VERBASCINJE. III. CELSIA. IV. ISAKTHERA. 



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3 C. ARCTI'RUS (Lin. syst. 561. Vahl, symb. 3. p. 79.) 

 radical leaves lyrate : superior ones oblong ; pedicels longer than 

 the bracteas ; calycine segments linear, quite entire. & . H. 

 Native of Candia. Curt. bot. mag. t. 1962. Verbascum Arc- 

 turus, Lin. spec. 254. Jacq. hort. vind. 2. t. 117. Column, 

 ecphr. 2. p. 81. t. 82. Alp. exot. p. 123. t. 122. Floral leaves 

 sessile, cordate, serrately toothed. Corollas large, yellow. Fila- 

 ments bearded with purple hairs. 



Bear's Cehia. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1780. PI. 4 to 6 feet. 



4 C. COROMAXDELIA'NA (Vahl, symb. 3. p. 79. Nees in Lin. 

 trans. 17. p. 80.) clothed with hoary villi ; lower leaves lyrate: 

 Soral ones cordate, half stem-clasping ; peduncles 3 times as 

 long as the calyx ; calycine segments ovate, somewhat serrated. 

 G- H. Native of the East Indies. Flowers yellow, size of 

 those of C. Arcturus. 



J'ar. ,3, hetcrophylla (Nees, 1. c. p. 81.) lower leaves pinnate: 

 terminal leaflet large, ovate-lanceolate : upper leaves sessile, 

 subcordate ; stem much branched ; branches twiggy, racemose. 

 0.? H. Native of the East Indies.? C. heterophylla, Pers. 

 ench. 1. p. 161. Flowers small, yellow. 



Coromandel Celsia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1783. PI. 4 to 6 feet. 



5 C. VISCOSA (Roth, catalett. fasc. 2. p. 69. fasc. 3. p. 50. 

 Nees, in Lin. trans. 17. p. 81.) clothed with clammy pubescence : 

 lower cauline leaves lyrate : floral ones cordate, half stem- 

 clasping ; peduncles equal in length to the flowers ; calycine 

 segments oblong-lanceolate, quite entire. O- H. Native of 

 the East Indies, at Tanjore. Link. enum. 2. p. 146. C. Coro- 

 mandeliana, Vahl, symb. 3. p. 79. diagnosis, but not the de- 

 scription. Willd. spec. 3. p. 280. Corolla yellow, like those of 

 the preceding. 



Clammy Celsia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1816. PI. 3 to 4 feet. 



SECT. II. PSEUDOTHA'PSUS (from \},tvcr)e, pseudes, false ; and 

 thapsus, the name of the shepherd's club.) Benin, scroph. ind. 

 p. 5. Herbs. The 2 longer stamens glabrous, with oblong 

 adnate anthers : the 2 shorter stamens bearded, having the an- 

 thers fixed by the middle, with the cells confluent. 



6 C. CRE'TICA (Lin. syst. 469. Vahl, symb. 3. p. 80.) 

 radical leaves lyrate : upper ones oblong ; flowers nearly sessile, 

 length of bracteas ; calycine segments ovate, serrated. $ . H. 

 Native of the North of Africa and Candia. Curt. bot. mag. 

 964. Upper leaves or bracteas cordate, serrated, stem-clasping. 

 The 2 lower filaments smooth. Corolla yellow, large, marked 

 by 2 rust-coloured spots at the bottom on the upper side. 

 Plant hoary. 



Cretan Celsia. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1752. PI. 5 to 6 feet. 



7 C. BETOXIC.EFOLIA (Desf. fl. all. p. 58. Willd. spec. 3. p. 

 281.) hairy; leaves ovate-oblong, wrinkled, crenated: floral 

 ones lanceolate, half stem-clasping, shorter than the pedicels ; 

 calycine segments ovate, acute, with serrated or entire edges. 



$ . F. Native of Algiers, in waste fields. Blattaria Hispanica 

 maximo flore, Dodart. icon. Shaw. afr. no. 78. Stem simple, 

 or branched. Leaves glabrous, or scarcely hairy, often pinnate 

 at the base. Corolla yellow, the 2 superior segments marked 

 each by a purple spot. Lower filaments glabrous. 



Betony-Uated Celsia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt.? PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



SECT. III. NEFFLE'A (meaning unknown to us.) Benth. 1. c. 

 Small shrubs. Filaments all bearded. Anthers all terminal, 

 1-celled, dehiscing by 2 ovate-acute valves. 



8 C. LAXCEOLA'TA (Vent. hort. eels. t. 27.) rather tomentose ; 

 leaves lanceolate, serrated, attenuated at the base ; pedicels 

 rather shorter than the floral leaves ; calycine segments entire, 

 acute. ^ . F. Native at the mouth of the Euphrates. Co- 

 rolla yellow, marked with purple spots at the base. 



Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1816. Shrub 



FIG. 45. 



Lanceolate-leaved Celsia. 



3 to 4 feet. 



9 C. SUBLANA'TA (Jacq. 

 fragm. 79. no. 2+7. t. 126. 

 Ker. bot. reg. 438.) shrubby, 

 clothed with woolly tomentum ; 

 leaves oval-oblong, obtuse, cre- 

 nated, wrinkled, soft. ^ . G. 

 Native country unknown. 

 Leaves doubly crenated, alter- 

 nate, petiolate, or furnished 

 with 1 or 2 pairs of sessile 

 leaflets at the base. Bracteas 

 sessile, acute, small, subser- 

 rated. Flowers sweet-scented. 



WooUy Celsia. Fl. July, 

 Sept. Clt. 1818. Shrub 1 to 

 2 feet. 



10 C. PARVJFLORA ; radical 

 leaves pinnatifidly runcinate, to- 

 mentose on both surfaces ; stem branched, nearly naked ; flow- 

 ers small. fj . H. Native country unknown. Verbascum 

 parviflorum, Lam. diet. 4. p. 222. Pers. ench. 1. p. 216. 

 Radical leaves size of those of Leontodon Taraxacum. Seg- 

 ments ovate, or ovate-oblong, acutish, entire, or a little toothed. 

 Flowers in fascicles. Ovarium tomentose. Flowers size of 

 those of Scoparia da lets. Capsule size of Coriander seed. 



Small-flowered Celsia. Shrub 1 to 1| foot. 



t Doubtful species. 



11 C. BERNADE'SII ; stem nearly naked; leaves lanceolate, 

 dentately sinuated, glabrous ; peduncles solitary. $ . ? H. 

 Native of Spain, on hills towards the town called Ortalezza. 

 Verbascum Bernadesii, Vahl, symb. 2. p. 39. Stem glabrous, 

 simple. Radical leaves numerous, petiolate, hardly 3 inches 

 long, somewhat pinnatifid, acute, with lanceolate toothed seg- 

 ments ; floral leaves small, cordate, cuspidate. Calycine seg- 

 ments unequal both in size and shape, all a little denticulated. 

 Corolla yellow, Vahl. Peduncles an inch long. 



Bernades's Celsia. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



12 C. LTRA'TA; hairy; radical leaves lyrately-pinnatifid at 

 the base, having the margins angularly-toothed : cauline leaves 

 unequally toothed, nearly sessile ; calycine segments serrated. 

 . ? H. Native of Spain ?. Verbascum lyratum, Lam. diet. 

 4. p. 222. Stem weak, flexuous, leafy. Leaves glabrous 

 above, or almost so, 3-4 inches long. Cauline leaves cordate, 

 acute : upper ones stem-clasping. Flowers large, yellow, on 

 short pedicels, solitary, disposed in a long raceme. Calycine 

 segments unequal. Corolla 3 inches in diameter. The two 

 lower filaments naked. Perhaps the same as C. Crilica. 



LyreUe-leaved Celsia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1819. PI. 2 to 



4 feet. 



Cult. The species of Celsia have much the habit of the 

 species of Verbdscum, and like them bear showy yellow flowers. 

 The seeds of them should be reared on a gentle hot-bed ; and 

 when the plants are of sufficient size they should be set sepa- 

 rately in pots, as they require protection of a greenhouse or 

 frame the first winter. In May of the second year they may 

 be planted out into the open border in any warm, sheltered 

 situation, where they will flower and ripen their seed. C. sub- 

 lanata and C. parcijlora, being shrubby, will require the same 

 treatment as a geranium, or other common greenhouse shrub. 



IV. ISANTHE'RA (from roc, itos, equal; and arO^pa, 

 anthera, an anther ; in reference to the stamens being 5, and 

 equal.) Nees, in Lin. trans. 17. p. 82. 

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