VERBASCUM. PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 22S 



in newly cleared lands, especially after the woods have been 

 destroyed by fire. 



2. V. Blattaria L. : leaves aniplexicaul, oblong, smooth, 

 serrate 5 peduncles l-flowered, solitary. IVi lid. Spec. I. p. 

 1005. Smith Fl. Brit. I. p. 253. Eng. BoU t. 393o 

 Jl/icA. F/. I. p. 148. PwrsA F/. I.p. 142. Elliott 

 Sk. I. p. 274. Roem. i^ Schult. IV. p. 347. 



Root biennial. S(e?n about 2 feet high, many-angled, smooth. 

 Leaves oblong, acute, coarsely and irregularly serrate. Ra- 

 ceme terminal, very long, leafy, glandular-pubescent. Pedi- 

 cels an inch long. Segments of the calyx linear-lanceolate. 

 Corolla twice as long as the calyx. Stamens unequal ; Jila- 

 ments all woolly ; anthers reniform. 

 Hab. In old fields, and on road sides. June — July. 



Of this plant there are two remarkable varieties : — 



a. alba : leaves toothed ; flowers white. 



^. lutea : leaves doubly serrate ; flowers yellow. V. Clay- 

 toniMich.m. I. p. US ? 



3. V. Lychnitis L. : leaves oblong-cuneiform, naked 

 above; stem angular, panicled. Wi lid. Spec. I. }p. \\03, 

 Sm i t h Fl. Brit. I. p. 250. E7ig. Bot, t. 58. Pursh Fl. 

 I.p.l42. Walt. Car. jp. 95. E llio 1 1 Sk. \. ^. 27i. 

 Roem, 4r Schult. IV. p. 341. 



Leaves very woolly beneath. Flowers pale yellow. 



Hab. On the banks of the Delaware, near Philadelphia. Purs hi, 



153. NICOTIANA. L. 

 Calyx tubular, 5-cleft. Corolla infundibuliform ; 

 border plicate, 5-cleft. Slameiis inclined. Stigjjia 

 capitate. Capsule 2-celled, 2— 4-valved. Gen. pL 

 334. R. Brown Prod. I. p. 447. Nutf. Gen. I. 

 p. 134, Juss, p. 125. Lain. III. t. CXIII. f. L 

 Roem. &? SchulU Gen. 700. Nat. Ord. So- 

 I. AN EE. Juss. Tobacco. 



N. rustica L. : stem terete ; leaves petiolate, ovate, verj 

 entire; tube of the corolla cylindrical, longer than the calyx, 

 segments round. Lehm. Hist. Kicot, p. 1 3. W Hid. Spec. 

 I. p. 258, .YtiU. Ge/i. I.p, 132. R em. <i' S c hu 1 1. lY. 

 p. 319. 



Root annual. Plant viscose-pubescent. Stem a foot and a half 

 high, a little bratiched below. Leaves 2 — 3 inches long ; ra- 

 dical ones much longer. Flowers in a terminal paniculate 

 raceme; pedicels bractcate. Calyx tubular-campanulate, 

 one-third the leugth of the corolla ; segments ovate, very short. 

 Corolla somewhat cyathiform, dull greenish-yellow ; tube in- 



