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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; flow^ers yellow, or 

 cream-color, 1' 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" l n g> 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. 2-42 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.'-y' 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. 



Verbascum Blatteria L. Sp. PI. 17S. 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 Y-2I' long, truncate or cordate-clasping 

 at the base, the lower and basal ones sessile or 

 somewhat petioled, sometimes 1 long, seldom pres- 

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

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

 corolla yellow or white, about 1' 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. 



