862 Scrophulariaceae. 
the upper ones pinnately lobate, segments crenate-dentate, the 
cauline ones often sessile, smaller than the others, like bracteoles; 
pedicels thick; bracts oblong-ovate as long as the calyx; calyx 
floccose-tomentellous, with oblong segments; corolla 1 cm in diameter, 
outside tomentellous, yellow; filaments with white wool; anthers 
often reniform; capsule oblong-cylindric tarice as long as the calyx, 
acuminate, white-tomentellous, often pungent at the tip. — Flow. 
March to April. 
M. ma. Marmarica: Umm Raktim: Matruqa; Dakalla; Bir-el- 
qasaba; Alexandria. 
Only known from this locality. 
1207. (2.) Verbascum sinaiticum Benth. in DC. Prodrom. X 
(1846), p. 236. — Boiss. Flor. Or. IV, p. 318. — Aschers.-Schweinf. 
Il]. Flor. @Eg., p. 114 no. 772. — Sickenberg. Contrib. Flor. d’Eg., 
p. 263. — Verbascum fasciculatum HEhrenberg mscr. in Herb. Berol. 
— A biennial plant, 80 cm to 1 m high, or sometimes somewhat 
more, densely pannous with golden or rusty wool, long-panicled. 
Leaves thick, crenate, the lower ones oblong, 30—40 cm long, 6—8 em 
broad, tapering at the base; the upper ones ovate, tapering at the tip, 
somewhat cordate-clasping, and sometimes decurrent at the base. 
Flowers white, 1 em broad, 3—5 in a cluster, forming interrupted 
spikes often 4 cm long; pedicels woolly, unequal, the longest scarcely 
longer than the calyx; calyx 5 mm long, cleft for two thirds of its 
length into oblong-lanceolate lobes; capsule ovate, 6 mm long. — 
Flow. March to April. 
D. i. Suez to Gaza. 
Local name: kheriya. 
Also known from Arabia Petraea. 
1208. (3.) Verbascum sinuatum L. Spec. Plant. I (1753), 
p. 284. — Boiss. Flor. Or. IV, p. 322. — Sibth. and Smith Flor. graec., 
tab. 227. — Aschers.-Schweinf. Ill. Flor. d’Eg., p. 114 no 773, 
Rehbch. Ie. XVIII, tab. 24. — Sickenberg. Contrib. Flor. d’Kg., p. 263. 
— Verbascum Ceccarinianum Boiss. and Heldr. ex. Boiss. Flor. Or. IV, 
p. 322. — Verbaseum Gaillardotii Boiss. Diagnos. Plant. Or. Ser. Il, 
fasc. VI, p. 128. — A biennial plant, 1—2 m high or sometimes 
somewhat more, more or less densely woolly, vellow or grey; stem 
ending in a long, broad panicle. Root-leaves oblong-spathulate, 
30—50 cm long, nearly sessile, sinuate-pinnatifid, usually wavy; 
upper leaves oblong, entire, acute, short-decurrent. Flowers 2—5 
in distant clusters, bracts cordate-acuminate; pedicels unequal, the 
longest as long as the ealyx; calyx 3mm long, cleft beyond the 
