250 CIII. SCROPHULARINEZ. (J.D. Hooker.)  [Anticharis. 
in all the axils. Corolla 4 in. long, rosy. Anthers narrow, 1-celled, glabrous. 
Capsule } in., hispid.—Very near A. arabica, Endl. 
2. A. linearis, Hochst. in Schimp. Pl. Nub.; viscidly pubescent, leaves 
linear acute, pedicels capillary much longer than the calyx, corolla pubescent, 
sepals about half as long as the capsule. Aschers. in Bericht. Akad. Wiss. Berl. 
1866, 883; Boiss. Fl. Orient. iv. 423. Doratanthera linearis, Benth. in DC. 
Prodr. x. 947. Distemon angustifolius, Erb. § Hempr. mss. 
PouxzAB Prain, Thomson, Edgeworth. | ScwwpE, Stocks.—DisTRiB. Westward 
through Arabia and Tropical Africa to the Cape de Verde Islds. . 
Usually more slender than A. glandulosa. Leaves 1-14 by $- in. Flowers m 
all the axils. Corolla nearly 4 in. long, rosy. Anthers short, 2-celled, hairy. Capsule 
3-1 in., glabrous. 
TRIBE II. VERBASCEZ. 
2. VERBASCUM, L. 
Erect, tomentose or woolly, usually tall herbs. Leaves all alternate. Flowers 
in simple or panicled terminal racemes or spikes, ebracteate, yellow, rarely 
white or red. Calyx 5-lobed or -partite, lobes imbricate. Corolla rotate ; lobes 
5, broad, the upper exterior in bud. Stamens 5 (very rarely 4), filaments all 
or the three upper bearded; anthers transverse or oblique, cells confluent. 
Style-top dilated, stigma simple. Capsule globose, oblong, or ovoid, septicidal ; 
valves separating from the axis. Seeds numerous, rugose, not winged ; embryo 
straight.—Species about 100; chiefly Mediterranean and Oriental. 
V. virgatum, With. (Wight Ill. 165, bis. f. 1, and Ic. t. 1404. Celsia viscosa, Wight 
Cat. n. 1599, and Nees in Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii. 81, in part, not of Roth), a West 
European species, occurs in the Nilgherries, doubtless as a garden escape. 
1. V. Thapsus, Linn.; Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 225; densely woolly, 
eglandular, stem simple, leaves oblanceolate very decurrent entire or crenate, 
flowers in a simple dense woolly spike. Boiss. Fl. Orient. iv. 301; Roxb. Fl. 
Ind. i. 461. "V. indicum, Wall. Cat. 2630, and in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey § 
Wall. ii. 236 ; Nees in Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii. 79. ? V. Blattaria, T. A. Schmidt 
in Trimen Journ. Bot. 1868, 243, not of Linn. 
TEMPERATE HiMALAYA, alt. 6—11,000 ft.; from Kashmir to Bhotan. WESTERN 
TisET; Ladak, Thomson.—Disrris. Westwards to Britain. . 
Stem stout, 2-3 ft. Root-leaves 6-18 in., cauline oblong, upper acuminate. Spike 
6-10 in.; bracts longer than the flowers. Stamens 5, fertile, 2 glabrous and 3 with 
white hairs.—As this is the only common Himalayan species, it must be that referred 
to as V. Blatteria by T. A. Schmidt. 
_ Var. thapsiforme ; bracts very long. V. thapsiforme, Schrad.; Boiss. l.c. 301. 
V. cuspidatum, Schrad.; T. A. Schmidt in Trimen Journ. Bot. 1868, 243. 
2. V. celsioides, Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 229; glandular-pubescent, 
lower leaves pinnatisect, upper auricled cordate acuminate, flowers racemose. 
Kvmaon ; at the foot of the hills, Edgeworth. The Punsan; at Hussan, Aitchison. 
Stem 2-3 ft. Leaves 4-6 in., sessile or petioled, irregularly toothed and lobulate. 
Flowers in a long loose raceme; bracts ovate-lanceolate ; pedicels 4-$ in. Sepa 
oblong, obtuse. Corolla 4 in. diam. Stamens 4—5; filaments woolly.—This species, 
being sometimes tetrandrous, unites Verbascum with Celsia. 
