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1. VERBASCUM L. Mullein. 



Biennial or rarely perennial, mostly tall and erect 

 herbs, with alternate leaves and rather large showy 

 flowers in terminal spikes, racemes or panicles. Calyx 

 5-parted. Corolla rotate, 5-lobed, the lobes slightly un- 

 equal. Stamens 5, inserted on the base of the corolla, 

 unequal; filaments of the 3 upper or of all pilose; anther- 

 sacs confluent into 1. Ovules numerous; styles dilated 

 and flattened at the summit. Capsule globose to oblong, 

 septicidally 2-valved; the valves usuall}^ 2-cleft at the 

 apex. Seeds numerous, rugose. 



1. V. virgatum With. Stems about 1 m. high, stout, pubescent 

 and glandular throughout; lowest leaves 1-2 dm. long, oblong-ovate 

 or oblong-lanceolate, crenate, the upper similar but smaller and 

 decurrent on the stems; raceme narrow, spike-like, 5 dm. long or 

 more; flowers somicwhat clustered or solitary in the axils of the 

 much reduced bract-like leaves, nearly sessile or short-pedicelled; 

 calyx ovate, 5-6 mm. long; corolla yellow, about 15 mm. broad; 

 filaments all bearded with violet woolly hairs; capsule subglobose, 

 about 6 mm. in diameter. 



Frequent along roadsides and in waste places, especially in the 

 interior valleys. San Gabriel; El Monte; Lordsburg; Pomona. 

 May-August. 



2. LINARI/l Juss. 



Herbs with alternate leaves or the lower opposite or 

 verticillate, and regular flowers in terminal bracted 

 racemes or spikes. Calyx 5-parted, the segments imbri- 

 cated. Corolla spurred at the base or the spur rarely 

 obsolete, 2-lipped, the upper lip erect, 2-lobed, the lower 



