THE DICTIONARY 
OF GARDENING, 
" ‘Werbascum—continued. 
V. Chaixii (Chaix’s).* heey tho Ah Matteis. ft yao: ; calyx 
ben 
lanceolate, subulate; icles loosely many-flowered ; 
-raceme paniculate. l. green or ee beneath, crenate ; 
- lower ones petiolate, cuneate at base, truncate or incised ; upper 
ones sessile, rounded at base. A. South an d Central 
, eu A hybrid between V. ovalifolium and 
d TL sc? (coppery). hy! 
V. ferrugineum (rusty. A synonym of V. pheeniceum. 
V. formosum (beautiful. A synonym of V. ovalifolium. 
V. Myconi (Mycon’s). A synonym of Ramondia pyrenaica. 
, nigrum (dark). Dark Mullein. fl. numerous within each 
Ms more or > stalked ; corolla Lo il GER bright — 
to the filaments. Summer and autumn. L crenate, near! 
A i e sen beneath ; di ie md 
| cordate-o| , on lo ones near! 
— a pointed. Stem e hod with woo! hairs, 
to high, ending in à long, simply-branched raceme. 
à x (Brit) w Western Asia. A pretty perennial 
diameter. l. rosula , acuminate, 
ba eg Stem 5ft. to 6ft. Sex ee from worse the base in 
a candela! manner. t, 1883. Perennial. qa. 1078.) 
J V. ovalifolium inea sa e: orange, large, solitary, 
in a simple or spike ; auger filaments orange- or purple- 
woolly. l ovate ; lower ones doubly or incised-crenate ; 30575 
d er Tauria, 1804. DE ) 
V. formosum (B. R. 568) V. cupreum (B. M. 1226) is a 
hybrid between this egen and V. pheniceum. 
i K w (Phlomis-like). Woolly Mullein. Á. yellow, fas- 
` shorter than the calyx; racemes ay Reg d 
crenulate, or the oblong radical ones: doub! 
en crenate ` upper ones -— obtuse, or the interm ide 
ones somewhat -decurrent. h. 3it. South Europe, 1739. 
(S. F. G. 224.) 
ote, many times. Ak er than the oe : raceme 2 
H branched. 
ES O ss 
TENE See Fig. 159. (B. M. e L. 
2.) Syn. V. ferrugineum (A. B. R. 163) 
FIG. 160. PORTION OF INFLORESCENCE OF VERBASCUM THAPSUS. 
V. pinnatifidum (pinnatifid 
flowered fascicles, tee su 
branched, rigid. I m ostly naked, gree 
fid; cauline ones pinnatifid, with ob: Ohio: ^ segmen 
Tour € y IBIS Sub nat. Stems lft. or more ents; 
ës -8 (S. F. G. | 228.) SYN. V. bipin- 
ee See € flowered ; 
a WË a aft. ong, with short, bundle aonana 
3 ee in remote, Dei: 
¥en (Olympian).* t£ bright der n- Min lin. to - 
Verbascum—continued, 
branchlets (or, in gardens, an often elongated raceme). l. doubly 
crenate ; i sees sce narrowed to the base ; upper 
ones sessile, cordate-auriculate. Sft. or more. Caucasus, & 
A pretty species. (S. B. F. G. 3L) 
V. rubiginosum (reddish-brown). fl. yellow and red ; pedicels 
bi- or ternate, rarely solitary, twice or many times as long as the 
ranched 
calyx; raceme loose, bi , sub-paniculate, J. pu nt 
beneath, crenate; lower ones late ; ue ones sessile or 
cordate-amplexicaunl A, 2ft. Hungary, 
V. r. tauricum (Taurian) Á. larger, on shorter pedicels ` raceme 
simpler. (B. M. , under name of V. tauricum.) 
V. deser (showy). Á. f. yellow ; — longer than the 
fascicles loose, often flowered ; pani very long, 
po ba Bh l. thick, entire, or lower ones crenate, oblong, 
elongated, em rg d mei upper ones sessile or 
Wa spectabile (marke) ce ge? and purple; pedicels 
solitary or few š me elongated, nearly simple, 
viscous-villous. J. dou eri E Prec glabrous or pilose above, 
slightly tomentose beneath; lower ones petiolate, oblong-ovate, 
cordate at base; upper ones sessile, semi-amplexicaul. A. 2ft. 
Tauria, 1820. 
V. Thapsus (Tha Zeien Aaron’s Rod ; Adam’s Flannel ; 
psus 
Blanket Leaf; Cow’s Ley... or Hig Taper; Jacob’s 
Staff ; Shepherd's Club ; ow; corolla jin. 
to lin. in x woolly — spike are to 10in. long, 
dense, Ve: l. very decurrent ; radical ones rag to 8in. long, 
obovate-lanceolate, entire or crenate ` cauline ones oblong, acute, 
the upper acumina: 2ft. to At. kA stout. Europe 
(Britain). See Fig. 160. (F. D. 631; Sy. En. 
VERBENA (the old Latin name used e Virgil and 
Pliny). Vervain. ORD. Verbenaceæ. A genus comprising 
about eighty species of greenhouse or hardy, annual or 
perennial herbs or sub-shrubs, almost wholly American. — 
Flowers small or mediocre, solitary in the axils of the often 
narrow bracts; calyx tubular, five-ribbed, five-toothed ; 
corolla tube straight or incurved, equal or slightly enlarged 
above ; limb spreading, sub-bilabiate, the five lobes oblong 
or broad, obtuse or retuse; stamens four, didynamous, 
very rarely two, affixed above the middle of the tube, 
included; spikes terminal, rarely axillary. Leaves opposite, 
or rarely ternately whorled or alternate, toothed or often 
incised or dissected, rarely entire. V. officinalis, the 
British representative of the genus, was formerly held in ` 
great repute as a remedy for affections of the bladder, and ~ 
its flowers were considered an instrument for restoring - 
defective vision. Verbenas may readily be propagated by 
seeds, sown in heat, some time in early spring; or by 
cuttings of the young growths which have no flowers on 
them. The hardy species may also be increased b 
division of the rootstock. ^ All require a rich soil, 
may be planted in open borders during summer from the 
middle or end of May. 
The best-known species are here deseribed. Except 
where otherwise indicated, Së are perennials, and flower ` 
in summer. s= 
V. alata (winged). fl. rosy; spikes short, dense, sub-cylindric ; 
panicle terminal, cymose, sub-fastigiate. J. sessile, jin. to lin. 
ong, ovate or triangular-oblong, acute, entire or argutely serrated, 
mec, wrinkled, strigose-scabrous. Stems sub-fastigiate. 
h. 4ft. Brazil, 1828. Half- -hardy. (S. B. F. G. ser. ii. 41.) 
V. amæna (pleasing). fl, pinkish-purple; corolla lobes bifid; 
spikes long, dense, erect, Z. stipulate, pinnatifid ; lobes oblo: Sé 
acute, clothed with closely-pressed eg "stipules — 
more ‘hairy than the blade. Stems pa mn recumbent, covered 
crine whitish hairs. A. lft. Mexico. Half-hardy. (P. M. B. 
vii 
V. Aubletia (Aublet's) Rose Vervain. $. reddish-purple or lilac, 
rarely white ; corolla Vis: M to gin. broad ; spikes pedunculate, 
elongated in fruit. l lin. to 2in. long, ovate or ovate-oblong, 
. incisely lobed and toothed, often more deeply three-cleft, “the 
truncate or broadly cuneate base tapering into a margined petiole. 
h. 1ft. or less. North America, 1774. Hardy. (B. M. 308; B. R. 
294, var. 1925). V, Tamiortii (B: M. 2200) ia. a form of this with — 
narrower and more incised leaves. V. L. rosea (S: B. F. G. ser. ii. 
363) has a este. te fragrant corolla, jin. wide. 
V. bracteosa ( bracted). lish se u^ very 
small, exceeded by some of the us Kells: spikes thick, 
SE Ee 
nto a shor 
cleft, and coarsely-toothed. Mori dim proin on America, 1820." Plant diffuse 
or decumbent, hirsute, ann 
Hardy. (B. M. 2910.) 
