PLANTARUM NOVARUM ORIENTALUM. 437 
able by its 12-16-inch long 6-8-inch broad lower leaves, and 
1-2 dense spikes of yellow flowers. 
Plant 3 feet or more high; calyx 2-21 lines long, corolla 
8-10 lines broad ; capsule 2 lines long and broad. 
VERBASCUM GILEADENSE. Bienne, caule elato adpresse tomen- 
toso superne foliis decurrentibus anguste bialato, foliis radicalibus 
ad pagum inferius adpresse tomentosis ad pagum superius 
sparse et adpresse stellato-puberulis oblongis irregulariter inciso- 
lobatis et dentatis margine valde undulatis versus basin lyratis, 
caulinis adpresse tomentosis oblongis sessilibus obtusiusculis 
dentatis, floribus .... 
Hab. in agris Wadi-es-Sir, ditionis Gilead ; floret Junio. 
Readily distinguished from the other Verbascums by its sinuate 
lower and long decurrent upper leaves, producing a winged 
stem. 
Three feet or more high; root-leaves a foot long, 3-4 inches 
broad, the upper gradually diminishing. I have not seen a 
flowering or fruiting specimen. 
V. QULEBICUM. Bienne, caule elato crasso superne rigide et 
ample paniculato plus minusve adpresse tomentoso, foliis radi- 
calibus dense araneoso-pannosis magnis oblongis obtusis basi 
angustatis grosse crenato-serratis lobatisve sessilibus, interme- 
diis... superioribus sessilibus diminutis integris basi rotundatis 
lanceolatis acuminatis, floribus 2-5 minutis pedicellis calyce 
longioribus suffultis, calycis fere ad basin fissi laciniis lanceolatis 
acuminatis, corolla ..., capsulis piso minoribus ovato-sphericis 
calyce longioribus glomerulis fructiferis avellanæ magnitudine. 
Hab. in scaturiginibus vuleanicis declivitatis australis montis 
Alsadami (vulgo Jebel Qul&b) ditionis Haurán. 
Readily distinguished from other Verbascums by its cobwebby 
indumentum, root-leaves 6-15 inches long, 3-5 broad, and panicle 
a foot long and broad. Plant 3-5 feet high. 
Crusta BxnwETr. Bienne, sparse stellato-puberulum vel gla- 
brescens, caule erecto elato fere a basi paniculato ramoso, foliis 
inferioribus petiolatis caulinis sessilibus oblongo-ovatis obtusis 
Vel acutis crenatis subtus minute porosis, pedicellis filiformibus 
1-4 bractea triangulari-lanceolata 2-4 longioribus, calyce hirto 
1n lacinias lanceolatas tubo triplo longiores partito, corolla flava 
extus glanduloso-hirta, filamentis. . . capsula ovata calyce longiore. 
Hab. prope Hadjin in Tauro ; floret Maio. i 
