222 PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. spigelia, 



5-cleft, equal. Anthers convergent. Capsule didy- 

 mous, 2-celled, 4 valved, many-seeded. Gen. pi. 272. 

 Nutt. Gen. I. p. 134. Ju'ss. p. 143. Lam. III. 

 t. 107. Roe m. ^ Schult. Gen. 679. Nat. Ord= 

 Gentianje Juss, Carolina Pink-root •> 



S. marilandica L. : stem simple, quadrangular ; leaves 

 all opposite, sessile, ovate-lanceolate. Willd. Spec. I. p* 

 82.5. Bol. Mag. t. 80. M i c h. FL I. p. 1 47o Pursh 

 Fl. I. p. 1 39. Elliott Sk. I. p. 236. B ig. Med. Bot. 

 II. p. 142. t. 14. Bart. Feg. Mat. Med. ILt 31. R o e m. 

 ^Schult. IV. p. 191. 



Root fibrous, perennial. Ste7H a foot or more high, smooth- 

 Leaves 3 — 4 inches long, spreading, acuminate, very entire ; 

 veins slightly pubescent. Floiuers in a secund terminal ra- 

 ceme. Catyx about one-fifth the length of the corolla; seg- 

 ments subulate-filiform. Corolla somewhat fusiform, an inch 

 and a half long, crimson externally, greenish-yellow inter- 

 nally ; tube angular; segoients acute, somewhat expanding. 

 Stamens shorter than the corolla ; anthers oblong. Style ex-= 

 serted ; stigma simple. 



Hab. In Pennsylvania and Maryland. June. Muhlenb er p, 



^ A celebrated anthelmintic. 



152. VERBASCUM. L. 



Calyx 5-parted, Corolla rotate, 5-lobed, unequal 

 Stamens declined, generally bearded. Stigma simple. 

 Capsule 2-celled, with inflected valves, many-seeded. 

 Gen.pl. 331. Nutt. Gen. I. p. 133. Juss. p. 124. 

 Lam. III. t. CXVII. f. 2. Roem. ^ Sckult. Gen. 

 703. Nat. Ord. Solanete/w^^. Mullein. 



1. V. Thapsus L. : leaves decurrent, woolly on both 

 sides ; raceme spiked, dense ; two of the stamens glabrous. 

 Willd. Spec. l.p. 1001. Smith Fl. Brit. I. p. 249. Eng, 

 Bot. L5id. Pursh F/. I. p. 142. Big. Bost. p. 32. 

 Elliott Sk. I. p. 274. Roem. ^ Schult. IV. p. 325. 



Root biennial. Stem simple, straight, 3—6 feet high. Leaves 

 large, ovate or oblong, pale green, densely covered with soft 

 wool. Flowers crowded in a long terminal cylindrical spike, 

 bracteate at the base. Segments of the catyx lanceolate, 

 acute. Corolla bright yellow ; segments erect-spreading. 

 Stamens unequal ; three of them shorter, with woolly Jila- 

 vients ; the others smooth. 



Hab. In old fields, on road sides, See. ; very common. June — Au- 

 gust. Introduced ? 



This is one of those plants which appear in great abundance 



