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Verpascum Taurtcum. TaurtaN MULLEIN. 
KKK KEE KEK KEKE REE EK 
Class and Order. 
PentanpriA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Scropuu.arin2. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx 5-fidus. Corolla rotata, limbo inzqualiter lobato. 
Filamenta subbarbata. Anthere difformes. Capsula val- 
vis inflexis, dissepimentum formantibus in placentas incras- 
satis. Spr. 
Specific Name and Character. o 
Versascum Tauricum ; subpubescens, foliis cordato-ovatis 
rosse crenato-lobatis reticulatis submembranaceis in- 
erioribus petiolatis, petiolo brevi, superioribus multo 
minoribus magis cordatis sessilibus, racemis elongatis, 
pedicellis solitariis v. geminis bracteas equantibus, 
(floribus purpureis). 
Vergsascum Tauricum. AHortulan. 
If this very handsome Muttery, which was kindly com- 
municated from the open border of the Edinburgh Botanic 
Garden, by Dr. Granam, be anywhere described under the 
name with which it was received, I have no means of access 
to that description; nor will I, knowing how liable the 
Genus is to mix with other species, pronounce that the 
present is of a genuine stock. I publish it with the name 
which accompanied the specimen, and under which it was 
probably sent from the German gardens to Dr. Granam. 
Its nearest affinity with any acknowledged species is, per- 
haps, with V. pheniceum, Bot. Mag. t. 885 ; but the pedi- 
cels are very much shorter, in which respect it approaches 
V. cupreum (Bot. Mag. t. 1226), a supposed hybrid, from 
which again it differs in the colour and size and markings 
of the flower. It blossomed in August, 1839. 
Descr. 
