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GENUS L VERBASCUM. 



Pcntandria monogynia. Sex. Syst; 



Beriv. Supposed to be from Barhascum, bearded ; in allusion 

 to the filaments. 



Gen. Chab. Calyx deeply 5-clefib or parted, rarely 5-toothed 

 eoroUa flat-rotate, r^irely concave, segments slightly unequal 

 laments 3, posterior ones or all woolly-bearded, rarely naked 

 style compressed and dilated at the apex, thickish : capsule glon 

 bose, ovoid or oblong, dehiscent. ^ 



(1) V. VIRGATUM. (With.) 



Ijient, With, arrang. p. 250. — Dec. prod. X. p. 229. 



Syn. V. blattarioides, Lairi. — 'V. viscidulum, Pers.—Y. gla- 

 brum, Willd. — Oelsia viscosa, Nees. in Linn, trans. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1404-5. 



Spec. Char. Stem somewhat viscous, hispidulous or glabrous 

 at the base : leaves alternate, oblong, glabrous or glandulosely his- 

 pid beneath, inferior ones petioled, dentate or sinuate-pinnatifid, 

 the upper ones sessile or cordately stem-clasping : pedicels 2-^ 

 together, rarely solitary, shorter or about the length of the calyx : 

 filaments clothed with violet-coloured woolly hairs : flowers y6llow» 

 Qearly sessile. 



Common on the JJeilgherries, flowering in the cold season. 



GENUS n. CBLSIA.. 



Dldynamla Anslosgierinla. Sex: Syst: 



Beriv. In honor of Olaus Celsius, D-. D., Professor of Oriental 

 Languarges in the University of Upsal. 



,Gen. Chae. Calyx 5-partite .- corolla flat-rotate ; segments 

 slightly unequal : stg,ihens 4 : style compressed and dilated at 

 the apex : capsule globose,.ovoid or oblong, dehiscent. 



' (I) C. COUOMANDELIANA. {Vakl.J 



Ident. Vahl, Symb. III. p. 79.^Dec, prod. X. p. 246.— Roxh, 

 flor. Ind. III. p. 100. 

 Syn. C. viscosa, Roth. 

 Engrav. Hook. Journ. Bot. I. t. 129. 



Spec. Char. HeAaceous, pubescent, viscid': radical leaves, 

 lyrate : upper ones oblong, ovate or orbiculate, toothed ; racemea 



