560° PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Verbascum, 
axillary, about twice the length of the petioles, ramous, and: 
crowded with minute white flowers. Bractes subulate, one- 
flowered, beside one or two broader on the short petioles, or 
pressing the calyx. Calyx campanulate, five-parted.. Corol 
with a very short tube, and a border of five oval segments, 
Filaments five, inserted into the tube, under the middle of 
the segments of the border, short, incurved. Germ superior, 
one-celled, containing numerous ovula, attached. to a free re- 
ceptacle, rising fromthe bottom of the cell, Style short, 
Stigma three-lobed. 48 be thy 
~4. Bi glabra. Ro. Longs 
’ Arboreous, Leaves alternate, scat tnlienlaie, entire, 
smooth. Panicles axillary, smooth, 
- A slender tree, with straight, smooth branches, and leaves ; 
a native of Chittagong, where it flowers in March. 
6. B. tetrandra, R. : a pos 
~ Leaves alternate, oblong, entire. Racemes sxifley, | Flee 
ers tetrandrous, 1 hi 
_ A native of the Moluccas, ; oe 
ae 
-VERBASCUM. Schreb. gen. N. 331. 
- Corol rotate, somewhat sid teh Capsules superior, two- 
called, two-valved. aos) 2) po 
ao 
pe 8 v. | Willd. spec. i. 1001. 
- Leaves decurrent, downy on. both sides. Stem simple, : 
Found by Captain’ Hardwicke amongst the mountains on 
his tour to Shreenugura. In the Botanic garden at;Calcutta 
it grows to the height of from six to eight feet, the stem still 
perfectly straight, but often ramous; it blossoms during the 
