JULY. 269 
PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
COROLLIFLORZ. SCROPHULARIACE. 
VERBASCUM. (MUuLLEIN.) 
Generic Character. Calyx divided into five. Corolla wheel- 
shaped, irregular. Stamens often hairy. 
Most persons have observed a large, very woolly-leaved 
plant on banks and waste places at this season of the year. 
It is the 
Verpascum TuHarsus. Great Muilleim. When in flower 
it is strikingly handsome, the blossoms large and golden 
yellow, growing in a long, thick, cylindrical spike. Leaves 
thick, excessively woolly on both sides, oval and oblong, not 
stalked, but partly clasping the stem. It requires a light, 
sandy, gravelly, or chalky soil. In some places this plant is 
called the Flannel Plant, from the dense, woolly covering of 
its leaves, which is frequently picked off for tinder. Three 
of the stamens are hairy, and two smooth. 
Versascum Lycunitis. White Mullein. Distinguished 
by the mealy down on the leaves, which is easily removed if 
the hand is passed over them. Flowers small and cream- 
coloured, very numerous on the spike, and it is remarked 
that when the plant is struck violently, the expanded 
