CELSIA BUGULIFOLIA, iNob.
CE LSIA, Linn. — Confer supra, p. 4-
Sectio IANTHE, Nob. — Genus Ianthe, Griseb., Flor. Rumel.}'vó 1. 2, p. 4Ó. (Characteribus emendandis.) — Benth. , in
D. C., Prodr., vól. 10, p. 240.
St.aminurn binorum anticoriim filamenta basi éxcepla glabra ; antherce oblongse, adnatse. Slaminum
binorum posticorum filamenta undique dense lanuginosa ; antheree renifornies, minimse, 'sub lanugine
ülamentorum latentes ( 1).
CELSIA BUGULIFOLIA, Hob.
Blattaria pontica, Bugulæ folio, Asphodeli radice, Herb. Tourn.!
BlATTARIA ORIENTALIS, BüGULÆ FOLIO, FLORE MAXIMO VIRESCBHTE LITURIS LUTEIS IM SEMICIRCULUM STRIATO, Toum., Cor.,
p. 8; Itin., vol. 2, p. 181, ic. (reducta) cum descriptione. — Buxb., Cent. 5, tab. 33 (mala).
Verbascum Osbeckii, (quoad plantam byzantinam), Linn., Spec., p. 255,
Verbascum bugulifolitjm , Lam., Enc., vol. 4> P- 226.
Ianthe BUGULIFOLIA, Griseb., Fl. Rumel., vol. 2, p. 40.— Benth., in D. C., Prodr., vol. 10, p. 24m 1 '
Planta herbacea, perennis, unicaulis, habitu Verbasci Blaitarioe, pubé brevi molli crispa glandulifera demum decidua nunc
laxe nunc densius lanulosa. Rhizoma tuberiforme, crassum (interdum crassitie pollicis), carnosum, rugosum, 1 i /2-3 pollices
longum, haud raro fasciculato-ramosum, undique radicellas filiformes elongatas ramosas agens, demura-pleiocephalum.
Caulis *i/a-a-pedalis (computata inflorescenlia), racemo terminatus, erectus, strictus, virgatus, subleres, striatus, remote
foliatus (speciminibus macrioribus foliis parvis bracteiformibus instructus), simplex, v. ad inflorescentiæ terminalis basin ra-
mulis paucis brevibus gracilibus fere aphyllis floridis auctus, individuis vegetioribus ad basin digitum minorem crassus,
parte florifera densiuscule lanulosus, partibus inferioribus subglabratus et violascens. Folia viridia', lævigata,:polymorpha,
adulta praeter marginem et venas subtus laxe lanulosas glabrata. Foliaradicalia rosulata, numerosa.j longe petiölata, venosa,
ovato v. ovali-subrotunda, v. ovata, v. elliptica, v. (præsertim centraliora) pblonga aut lapceolato-oblpnga, inæqualiter re-
pando-dentata crenatave (interdum ihciso-crenata, v. angulato-dentata), v. obsolete repanda, obtusissima, y. acutata, v. sub-
acuminata, individuis robustioribus 3- 6' pollices longa ( adjèçfo petioto lamina nunc longiöre nunc bréviore v. æquali ),
i-2 1/2 pollices lata, individuis macris interdum vix sesquipollicaria; petiolus 1-2 1/2 pollices loiigus, plus minusve lanulosus
basi dilatatus. Folia caulina sparsa, plus minusve remota,.sehsim in bracteas transeuntia (individuis macrioribus ple-
raque bracteis inferioribus subconformia et vix majora), sessilia v. subsessilia; inferiora speciminibus robustioribus serrata :
infima lanceolata, acuta, circiter 2 pollices longa; sequentiaet superiora ovata v. ovato-lanceolata, acuminata. Folia caulina
individuorum macriorum integerrima v. paucidentata, lanceolata, 6-15 ßheas longa, 1-2 l.ineaslata. Racemus erectus, multi-
florus laxus spiciformis, strictus, virgatus, bracteatus, plerumque simpliciSsimus. interdum subsesquipedalis, speciminibus
macrioribus semi-pcdalis v. brevior. Bracteæ foliaceæ, sensim decrescentes, glanduloso-lanulosæ, calyce longiores (exceptæ
summæ ) lanceolatæ v. lanceolato-lineares (inferiores speciminibus rqbustis ovatæ v., ovato-lanceolatæ, subpollicares),
acutæ v. a’cuminulatce, integerrimæ, sub anthesi patentes v. deflexæ, perinde erectæ. Pedicelli sparsi, remotiusculi, solitarii,
bractea singula stipati, ebrapteolati, lanulosi, brevissimi (plerumque vix 1 lineam longi), vsub antliesi subporrecti, perinde
erecti. F lores ampli, speciosi, præfloratione in spicam bracteis imbricatis comosam approximati, per anthesin plus minusve
remoti. Calyx 3-4 lineas longus, persistons, subaccrescens, herbaceus, lanulosus, ad basin usque quinquepartitus,
sub anthesi stellatim patens, postea adpresso-connivens. Segmenta dense ciliolata, subæquilônga, subdissimilia, enervia v.
obsolete i-3-nervia obtusa v. acutiuscula, integerrima; summum spathiilato-lineare v. fere lineare, dimidio plusve angustius
segmentis lateralibus’ lanceolato-oblongis; segmenta bina infima oblonga v. ovalia, segmentis lateralibus subdimidio latiora.
CoROLiA rotata • color ex Grisebachio « in planta viva cum alia stirpe nulla comparandus; extus cinereo-viridis, flavisque
« maculis varie^ata, intus potius cyaneo-viridis et cyaneis fasciis picta, præterea maculis binis limbo superiori inscriptis
« purpureislanaque’ ejnsdem coloris supra fascias et stamina elfusa tricolor. » Limbus 9-15 lineas lalus, quinquepartitus,
subinæqualis• segmenta bina superiora paulo minora, supra fascia lanata sublineari fere ad apicem usque protracta ins-
tructa- tria inferiora subrotunda , glabra. Stamina didynama, cum stylo declinata, bina antica corollam subæquantia, bina
postica paulo breviora. Filamentorum villi purpurei, plerique glanduliferi. Ovarium dense lanuginosum. Stylus filiformis,
glaber staminibus brevior, apice subincrassatus. Capsula (perfecte matura non suppedit) calyce paululo brevior, lanulosa,
reticulata, oblique ovoidea, retusa, styli basi persistente rostellata. (Exam. s. sp.)
Crescit iuxta Bosphori littora, tam Bithynia (Tournefprtf) quam circum Byzantium (Olivier et Bru-
J guière! —Aucher-ÉlôpA).
(1) perperam stamina bina- superiora dicunturster ilia.