496 
Oval-leaved Mullien. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1804. Pl. 2 to 
3 feet. 
63 V. rormòsum (Fisch. hort. gorenki, 1812. p. 25. Schrad. 
verb. 2. p. 36.) leaves tomentose beneath: lower ones elliptic- 
ovate, somewbat triply crenated, and are, as well as the cauline 
ones, petiolate: upper ones ovate, cordate, simply crenated ; 
spikes elongated; flowers solitary ; 2 of the anthers are oblong. 
4.H. Native of Tauria, Caucasus, and Iberia. Steven and 
Ledebour. D. Don, in bot. reg. t. 558. Schrank, hort. mon. 
t. 22. Stem simple, or branched at top. Spikes dense. Co- 
rolla large, yellow, with a dark purple centre. Filaments clothed 
with purple wool. 
Handsome Mullien. 
feet. 
64 V. BeroniceroLium (Desf. cor. de Tourn. p. 33. t. 23. 
and in ann. mus. 11. p. 54. with a figure. Schrad. verb. p. 37.) 
leaves crenated, villous: lower and cauline ones oblong, cordate, 
petiolate: upper ones oblong-lanceolate, sessile ; raceme spi- 
cate; flowers solitary; 2 of the anthers are oblong. 2%. H. 
Native of Armenia. Schrad. verb. 2. p. 37. Stem simple, 
villous. Leaves deep green: lower and cauline ones 2-3 inches 
long. Racemes 2-3 inches long. Flowers crowded, on short 
pedicels. Corollas yellow, smaller than those of V. Blattària. 
Three of the filaments are woolly, and the other two decli- 
nate and glabrous. Capsule roundish. 
Betony-leaved Mullien. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1825. 
to 21 feet. 
65 V. PuNrcEUM (Schrad. hort. gött. fasc. 2. p. 20. t. 14. 
verb. 2. p. 38.) leaves doubly crenated, pubescent: radical and 
lower cauline ones ovate, cordate, petiolate: upper ones oblong- 
ovate, sessile; racemes elongated ; pedicels usually twin, twice 
as long as the bracteas. 2/. H. Native of the South of Eu- 
rope. Stems many from the same root, branched at top, rarely 
simple, more or less downy. Leaves green: radical and lower 
cauline ones 4-6 inches long, obtuse; one of the lobes at the 
base longer than the other: upper ones half stem-clasping, 
acute, or acuminated. Racemes flexuous, drooping at top: ter- 
minal one 1 foot and more long; but the lateral ones are much 
shorter. Flowers twin, except the upper ones, remote. Corolla 
dirty red. Filaments clothed with purple wool. Anthers all 
reniform; pollen copper-coloured. Down simple. "There is a 
variety of this having the lower leaves subtriply crenate: the 
upper ones recurved at top, and the uppermost ones rounded at 
the base, not cordate. 
Light-red-flowered Mullien. 
Pl. 2 to 4 feet. 
66 V. srEcTA' BILE (Bieb. fl. cauc. suppl. p. 158.) leaves ob- 
long-ovate, cordate, doubly crenated, rather villous above, but 
villously tomentose beneath : lower and cauline leaves petiolate : 
superior ones sessile, half stem-clasping ; raceme terminal, elon- 
gated ; pedicels twin and solitary, about equal in length to the 
bracteas. %. H. Native of the South of Tauria, on moun- 
tains about Sobla; at the fountains of the river Salgir; and on 
mountains above Utu-Usen, Bieb. Stem simple, and is, as well 
as the under sides of the leaves, tomentose. Leaves all cordate, 
green above, but paler beneath: radical and lower cauline ones 
23 to 34 inches long. Raceme length of stem; those of the 
branches, if present, shorter. Lower pedicels twin, beset with 
simple and glandular hairs. Corolla showy, yellow, spotted 
with purple in the bottom. Capsule downy, mucronate. 
i Eminent Mullien. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. Pl. 2 to 4 
eet. 
67 V. rriste (Smith, prod. fl. grec. 1. p. 151.) leaves 
pubescent: lower ones elliptic-ovate, cordate, subsinuated, un- 
equally crenated, petiolate: superior cauline leaves sessile ; 
racemes elongated; pedicels solitary, spreading, much longer 
Fl.July, Aug. Cit. 1818. Pl. 2 to 4 
PI. 14 
Fl June, Aug. Clt. 1820. 
VERBASCINÆ. 
I. VERBASCUM. 
u.H. Native on Mount Athos. Schrad. 
V. ferrugineum, Andr. bot. rep. t. 162. but 
Corollas rust-coloured, or yellowish-red. 
Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1788. 
than the bracteas. 
verb. 2. p. 40. 
not of others. 
Sad-flowered Mullien. 
to 4 feet. 
68 V. rerruciNeuM (Mill. dict. no. 10. Ait, hort. kew. 1. 
p. 237.) leaves rather villous, wrinkled: cauline ones nearly 
sessile, equally crenated: radical ones oblong, cordate, doubly 
crenated ; racemes spicate ; pedicels twin and solitary: lower 
ones 3-4 together. Y%.H. Native of the South of Europe. 
Trew. ehret. p. 3. t. 16. f. 1. Miller says the radical leaves 
are almost entire, dark green above and paler beneath, on 
long petioles: cauline leaves acute, sessile. Corolla rust- 
coloured. 
Rusty-flowered Mullien. 
3 to 4 feet. 
69 V. pua@niceum (Lin. spec. p. 254 ) leaves pubescent be- 
neath: lower ones elliptic, or ovate-oblong, subcordate, cre- 
nated, petiolate: upper cauline leaves crenulated, sessile; ra- 
ceme terminal, elongated: pedicels solitary, much longer than 
the bracteas. 2t. H. Native of the South and East of Eu- 
rope, on the margins of woods, and in stony grassy fields; and 
of Caucasus and Siberia. Lam. ill. t. 117.  Gzertn. fruct. 1. p. 
262. t. 55. Jacq. fl. austr. J. t. 125. Curt. bot. mag. t. 885. 
DIS 
Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1683. PI. 
Ker. bot. reg. 637.—M or. hist. 2. sect. 5. t. 9. f. l.—Bauh. ~ 
hist. 3. p. 875. with a figure.—Tab. kraut. 959. icone.—Lob. 
icon. l. t. 565. Stem downy, simple, or divided into a few 
floriferous branches. Leaves deep green, nearly glabrous above: 
radical ones 2-4 inches long: upper cauline ones half stem- 
clasping. Raceme length of stem. Flowers remote. Corolla 
deep purple, beset with small purple hairs at the base. Two of 
the filaments are clothed with purple hairs, and the other 3 with 
white hairs. Anthers all reniform; pollen copper-coloured. 
Down on the stem and lower leaves simple; of the other parts 
guttuliferous or glandular. Verb. Cisalpini, Bisol. is a var. of 
this, ex Coll. in act. acad. taur. vol. 26. p. 507. 
Purple-flowered Mullien. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1796. 
2 to 4 feet. 
70 V. cu'PREUM (Curt. bot. mag. t. 1226.) leaves cordate, 
wrinkled, crenated, woolly beneath; pedicels solitary, unibrac- 
teate. 2t. H. Native country unknown. Corolla of a rust- 
colour. The 3 shorter filaments covered with long, glandular, 
purple hairs ; the 2 longer ones naked ; anthers of the long fila- 
ments moon-shaped and naked: of the shorter ones nearly cir- 
cular and hairy. Perhaps a hybrid between V. ovalifdlium and 
V. phoníceum. 
Copper-coloured-flowered Mullien. Cit. 
1798. Pl. 2 to 4 feet. 
71 V. nzPA'spuM (Willd. enum. 1. p. 226. Schrad. verb. 2. 
p- 44.) leaves glabrous: lower ones obovate-oblong, attenuated 
at the base, somewhat sinuated : cauline leaves oblong, acute, 
crenated, sessile: superior ones broad-ovate, cordate, acumi- 
nated, acutely crenated, stem-clasping ; racemes elongated ; 
pedicels solitary : superior ones longer than the bracteas. &- 
H. Native country unknown.  Célsia heterophylla, Pers. ench. 
1. p. 161. This species differs from V. Blattària, in the supe- 
rior leaves being always broader, and exactly cordate, stem- 
clasping, and acutely crenated; in the bracteas being larger, 
broader, and serrulated. Racemes as in V. blattarioides, 3 feet 
long, and more. Flowers yellow, never white. 
Repand-leaved Mullien. Fi. July, Aug. Cit. 1813. 
to 6 feet. 
72 V. Buarra‘ria (Lin. Spec. p. 254.) leaves glabrous : lower 
ones obovate-oblong, attenuated at the base, somewhat sinuated : 
cauline ones oblong, acute, crenated, sessile: superior leaves 
subcordate, aeuminated, half stem-clasping; raceme terminal, 
Pl. 
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