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1.— CELSIA SUBLANATA, Jacq. THE ^yOOLLY CELSIA. 
sometimes winged with one or two pairs of very small leaflets, which 
arc distant from the main one. Stamens hairy, and bearded at the 
base. 
Engravings. — Bot. Reg., t. 438 ; and our fig. 4, in Plato 75. 
Specikic CHARACTEtt. — The whole plant is covered with a thick, 
cottony wool. Leaves oval-oblong, obtuse, crenate, wrinkled, and 
Description, &c. — The flowers of this species of Celsia bear considerable resemblance to those of some 
kinds of Verbascum, but they are easily distinguished by two of the stamens being longer than the other 
two, and by the anthers not being crescent-shaped. The present plant grows about two feet high, and is quite 
hardy. The flowers are fragrant. The native country of this species is unknown, but it is supposed to have 
been introduced about 1818. 
2.— CELSIA ARCTURUS, Vahl. THE BEAR'S-TAIL CELSIA. 
Synonymes, — Verbascum arcturus, Lin,; V. bumile, Bauh.; 
Arctunis creticus, Clus,; the scoUop-leaved Celsia. 
Engraving. — Bot. Mag., 1. 1962. 
Specific Character. — Radical leaves lyrate ; stem leaves oblong. 
Pedicels much longer than the bracts. Segments of the calyx linear, 
entire. 
Description, &c. — This plant was first described by Bellus, a physician living at Cydonia, in the Island of 
Candia, who found it growing in that island about the beginning of the last century. It was introduced in 
1780 ; but it has since been found growing wild in New South Wales It is a very handsome plant, growing 
from four to six feet high, with large golden-yellow flowers, the filaments of the stamens of which are fringed 
with long, dark-purple hairs. It is quite hardy, and is generally propagated by seeds, as it is a biennial, or lasts, 
at most, only about three years. The specific name, arcturus, signifies a bear's tail, and alludes to the long and 
thick raceme of flowers. 
3.— CELSIA CRETICA, Lin. THE CRETAN, OR LARGE-FLOWERED CELSIA. 
Engraving. — Bot. Mag. t. 964. 
Specific Character. — Radical leaves sinuate, on long petioles ; upper leaves cordate, stem clasping. Lower filaments smooth. 
Description, &c. — This is, perhaps, the most showy of all the species, on account of the large size of its 
golden-yellow flowers, which are marked with two reddish-brown spots at the base of the two upper segments. 
The plant generally grows five or six feet high, and its stem and leaves are covered with whitish hairs. It is a 
native of the north of Africa and Candia, whence it was introduced in 1752. It is a biennial, and requires 
protection during winter. 
GENUS VI. 
RAMONDIA, Rich. THE RAMONDIA. 
Lin. Syst. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
stigma rounded. Capsule one-celled, but two-valved, with the valves 
bent in at the margins and two parietal placentas ; many-seeded. 
Generic Character. — Plant stemless. Calyx campanulate, five- 
parted ; corolla rotate, five-lobed ; lobes somewhat unequal, and hairy 
at the base. Stamens approximate ; anthers perforated at the apex ; 
Description, &c. — This genus consists of only one species, which was formerly considered to belong to the 
genus Verbascum, but which is so very difierent from that genus, both in its habit of growth and its flowers, 
that we can hardly conceive how it could ever have been placed there. It has no stem, and the anthers are 
gathered together in the centre of the flower, as in the genus Solanum. The name of Ramondia was given in 
honour of M. Eamond, a French Botanist, who travelled in the Pyrenees about the year 1800, and published 
an account of his journey. 
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