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decay. No plant can require less care in its culture, though its stems are very apt to grow so long and weak as 
to require being tied to a stick to keep them erect. The species is a native of the south and east of Europe, 
whence it was introduced in 1796. 
2. — VERBASCUM CUPREUM, Sims. THE COPPER-COLOURED MULLEIN. 
Ekgravings. — Bot. Mag., t. 1226 ; and our fig. 3, iu PL 81. 
Specific Character. — Stem simple ; leaves cordate-ovate, rugged, erenate, woolly below ; peduncles with one bract, solitary. 
Description, &c. — This species is a hardy biennial which flowers in July and August, and only requires the 
ordinary culture of plants of its kind. It is supposed to be a hybrid between V. phoeniceum and V. ovalifolium ; 
and it is remarkable, that when grown in the house, its flowers lose their copper colour, and become of a pale 
yellow, with a dark centre. It appears to have been raised about 1798. It grows from two to four feet high, 
and flowers from May till August. 
3. — VERBASCUM OVALIFOLIUM, Bonn. THE OVAL-LEAVED MULLEIN. 
Engraving. — Bot. Mag., t. 1037. 
Specific Character. — Stem erect, simple. Leaves oval, sessile; dentately erenate ; smooth on the upper surface. Flowers spicate. 
Description, &c. — This is a very handsome species, with large golden-yellow flowers, which are disposed 
in a crowded spike. The stamens are of a bright orange, and both the filaments and the moon-shaped anthers 
are bearded with a deep fringe. This species also differs from the preceding one in having three bracts to each 
flower instead of one. It is a native of Mount Caucasus, and was introduced in 1804. Like all the other 
species it is only propagated by seeds. 
4.— VERBASCUM FORMOSUM, Fisch. THE HANDSOME VERBASCUM. 
Synonymes. — V. spectabile, Lenk.; Fischer’s Mullein. 
Engravings. — Bot. Reg., t. 558 ; and our fig. 1, in Plate 81. 
Specific Character. — Stem branching. Leaves woolly and white 
below, but green and naked above ; usually cordate, acuminate. 
Spike lax, tomentose. The two lower stamens bent down, and 
widely apart. 
Description, &c. — This is a very handsome species, from the large size and brilliant colours of the flowers. 
It grows from two to four feet high, and flowers in July and August. It is a native of Caucasus, whence it was 
introduced in 1818. 
OTHER SPECIES OF VERBASCUM. 
These are numerous, but they are seldom seen in British gardens. 
GENUS V. 
CELSIA, Lin. THE CELSIA. 
Lin. Sgst. DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
Generic Character.— Cal)'x five-parted. Corolla rotate, five-1 obed ; stamens four, two much longer than the others, all bearded; anthcis 
covered with a short, dense wool. 
Description, &c. — All the plants belonging to this genus are herbaceous. The flowers are disposed in loose, 
terminal racemes, and are generally showy. There are very few species, and most of them require a slight 
protection during winter. 
