78 PENTAND. MON 7 OG. 



23. VERBASCUM. 



1 . V* Thapsus (great Mullein} , leaves decurrent woolly on both 

 sides, stem simple, 2 stam. longer, glabrous. Lightf. p. 143. 

 E. B. t. 549. 



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

 Fife, Lightf. Waste ground occasionally about Glasg. Calder- 

 wood, Ure. Banks of the Clyde below Renfrew and Woodhall, 

 Hopk. Highlands, not uncommon, Mr. Arnott. Blackford-hill, 

 Edinb., Maugh. Fl. July. $ . 



Stem 4 5 feet high, angular, winged. Leaves 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 haemorrhoidal complaints. 3 Stam. 

 hairy, 2 long glabrous ; therefore incorrectly figured in E. Bot. 



2. V. Lychnitis (white Mullein), leaves oblong-wedge-shaped 

 nearly glabrous on the upper side, stem angled paniculate. 

 Lightf. p. 143. E. B. t. 58. 



HAB. Road-sides. Back-walk at Stirling, called Edmonston's walk, 

 Lightf. Lane leading from the glass-works to the Clyde, Dumbar- 

 ton, Hopk. Kenmore, Breadalbane, Maugh. Fl. July. $ . 



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

 woolly. Stam. hairy. 



3. V.pulverule?itum (yellow hairy Mullein), leaves ovato-oblong 

 subserrate pulverulento-tornentose on both sides, stem round- 

 ed panic-led. E. B. t. 487. 



HAB. In a den near Cullen, Maugh. Fl. July. $ . 

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

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



4. V. mgrum (dark Mullein}, leaves oblongo-cordate petiolate 

 crenate subpubescent. E. B. t. 59. 



HAB. Links between Seton and Gosford, Dr. Yule. Banks of the 

 river Esk opposite Coalpits, and at Borthwick Castle, Maugh. Fl. 

 July, Aug. 11 . 



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

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

 bright purple hairs. 



24. HYOSCYAMUS. 



1. H. niger (common Henba?ie), leaves amplexicaul sinuated, 

 flowers nearly sessile. Lightf. p. 144. E. B. *. 591. 



HAB. Waste places near towns and villages. Firth of Forth, Mr. Ar- 

 nott. Cathcart, Dr. Brown. Rocks, Dumbarton castle, Hopk. 

 FL June. Q or $ . 



Stem much branched, rounded. Whole plant covered with unctuous, 

 fetid hairs. Leaves subovate. Cal. veined, as is the large dingy 

 yellow cor., with brownish lines. Highly narcotic. 



25. ATROPA. 



1 . A. Belladonna (deadly Nightshade}, stem herbaceous, leaves 

 ovate undivided. Lightf. p. 144. E. B. t. 592. 



