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CELSIA. sublanata. 
Collinsonia-scented Celsia. 
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DIDYNAMIA dANGIOSPERMTIA. 
Nat. ord. SOLANER. Jussieu gen. 124. Div. Fructus capsularis. 
SoLANER®. Brown prod. 1.443. Sect. I. B. 
' + CELSTA, Cal. 5-partitus. Cor, rotata patens 5-loba inequalis. Fila- 
menta villosa. Stigma 1, Cups. 2-valvis. Herbe; folia simplicia aut pin= 
nata; flores laxi spicati terminales, singult unibracteati aut foliolo axillares. 
CELSIm cretice filamenta 2 glabra. Juss. |. c. 
C. sublanata, tota lanato-tomentosa, caule suffruticoso: foltis ovali-oblongis 
obtusis crenatis rugosis mollibus uno alterove pari foliolorum (nune mini- 
morum) sessilium appendiculatis; staminibus pilis capitatis barbatis. 
Celsia sublanata. Jacq. fragm. 79. n. 247. t. 126. ~ 
Planta bipedalis, tota lanato-tomentosa. Caulis suffruticosus, eréctis) 
digitum crassus, teres, semipedalis et ultra, superné ramosus: rami annut, 
pilis albis densé obsiti, virentes. Fol. alterna, petiolata, ovali-oblonga, ob- 
tusa, duplicato-crenata, rugosa, mollia, uno-alterove pari foliolorum sessi- 
lium appendiculata; petiolis dense hirsutis. Racemi terminales, simplices, 
longi, multiflori, erecti. Pedicelli subunciales, patentissimi, bracteis suf 
fulti sessilibus convolutis acutis subserratis et parvis. Flores siuaveolentes; 
omnind odore COLLINSONIE. Calycis foliola ovata, acutula, villosa, vi- 
rentia. Cor. rotata, flava cum fauce et ungue purpurascentibus, laciniis 
subrotundis, subequalibus. — Fil. erecta, petalo breviora; purpurea, omnia 
pilis capitatis purpureis barbata. Stylus glaber: stigma obliquum. Caps. 
subrotunda, bilocularis, glabra: semina minuta. Jacq. |. c. 
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CexstA differs from its nearest co-ordinate Versascum in 
having four instead of five stamens; according to Schrader, 
a stable mark and of influence sufficient to keep the two 
groups naturally apart, notwithstanding their close agree- 
ment in most other respects. 
We have not found any mention of the species except 
in the above-cited work of Jacquin. There are no speci- 
mens of it in the Banksian Herbarium. Jacquin, who first 
observed it in the gardens of Vienna, had not learned 
from whence it came. In general appearance the inflores- 
cence comes nearest to that of Cesta Arcturus, but the 
foliage of sublonata is alternate and otherwise distinct, 
and bears a greater resemblance to that of Cexsia betonice- 
folia than to any other, as far as we can judge from a de- 
scription by Desfontaines and a costly engraving by M. 
Robert. 
