Verbascum.] SCROPHULARINE^. 93 



calyce 5-partito ebracteato laciniis subulatis, corollse tubo longe exserto curvato labiis 

 elongatis recurvis, superiore oblongo bifiJo, inferiore tripartito laciniis linearl-oblongis apice 

 bidentatis, antheris pilosis. (Tab, CLXIX.) 



Hab. Banks of the Columbia. Douglas, Dr. Scouler, Dr. Gairdner. — Stem short, with broad scales 

 bearing copious fasciculated, or almost corymbose brauehes, which have subulate scales. 



Tab. CXLIX. — Fig. 1, Flowerjj^^. 2, Staraens;^^. 3, Pislilj^r;. 4, Capsule: — magnified. 



5. O.fasciculata; pulverulento-pubescens, caule brevi fasciculatim ramoso, ramis seu 

 pedunculis nudis unifloris, calyce 5-fido ebracteato lobis triangularibus acutis, corollse tubo 

 longe exserto curvato, labiis erectis concavis brevibus obtusis, superiore bifido, inferiore 

 trifido lobis integris, filamentis glandulosisj antheris glabris. (Tab. CLXX.) — NutL Gen, 

 V. 2. p, 59. 



Hab. About Carlton House Fort on the Saskatchawan. Dr. Richardson. Columbia. Dr. Scouler. — 

 Well distinguished from the following by Mr, Nuttall. 



Tab. CLXX. — Fig. 1, Flower;^^, 2, Stamen;^*;. 3, Pistil: — magnified. 



6. O. htflora; pubescenti-glandulosa, caule brevissimo paixe fasciculatim ramoso, ramis 

 seu pedunculis valde elongatis nudis unifloris, calyce profunde 5-fido lobis subulato-acumi- 

 natis, corollse tubo longe exserto curvato, labiis erecto-patentibus concavis, superiore bifido, 



inferiore trifido, lobis integris, filamentis inclusis glabris, antheris ciliatis. — NutL Gen. f. 2. 

 p. 59. — O. uniflora. L, — Mich. — Ph, — Ell. 



Hab. Canada. Ph. Newfoundland. Miss Brenton, 



2. EPIPHEGUS. Nutt. 



Polygama* Cat, abbreviatus, 5-dentatus, Cor, floris sterilis ringens, compressa, 4-fida, 

 labio inferiore piano: ^oris Jerfilis minuta 4-dentata, decidua. Caps, truncata, obliqua, 1- 

 locularis, subbivalvis hinc dehiscens. — Aphylla, parasitica ad radices Fagi. — Nutt 



I. E. Americana. NutL Gen. Am. v. 2, p. 60. — O, Virginiana. L. — Mich. Ph. Ell. 



Hab. Canada, Mr. Cleghorn, Mrs. Percival, Mrs. Sheppard. New Brunswick, Mr. Kendal. 



Ord. LXVIL SCROPHULARINE^. Juss. 



Trib. Verbasce^, Benth. in Bot. Reg. sub folio 1T70. 



1. VERBASCUM,* L.^Bmth. I. c. n. I. 



1. V. Thapsus. L.~Ph.—ElL—BigeL—Torr. 



Hab. Canada, Mrs. Percivah Lake Huron. Dr, Todd. Saskatchawan. Dr. Richardson, Drum- 

 mond. — Probably introduced; yet both Pursh and Torrcy observe that it springps up in great abundance in 



• A desire not to extend the present work beyond the two volumes announced in the prospectus, has induced me 

 to omit the generic and specific characters, and particular references of well-known plants. Without such an arrange- 

 ment, it would be impossible to include all the species, even of phajnogaraous plants, within the prescribed limits; the 

 number having considerably accumulated siuce the commencement of the work. 



