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VERBASCUM fonnosum 



Fischer^ s Mullein. 



PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. SoLANE^, Jussien gen. 124, JHv. L Fructus capsularis. 



Solanea;. Brown prod. 1.443, Sect, IL 



VERBASCUM, CaL inferus, monophyllus^ parvus* persistens, S- 

 fidus segmentis profundis erectis acutis subtequalibus. Cor, l-peta)a» rotata, 

 inaeqiialis; tubus brevissimus; limbus patens, 5-fidua, laciniis profuudis 

 rotundatis. FiL by subulata, insequalia, distantia, declinata, lanata^ bre- 

 viora corolla, basi inserta: antk. compressse, erectae, pli)8 minilsve rem- 

 formes, longitudinaliter dehiscentes, iQcomplet^ biloculares. Germ, subro- 

 tundum: stylus filiformis, supern^ levit^r extumescens, decliQatus, sub- 

 longior staminibus; sterna obtusum. Caps, subrotuodo-ovata v, ovato- 

 oblonga, subcompressa, bilocularis, bivalvis, supeme dehiscens, valvis 

 interdum medium usque fissitibus; dissepimentum duplex, ex valvarum mar* 

 ginibus inflexis parallelts confectum, s£epe incompletum ; receptaculum ova- 

 tum V, globosum, centrale, ex lateri utroque (fructu in statu praecoci saltern 

 inspecto) cum valvis connexum; sem. numerosa, minuta, angulosa, punctata, 

 receptaculo inserta. Smith in rees^s cyclop, in loco; (i textu angL vers.) 



Ra,d. SiBpius biennis t interdUm perennis, fusiformis, Caulis smpi^ soli- 

 tarius, sesqui-^Q-pedalis, erecius, modb strictissimusf rarb sttbfiexuosns, 

 foliosuSy in pluribus altemh ramosus^ multiflorus, paniculatus, pedancuUs 

 racemosis; in V, Myconi nullus. ^ttm folia prioris atncta radicaliaj in^e- 

 ^uentis caulina, petiolata^ se^lia v. deeurrentia; semper altema, simpliciaf 

 oblonga; indivisd, lobata v. pinnatijida; mmplidter v. duplicate erenata 

 V. dentata, rarb integral s^EpiUs pube lanatA alLd densd^ hirsutd v> stellatd, 

 V. farinosd atque deddu&t vestita; interdiim glabriuscula. Flores race- 

 mosij s<Bpiiis aggregati, conferti atque numerosi; lutei, rariiis lutea-aUn- 

 cantes, v. purpurascentes^ v. suhfuscentes. Bractesc s^epius ovatce, v. tan- 

 ceolatiie, aaitte, ordine duplici (tnteriore ei exteriore) disposilte. Smith loc. 

 cit, (ex angl.) 



SccL /. Thapsus. Spica cylhtdrka conferia, rarb laxa. Flores magni 

 se-hsiles. Bructeee terncc. Hcrbce lomentosa. Caules simplices, v. rcriw 

 ramosi, stricti. Folia, aessitia, SijepiUs deeurrentia. Don, MSS. 



\ . f<yrmosum^ ramosum; foliis sublanatis subtiis albicantibus suprA viridibus 

 iiitentibus; inrerioribus petiolatis oblongis sinuatis basi subcordatis; supc- 

 rioribus sessilibus cordatis acuminatis: spica laxa, lomoiitosji, floribns 

 solihiriis corollis calycc tripio longioribiis taiicr tuboque atro-purpureis; 

 staminibus 2 infeiioribus decUuatis remutis, glaberriiiiis, Don MSS. 



Veibascum formosuni, Fischer in litt. Schraackpl rar. hort. monnc, 1, 22. 



tab. 22. 

 Verbascum spectabile. Link enum. hort. beroL 1- 176; (non vero Alarsch, bidt. 



Jiar, taur. cauc. suppL 158,) 



Rad- subfusiformis, divisa, Jihrosa, alba. Caulis 2 od 3 pedes cum 

 dimidio altus, strictus, ramoms, teres, pilis stellatis tomentosus, supeme 

 versus tomento densiore: rami pauci^ erecti, approximate. Folia rug^sa, 



