SCROPHULARIACEAE. 



VOL. III. 



2. Verbascum phlomoides L. Clasp- 

 ing-leaved Mullen. Fig. 3736. 



Verbascum phlomoides L. Sp. PI. 1194. 1753. 



Stem rather stout, usually simple, i-4 

 high. Leaves oblong to ovate-lanceolate, 

 crenate, crenulate, or entire, woolly-tomen- 

 tose on both sides, sessile or somewhat 

 clasping, or slightly decurrent on the stem, 

 or the lower often petioled with truncate 

 or subcordate bases; flowers yellow, or 

 cream-color, i' broad or more, usually in a 

 solitary elongated tomentose spike-like ra- 

 ceme; pedicels clustered, shorter than the 

 calyx; stamens as in V. Thapsus; capsule 

 4"-5" long, exceeding the tomentose calyx. 



Eastern Massachusetts to Kentucky. Ad- 

 ventive or fugitive from Europe or eastern 

 Asia. June-Aug. 



3. Verbascum Lychnitis L. White Mullen. 

 Fig. 3737- 



Verbascum Lychnitis L. Sp. PI. 177. 1753. 



Stem angled, rather stout, paniculately branched 

 above, 2-4^ high, densely covered, as well as 

 the lower surfaces of the leaves, with a white 

 canescent nearly stellate pubescence. Leaves ob- 

 long, ovate or oblong-lanceolate, crenate-dentate, 

 2'~7' long, the upper acute, sessile, but not decur- 

 rent on the stem, the lower obtuse or acute at the 

 apex and narrowed into margined petioles ; flow- 

 ers in a large terminal panicle, racemose on its 

 branches, white or cream-color, 5 "-6" broad, 

 nearly sessile; pilose hairs of the 3 shorter fila- 

 ments white; capsule about 2" high, equalling or 

 exceeding the calyx. 



In fields and waste places, Ontario to New Jersey 

 and Pennsylvania. Reported from Kansas. Natural- 

 ized from Europe. Native also of Asia. June Sept. 

 Its down once used for lighting, hence Lichnitis, 

 lamp. 



4. Verbascum Blattaria L. Moth Mullen. 



Fig- 3738. 



Verbascum Blatteria L. Sp. PI. 178. 1753. 



Stem erect, strict, slender, terete, glabrous or 

 sparingly glandular-pubescent, usually quite simple, 

 2-6 high. Leaves oblong, ovate or lanceolate, 

 dentate, laciniate, or pinnatifid, acute or acuminate, 

 the upper \'-2.\' long, truncate or cordate-clasping 

 at the base, the lower and basal ones sessile or 

 somewhat petioled, sometimes i long, seldom pres- 

 ent at flowering time; raceme i-2 long, loose; 

 pedicels spreading, i'-i' long, bracted at the base; 

 corolla yellow or white, about i' broad, with brown 

 marks on the back ; filaments all pilose with violet 

 hairs ; capsule depressed-globose, 3" in diameter, 

 longer than the calyx. 



In fields and waste places, Quebec to Florida, west to 

 Oregon and California. Naturalized from Europe. 

 Native also of Asia. June-Nov. Said to repel the 

 cockroach (Blatta), whence the name Blattaria; fre- 

 quented by moths, hence moth-mullen. 



Verbascum virgatum Stokes, a similar Old World 

 species, found on Cape Breton Island and naturalized 

 in the Pacific States, has fruiting pedicels shorter than 

 the capsules. 



