490 VERBASCIN E. 
yellow. Filaments clothed with white wool. 
tose. 
Dense-flowered Mullien. PI. 4 to 6 feet. 
9 V. rnarsor pes (Hoffm. et Link, fl. port. 1. p. 214. exclu- 
sive of the synonymes. Schrad. verb. p. 25. t. 5. f. 2.) leaves 
crenulated, tomentose : radical ones oblong-lanceolate: cauline 
ones oblong, acute, semidecurrent; racemes subspicate; fasci- 
cles of flowers rather crowded ; anthers nearly equal. X. H 
Native of Portugal. Stem branched at top ; branches floriferous. 
Plant clothed with canescent tomentum. Upper surfaces of the 
leaves green in the adult state, and less tomentose. Radical 
leaves a span to a foot and more long. One or two of the flowers 
in each fascicle usually fertile, the rest sterile. Corolla yellow, 
size of those of V. Lychnitis. Filaments clothed with white 
wool. Perhaps V. Lychnitis, Brot. fl. lus. 1. p. 272. 
Var. B, simplex ; stem simple, and more humble. %. H. 
V. simplex, Hoffm. et Link. fl. port. 1. p. 216. V. dübium, 
Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 330. 
Thapsus-like Mullien. FI. July, Aug. 
6 feet. 
10 V. rnANTAGrNEUM (Mor. elench. sard. ex Bull. 14. p. 
348.) plant clothed with fulvous tomentum ; leaves obsoletely 
crenulated, thick: cauline ones decurrent, crowded, oblong: 
radical and lower leaves attenuated into the petioles, ovate- 
elliptic, obtuse; racemes densely spicate; filaments clothed 
with coppery vill. 4. H. Native of Sardinia, on the hills of 
Cala and D'Ostia Pula, in arid pastures. Said to be nearly 
allied to V. thapsoides. 
Plantain-leaved Mullien. PI. 4 to 5 feet. 
11 V. cossyrr'num (Bieb. fl. cauc. suppl. p. 152.) leaves de- 
current, crenulated, green, and rather woolly above, but clothed 
with white wool beneath ; racemes simple, tailed ; pedicels fas- 
cicled, rather shorter than the calx. 4. H. Native of Iberia. 
Habit of V. gnaphaloides ; the down, inflorescence, flowers, and 
capsules, are also the same; but the leaves are narrower, and 
the crenæ more minute. Filaments copper-coloured; the 2 
shorter ones clothed with white tomentum above the middle; 
the other 3 longer, and naked. . Corollas yellow. 
Woolly Mullen. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. 
feet. 
12 V. macra’ntuum (Hoffm. et Link. fl. port. 1. p. 215. t. 
27.) leaves crenulated, tomentose: radical ones elliptic-oblong, 
attenuated at the base: cauline ones oblong, acute, semidecur- 
rent; fascicles of racemes remote ; two of the anthers oblong. 
&.H. Native of the North of Spain, by way sides. Schrad. 
verb. p. 27. Plant tomentose. Leaves green above: radical 
ones 3-4 inches long.  Racemes a foot long, or more. Corollas 
large, showy, yellow, with broad, obovate-roundish, unequal 
segments. Filaments clothed with copper-coloured wool; but 
the 2 longer ones only at the base. 
Large-flowered Mullien. Fl. June, July. 
3 to 4 feet. 
13 V. AusrRA'LE (Schrad. verb. p. 28. t. 2.) leaves crenated, 
tomentose: radical ones oblong-lanceolate, tapering into the 
petioles: cauline ones oblong, acute, decurrent: uppermost 
ones broad-ovate, cuspidate, semidecurrent; fascicles of ra- 
cemes remote; 2 of the anthers oblong. 44. H. Native of 
the South of Europe. Plant clothed with tomentum, like 7. 
phlomoides. Radical leaves a foot and more long. Racemes 
simple, 13 foot long ; but sometimes, as in strong plants, it is 
branched at the base. Flowers sweet-scented. Corolla, calyx, 
stamens, and stigma, size, colour, and structure of those of V. 
phlomoides. 
Southern Mullien. 
feet. 
14 V. rnroworpzs (Lin. spec. 253.) leaves crenated, tomen- 
Capsule tomen- 
Cit. 1819. Pl. 4 to 
Pl. 4 to 6 
Cit. 1820. Pl. 
FI. July, Aug. Clt. 1815. Pl. 4 to 6 
I. Versascum. 
tose: radical ones elliptic, or ovate-elliptic, petiolate: cauline 
ones oblong, acute : superior ones broad-ovate, cuspidate, stem- 
clasping, decurrent; fascicles of racemes rather remote; 2 of 
the anthers oblong. 4. H. Native of Europe, Tauria, Cau- 
casus, and Turkey, in sterile and uncultivated places. Sibth. 
et Smith, fl. graec. t. 224. Bieb. fl. cauc. no. 398. exclusive of 
the syn. of Tabern. and Dodon. Mcench, hass. no. 170. t. 4. 
Mill. fig. t. 273. V. tomentósum, Lam. fl. fr. 2. p. 260. V. 
rugulosum, Willd. enum. 1. p. 224. V. pulveruléntum, Spreng. 
hal. no. 233. V. Thapsus, Plenck, med. t. 109. V. thap- 
soides, Vill. dauph. 1. p. 490. V. grandiflórum, Mill. dict. no. 
5. Stem branched at top, tomentose, as well as the leaves and 
calyxes. Leaves usually yellowish-green : radical ones 3-4 
inches long. Racemes from a span to a foot, or longer, branched 
alittle at the base. Flowers sweet-scented. Corolla yellow, 
showy, size of those of V. macránthum, with broad obovate- 
roundish, unequal segments. The 3 smaller filaments clothed 
with dense purple wool; the 2 longer ones, for the most part, 
naked, or but rarely furnished with a few hairs in the middle. 
Capsule roundish-ovate, blunt. 
Var. B, albifldrum ; flowers white. Lob. icon. t. 560. 
£8: 
Phlomus-like Mullien. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1739. Pl. 3 to 
4 feet. 
15 V. cowpENsaA' TUM (Schrad. verb. p. 31. t. 3.) leaves to- 
mentose: radical ones elliptic-oblong, attenuated at the base, 
unequally and doubly crenated: cauline ones oblong, acute, 
simply crenated ; superior ones roundish-ovate, cuspidate, 
decurrent ; racemes dense, fascicled ; two of the anthers 
oblong. ¢.H. Native of Austria, in sterile places. Stem 
divided at top into floriferous branches. ^ Radical leaves 1 
to 14 foot long. Racemes a foot to 11 foot Jong. Flowers and 
fruit agreeing with V. phlomoides. 
Close-flowered Mullien. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. 
to 6 feet. 
16 V. Nemordsum (Schrad. verb. p. 32. t. 1. f. 2.) leaves 
acute, crenated, tomentose: radical ones oblong, attenuated at 
both ends: lower cauline ones lanceolate, narrowed at the base: 
middle ones oblong-lanceolate: and the superior ones oblong 
and decurrent; fascicles of racemes rather remote; 2 of the an- 
thers. oblong. 4. H. Native of Austria, in groves, Schott. 
Nearly allied to V, phlomoides, but with a different habit. 
Radical leaves a span and more long: lower cauline ones more 
than a foot long. Racemes solitary, simple. Calyxes, corolla, 
and fruit, as in the two preceding species. 
Grove Mullien. Fl. July, Aug. Cit. 
feet. 
17 V. woxTA'NUM (Schrad. hort. gött. fase. 2. p. 18. t. 12. 
verb. p. 33.) leaves tomentose: radical ones oblong-elliptic, 
crenulated, petiolate: cauline ones oblong, acutish, obsoletely 
crenulated : superior ones acute, decurrent ; raceme subspicate ; 
fascicles of flowers rather crowded ; anthers nearly equal. 3 - 
H. Native of the Pyrenees; also of Switzerland and Germany. 
V. phlomoides, Spreng. hal. no. 231. Schleich. pl. rar. cent. 1. 
no. 27. Stem simple, clothed with rusty yellow tomentum, as 
well as the leaves and other parts. Radical leaves 3-5 inches 
long. Racemes 3 inches to 1 a foot. Flowers sometimes soli- 
tary, but usually fascicled. Corolla size, colour, and form of 
those of P. Thápsus. The 3 smaller filaments clothed with 
white wool: the 2 larger ones beset with scattered hairs, rarely 
naked. Capsule ovate, obtuse, about equal in length to the 
calyx. In shady places this plant becomes 6 feet high, and 
branched at top; and the leaves shining, green above; but in 
dry exposed places not above 2 feet, and unbranched. 
x Mountain Mullien. Fl, July, Aug. Clt. 1819. Pl. 2 to 6 
eet. 
Pl. 5 
1820. Pl. 4 to 5 
