin. trans. 17. p. 80. 

 Verbascum species, Tourn. 



LIN. SYST. Didynamia, Angiospermia. Calyx 5-parted. Co- 

 rolla rotate, 5-lobed. Perfect stamens 4, didynamous, that is 2 

 long and 2 short, all bearded. Anthers woolly. Herbs. Leaves 

 simple, or pinnate. Flowers disposed in loose, terminal racemes, 

 rising each from the axil of a bractea, or small leaf. 



SECT. I. ARCTU'RUS (from apicroe, arctos, a bear ; and ovpa, 

 oura, a tail ; in reference to the long raceme of flowers, which 

 has been compared to a bear's tail.) Benth. scroph. ind. p. 5. 

 Herbs. Filaments all bearded ; anthers of all fixed by the 

 middle, 2-celled, and, with the cells, confluent. 



1 C. ORIENTALS (Lin. spec. 866. hort. ups. 179. t. 2.) lower 

 leaves jagged : cauline ones bipinnate. O- H. Native of Cap- 

 padocia and Armenia. Lam. ill. 1. t. 532. Sibth. et Smith, 

 fl. grsec. t. 605. Verbascum orientale Sophiae folio, Tourn. cor. 

 8 Buxb. cent. 1. p. 14. t. 20. and 5. p. 17. t. 33. Plant gla- 

 brous or downy. Segments of leaves narrow. Calyx clothed 

 with glandular down. Flowers shorter than the bracteas, of a 

 rusty yellow colour outside ; and yellow inside. 



Eastern Celsia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1713. PI. 2 feet. 



2 C. PE'RSICA (Meyer, verz. pflanz. p. 111.) perennial, pu- 

 bescent ; radical leaves bipinnatifid : cauline ones cut ; pedicels 

 much longer than the sublinear bracteas ; calycine segments sub- 

 linear, one half shorter than the capsule, which is pear-shaped. 

 I/ . H. Native of Caucasus, in dry stony places on the Talusch 

 mountains. 



Persian Celsia. PI. 2 feet. ? 



