VERBASCIN E. 
elongated ; pedicels solitary, twice as long as the bracteas. 4. 
H. Native of Middle and South Europe, in gravelly places ; 
Tauria, and Caucasus, Bieb.; Palestine, Sieber; North Ame- 
rica, Michx.; plentiful in some parts of Britain. Jaume St. 
Hil. pl. fr. t. 469. Smith, engl. bot. t. 393.—Sab. hort. 2. t. 
56.—Mor. hist. 2. sect. 5. t. 10. f. 6. Bauh. hist. 8. p. 874. 
icone. Lob. icon. 1. t. 564. Lob. hist. p. 304. icone. Plant 
glabrous. Stem simple, or divided into floriferous branches 
at top. Leaves deep green. Calyx, peduncles, pedicels, 
bracteas, and ovarium, beset with very short guttuliferous 
hairs, Corollas yellow, larger than those of V. phemniceum. Fila- 
ments clothed with purple villi: the 2 longer ones only in the 
middle, on the inner side. Anthers all reniform. 
Var. B, albiflorum; flowers white. 4. H. Native along 
with the species. V. glàbrum, Mill. fig. t. 67. dict. no. 8.— 
Barrel. icon. t. 1249.— Bauh. hist. 3. p. 874.— Lob. icon. 1. p. 
563. 
Moth Mullien. Fl. July, Aug. Britain. Pl. 4 to 6 feet. 
73 V. BLATTARIOPDES (Lam. dict. 4. p. 225. Schrad. verb. 
2. p. 45.) leaves downy : lower ones elliptic-oblong, tapering 
into the petioles, coarsely crenated: cauline leaves oblong, acute, 
sessile: superior leaves oblong-ovate, subcordate, acuminated, 
acutely crenated, half stem-clasping ; raceme terminal, very 
long; pedicels usually twin, shorter than the bracteas, and are, 
as well as the calyxes, clothed with viscid hairs. 4$. H. Na- 
tive of France, by way sides, and in waste fields, on gravelly 
soil. V. crystallostémon, Cat. sem. hort. dorp. 1818. V. 
glandulósum, Thore. V. viscídulum, Pers. ench. 1. p. 215. V. 
glàbrum, Willd. enum. 1. p. 225. Stem pubescent, like the 
leaves; hairs simple, mixed with guttuliferous pili. Leaves 
glabrous on the upper surface in the adult state: radical and 
cauline ones 4-6 inches long. Raceme twiggy, simple, or a 
little branched at base. Bracteas 3 to each flower. Corolla 
yellow; the smaller segments furnished with a few hairs at the 
base, as in P. Blattària. Hairs of the longer filaments purple; 
of the rest purple on one side, and white on the other. Anthers 
as in V. Blattària. 
Var. B, Lusitánicum (Schrad. verb. 2. p. 45.) larger in all its 
parts; lower leaves a foot long: the stem ones acuter, and 
doubly and acutely crenated; bracteas narrower. 4. H. Na- 
tive of Portugal. V. blattarioides, Brot. fl. lus. 1. p. 272. 
Hoffm. et Link. fl. port. 1. p. 219. 
Blattaria-like Moth Mullien. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1805. 
Pl. 4 to 6 feet. 
74 V. vincA TUM (With. arrang. p. 250. Smith, engl. bot. t. 
550.) leaves oblong-lanceolate, pubescent, toothed, sessile: radi- 
cal ones sublyrate ; stem branched; flowers in fascicles, nearly 
sessile. 4. H. Native of Britain, in corn-fields and by way 
sides. V. blattarioides, 3, virgàtum, Schrad. verb. 2. p. 45. 
Blattària magno flore, Bauh. hist. 3. p. 859. Lob. icon. 1. t. 
564. Stem branched from the base. Leaves dentately cre- 
nated, pinnatifidly cut at the base, shining above: superior ones 
cordate, sessile. Flowers disposed in nearly sessile fascicles, 
yellow, large, with a purplish mouth. Perhaps only a variety 
of V. blattarioides, as considered by Schrader. 
Twiggy Moth Mullien. Fl. July, Aug. Britain. 
6 feet. 
75 V. cnANDIFLORUM (Schrad. hort. gött. fasc. 2. p. 19. t. 
18. verb. 2. p. 47.) leaves coarsely crenated, pubescent beneath: 
lower ones elliptic-oblong, attenuated into the petioles: cauline 
ones oblong, acute, sessile : superior ones broad-ovate, cordate, 
acuminated, stem-clasping ; racemes spicate, elongated; pedicels 
solitary, shorter than the bracteas, and are, as well as the calyxes, 
downy. &. H. Native country unknown, but probably of 
Spain. Stems many from the same root, divided into floriferous 
branches at top. Leaves deep green, and glabrous above. 
VOL. IV. 
Pl. 5 to 
I. VerBascum. 497 
Bracteas 3 to each flower. Racemes 1-2 feet long. Flowers 
crowded, but at Jength more remote. Corolla yellow. The 3 
smaller filaments woolly: the 2 larger ones pilose on the inner 
side. Anthers of the longer filaments oblong. 
Great-flowered Moth Mullien. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. 
Pl. 4 to 6 feet. 
76 V. rvnAMIDA TUM (Bieb. fl. cauc. 1. p. 161. suppl. p. 
155.) leaves downy beneath: lower ones oval-oblong, doubly 
crenated, petiolate: cauline ones oblong-ovate, cordate, acute, 
nearly sessile: superior ones broad-ovate, acuminated, sessile ; 
racemes panicled ; pedicels usually solitary, shorter than the 
bracteas. 24. H. Native of Caucasus and Iberia; and of 
Hungary, in woods, hedges, and among bushes. Schrad. verb. 
2. p. 48. Sweet, fl. gard. t. 31. V. Caucásicum, Hort. Stem 
downy, branched at top. Leaves at length canescent, smoothish 
above, a span to 1 foot long, wrinkled. Racemes subspicate, 
disposed in a panicle, like those of V. Lychnitis and V. flocco- 
sum. Flowers remote, sweet-scented : the lower ones sometimes 
twin.  Pedicels a little shorter than the calyxes. Bracteas soli- 
tary. Corollas yellow, size of those of V. Thápsus. Filaments 
clothed with purple villi. Anthers equal; pollen vermilion. 
Capsule downy. 
Pyramidal-flowered Mullien. 
Pl. 5 to 8 feet. 
77 V. spinodsum (Lin. amoen. acad. 4. p. 307.) stem frutes- 
cent, spiny. 5. F. Native of Candia, on the higher moun- 
tains, but never below the altitude of 300 hexapods ; but in ste- 
rile places about Alexandria. Lam. dict. 4. p. 222. Sibth. et 
Smith, fl. graec. t. 229. Verbáscum Créticum, spinósum frutés- 
cens, Tourn. cor. p. 8.—Mor. hist. 2. sect. 5. t. 10. f. 8.—Alp. 
exot. p. 37. t. 36.—Clus. hist. p. 299. with a figure. Habit 
distinct from other species. Stem much branched ; bark sca- 
brous. Branches tomentose, but naked in summer ; branchlets 
naked, flexuous, leafless, spinescent. Leaves linear-lanceolate, 
an inch long, obtuse, more or less sinuated, becoming gradually 
smaller and more entire as they ascend ; with fascicles of smaller 
entire leaves in the axillæ of the upper ones.  Peduncles at the 
extremity of the branches, scattered, spinescent, propped each 
by a small bractea. Corollas small, yellow, tomentose outside. 
Filaments clothed with white wool. Anthers all reniform : 
pollen orange-coloured. 
Spiny Mullien. Fl. May, June. 
13 foot. 
Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1804. 
Clt. 1824. Shrub 1 to 
+ Doubtful species. 
78 V. Borrnaa‘vu (Lin. mant. 45.) leaves sublyrate ; flowers 
sessile. ©. H. Native of the South of Europe. Willd. spec. 
1. p. 1002. V. lüteum, Mill. fig. 273. V. blattarize foliis ni- 
grum amplioribus, floribus luteis, apicibus purpurascentibus, 
Boerh. ludgb. 1. p. 228. Till. pis. t. 50.2 Leaves sessile, a 
little decurrent, spatulate, narrowed at the base, sinuated, naked 
above, and tomentose beneath. Spike like that of V. Thapsus, 
but not so crowded, and with numerous bracteas to each flower. 
Corolla yellow. Genitals purple, ex Lin. Perhaps a hybrid 
between V. phlomoides and some allied species. 
Boerhaave’s Mullien. Fl. July. Aug. Clt. 1731. 
3 feet. 
79 V. nxwoRRHOIDA'LE (Ait. hort. kew. ed. 1. p. 236.) 
leaves ovate-oblong, attenuated at the base, tomentose, obso- 
letely crenulated ; racemes spike-formed, elongated ; fascicles 
of flowers bractless. ¢.H.  Nativeof Madeira. It is doubt- 
ful whether this is a true species of the genus, from the want of 
bracteas, and it is not enumerated in the second edition of Hort. 
kew. 
Hemorrhoidal Mullien. 
to 4 feet. 
88 
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