78 PENTAND. — MONOG. 



L>;5. VE1115ASCUM. 



1. F'. Thapsus (great Mullein), leaves dccurrciit woolly on botli 

 sides, stem simple, 2 stain, longer, glabrous. Liglilf. p. 143. 

 E. B. t. .') if). 



Ham. Dry sandy places, between N. and S. Weems, on the coast of 

 File, L'l'f^htf. Waste ground occasionally about (ilasg. Calder- 

 wood, Ure. Banks of the Clyde below Renfrew and W'oodhall, 

 ilopli. Highlands, not vmcomnion, Mr. Arnolt. IJlackford-hill, 

 Edinb., Maiii^li. Fl. July. J . 



Stem 1 — ."> feet high, angular, winged. Imivcs thick, excessively woolly, 

 ovate or oblong. Spike long, cylindrical, dense. Flowers hand- 

 some golden yellow, when dried in the sun giving out a fat matter 

 used in Alsace as a cataplasm in hiumorrhoidal complaints. 3 Slam. 

 hairy, 2 long glabrous ; tlierefore incorrectly figured in K. Bol. 



2. V. Lychnitis [white Mullein), leaves oblong-vvedgc-sbaped 

 nearly glabrous on the upper side, stem angled paniculate. 

 IJglitf. p. 14.'}. /:. /i. t. ."SS. 



H.\n. lload-sides. IJack-walk at Stirling, called Kdinonston's walk, 

 Li^filf. Lane leading from the glass-workH to the Clyde, Dumbar- 

 ton, Iliipk. Kenmore, lireadalbane, Maiitik. F/. July. S- 



Flowers numerous, rather small, cream-coloured. JjCdvcf below very 

 woolly. StdDi. hairy. 



3. V. pulveruleiituni [yelloiu hairy Mullein), \ea\es ovato-oblong 

 sidjserrate pulveruleuto-tomentose on both sides, stem round- 

 ed jianiclcd. E. B. I. 487. 



Hai5. In a den near CuUen, Muu^h. Fl. July. ^ , 

 Ucmarkable for the mealy down on the leaves, which is easily sepa- 

 rated from the substance of the leaf Flowers large, haiulsome. 



4. V. nigrum [dark Mullein), leaves oblongo-cordate petiolate 

 crcnate subpubescent. E. B. t. 51). 



Hah. Links between Seton and (iosford. Dr. Yule. Banks of the 

 river Ksk opposite Coalpits, and at Borlhwick Castle, Maiti^li. Fl. 

 July, Aug. 2/ . 



Leaves nearly glabrous, dark green. Flowers in clusters, on the al- 

 most simple long spike. Cor. rather large, yellow. Slam, with 

 bright purple hairs. 



24. IIYOSCYAMUS. 



1. II. 7iigcr (common Henlane), leaves amplexicaul sinuated, 

 Howers nearly sessile. Light f. p. 14 1. A". L'. /. .5!)1. 



IIaii. A\'aste places near towns and villages. Firth of Forth, Mr.Ar- 

 iioll. Cathcart, Dr. Brown. Hocks, Dimibarton castle, llopk. 

 Fl. June. O or S ■ 



Sleiii nuich branched, rouiuled. \Aniole j)!a)il covered with unctuous, 

 letid hairs. Leaves subovate. ('<(l. veined, as is tlie large dingy 

 yellow cor., with brownish lines. — Highly narcotic. 



2:k ATROPA. 

 1. A. l]('lla(lovna (deadly Nightshade), stem herbaceous, loaves 

 ovate undivided. Lightj/p.\\\. E.B.tJ^Wl. 



