52 PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. [Cl. 5. 



Mount, heaths. If. . 5. Smaller. Fl. whitish, or pale blue. Changes 

 by cult, to V. canina. Mr. Leighton. 



6. Y.Jlavicornis, Suppl. 2736. (Yellow-spurred V.) Stem woody, 



much branched, somewhat angular. Leaves heart-shaped, cori- 

 aceous, smooth and even. Stipulas and bracteas fringed. Calyx- 

 leaves lanceolate. 

 Past, and banks, If . 5, 6. Stem 1 — 2 in., ascending. Fl. ^ the size 

 of the last. 



7. V. tricolor, 18. 1287. (Pansy V. Heart's-ease.) Stem angular, 



diffuse, divided. Leaves oblong, deeply crenate. Stipulas lyrate, 

 pinnatifid. Bracteas obsolete. — V. Curtisii, Suppl. 2693. 

 /3. arvensis. — V. arvensis, Suppl. 2767. Petals short. 

 Fields. . 5 — 9. Stem weak. Fl. varieg. with yell., blue, and purple. 



8. V. lutea, 11. 721. (Yellow V.) Stem triangular, simple. Leaves 



ovate-oblong, crenate, fringed. Stipulas lobed, palmate. Bracteas 

 minute, scarcely toothed. 

 Mount, past. 2£. 5 — 9. Spur the length of the cal. Cor. yell, 

 with black radiating lines; rarely all purple. 



112. VERBiSCUM. Mullein. 



1. V. Thdpsus, 8. 549. (Great M.) Leaves decurrent, crenate, woolly 



on both sides. Stem simple. Cluster dense. Flowers almost sessile. 

 Banks. $ . 7, 8. 3 — 4/ Fl. large, of a golden yell. Stam. red. 



2. V. Lychnitis, 1. 58. (White M.) Leaves wedge-shaped-oblong ; 



stripped of down on their upper side. Stem angular, panicled. 

 Road-sides, on a chalky soil. $ . 7, 8. Fl. stalked, whitish. 

 *2. V. " thapsiforme, Schrad. (Thapsus-like M.) Stem simple. 

 Leaves lanceolate-ovate. Raceme spiked, dense. Bracteas longer 

 than the woolly calyx. Segments of the corolla obovate, rounded. 

 Two of the anthers oblong. DC." Lindl. 

 Road-sides, Kent. $ . 7, 8. 



3. V. pulverulentum, 7- 487. (Hoary M.) Leaves ovate-oblong, 



obscurely serrated, clothed with mealy deciduous wool. Stem 

 round, panicled. 

 Gravelly soil, rare. $ . 7. Stem 3—5/. Fl. very numer. golden, 

 with scarlet anth. 



4. V. nigrum, 1.59. (Black M.) Leaves oblong-heart-shaped, stalked, 



waved and crenate, slightly downy. Cluster mostly solitary. 

 Grav. soil. If. .7,8. Spike a little lax. Fl. aggreg. golden; filam. violet. 



5. V. virgatum, 8.550. (Large-flowered M.) Leaves ovate-lance- 



olate, toothed, sessile ; radical ones downy, somewhat lyrate. 

 Stem branched. Flowers aggregate, partly sessile. 

 Fields, rare. $ . 8. Stem slightly icinged, 5—6/ Fl. very large, 

 yellow. 



6. V. Blattaria, 6. 393. (Moth M.) Leaves clasping the stem, 



oblong, smooth, serrated ; radical ones sinuated. Clusters pani- 

 cled, simple. Flower-stalks longer than the bracteas. 

 Banks, rare. . 7. Stem slightly angular, 3—4/ Cor. yell. 



