490 



VERBASCIN^E. I. VERBASCUM. 



yellow. Filaments clothed with white wool. Capsule tornen- 

 tose. 



Dense-flowered Mullien. PI. 4 to 6 feet. 



9 V. THAPSOI'DES (Hoffm. et Link, fl. port. 1. p. 214. exclu- 

 sive of the synonymes. Schrad. verb. p. 25. t. 5. f. 2.) leaves 

 crenulated, tomentose : radical ones oblong-lanceolate : cauline 

 ones oblong, acute, semidecurrent ; racemes subspicate ; fasci- 

 cles of flowers rather crowded ; anthers nearly equal. %. H. 

 Native of Portugal. Stem branched at top ; branches floriferous. 

 Plant clothed with canescent tomentum. Upper surfaces of the 

 leaves green in the adult state, and less tomentose. Radical 

 leaves a span to a foot and more long. One or two of the flowers 

 in each fascicle usually fertile, the rest sterile. Corolla yellow, 

 size of those of V. Lychnllls. Filaments clothed with white 

 wool. Perhaps V. Lychnilis, Brot. fl. lus. 1. p. 272. 



Var. (3, simplex ; stem simple, and more humble. 7 . H. 

 V. simplex, Hoffm. et Link. fl. port. 1. p. 216. V. dubium, 

 Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 330. 



Thapsus-like Mullien. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1819. PI. 4 to 

 6 feet. 



10 V. PLANTAGI'NEUM (Mor. elench. sard, ex Bull. 14. p. 

 348.) plant clothed with fulvous tomentum ; leaves obsoletely 

 crenulated, thick : cauline ones decurrent, crowded, oblong : 

 radical and lower leaves attenuated into the petioles, ovate- 

 elliptic, obtuse ; racemes densely spicate ; filaments clothed 

 with coppery villi. $ . H. Native of Sardinia, on the hills of 

 Cala and D'Ostia Pula, in arid pastures. Said to be nearly 

 allied to V. thapsoldes. 



Plantain-]eaved Mullien. PI. 4 to 5 feet. 



11 V. GOSSYPI'NUM (Bieb. fl. cauc. suppl. p. 152.) leaves de- 

 current, crenulated, green, and rather woolly above, but clothed 

 with white wool beneath ; racemes simple, tailed ; pedicels fas- 

 cicled, rather shorter than the calyx. $ . H. Native of Iberia. 

 Habit of V. gnaphaloides ; the down, inflorescence, flowers, and 

 capsules, are also the same ; but the leaves are narrower, and 

 the crenae more minute. Filaments copper-coloured ; the 2 

 shorter ones clothed with white tomentum above the middle ; 

 the other 3 longer, and naked. Corollas yellow. 



Woolly Mullien. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. PI. 4 to 6 

 feet. 



12 V. MACRA'NTHUM (HofFrn. et Link. fl. port. 1. p. 215. t. 

 27.) leaves crenulated, tomentose : radical ones elliptic-oblong, 

 attenuated at the base : cauline ones oblong, acute, semidecur- 

 rent ; fascicles of racemes remote ; two of the anthers oblong. 



$ , H. Native of the North of Spain, by way sides. Schrad. 

 verb. p. 27. Plant tomentose. Leaves green above : radical 

 ones 3-4 inches long. Racemes a foot long, or more. Corollas 

 large, showy, yellow, with broad, obovate-roundish, unequal 

 segments. Filaments clothed with copper-coloured wool ; but 

 the 2 longer ones only at the base. 



Large-flowered Mullien. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. PI. 

 3 to 4 feet. 



13V. AUSTRA'LE (Schrad. verb. p. 28. t. 2.) leaves crenated, 

 tomentose : radical ones oblong-lanceolate, tapering into the 

 petioles : cauline ones oblong, acute, decurrent : uppermost 

 ones broad-ovate, cuspidate, semidecurrent ; fascicles of ra- 

 cemes remote ; 2 of the anthers oblong. $ . H. Native of 

 the South of Europe. Plant clothed with tomentum, like V. 

 phlomoides. Radical leaves a foot and more long. Racemes 

 simple, 1 \ foot long ; but sometimes, as in strong plants, it is 

 branched at the base. Flowers sweet-scented. Corolla, calyx, 

 stamens, and stigma, size, colour, and structure of those of V . 

 phlomoides. 



Southern Mullien. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1815. PI. 4 to 6 

 feet. 



14V. PHLOMOI'DES (Lin. spec. 253.) leaves crenated, tomen- 



tose : radical ones elliptic, or ovate-elliptic, petiolate : cauline 

 ones oblong, acute : superior ones broad-ovate, cuspidate, stem- 

 clasping, decurrent ; fascicles of racemes rather remote ; 2 of 

 the anthers oblong. $ . H. Native of Europe, Tauria, Cau- 

 casus, and Turkey, in sterile and uncultivated places. Sibth. 

 et Smith, fl. graec. t. 224. Bieb. fl. cauc. no. 398. exclusive of 

 the syn. of Tabern. and Dodon. Mcench, hass. no. 170. t. 4. 

 Mill. fig. t. 273. V. tomentosum, Lam. fl. fr. 2. p. 260. V. 

 rugulosum, Willd. enum. 1. p. 224. V. pulverulentum, Spreng. 

 hal. no. 233. V. Thapsus, Plenck, med. t. 109. V. thap- 

 soides, Vill. dauph. 1. p. 490. V. grandiflorum, Mill. diet. no. 

 5. Stem branched at top, tomentose, as well as the leaves and 

 calyxes. Leaves usually yellowish-green : radical ones 3-4 

 inches long. Racemes from a span to a foot, or longer, branched 

 a little at the base. Flowers sweet-scented. Corolla yellow, 

 showy, size of those of V . macrdnthum, with broad obovate- 

 roundish, unequal segments. The 3 smaller filaments clothed 

 with dense purple wool ; the 2 longer ones, for the most part, 

 naked, or but rarely furnished with a few hairs in the middle. 

 Capsule roundish-ovate, blunt. 



Var. ft, albiflbrum ; flowers white. Lob. icon. t. 560. 

 f. 2. 



Phlomus-like Mullien. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1739. PI. 3 to 

 4 feet. 



15 V. CONDENSA'TUM (Schrad. verb. p. 31. t. 3.) leaves to- 

 mentose : radical ones elliptic-oblong, attenuated at the base, 

 unequally and doubly crenated : cauline ones oblong, acute, 

 simply crenated ; superior ones roundish-ovate, cuspidate, 

 decurrent ; racemes dense, fascicled ; two of the anthers 

 oblong. $ . H. Native of Austria, in sterile places. Stem 

 divided at top into floriferous branches. Radical leaves 1 

 to lj foot long. Racemes a foot to 1J foot long. Flowers and 

 fruit agreeing with V. phlomoides. 



CVose-flowered Mullien. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. PI. 5 

 to 6 feet. 



16 V. NEMOROSUM (Schrad. verb. p. 32. t. 1. f. 2.) leaves 

 acute, crenated, tomentose : radical ones oblong, attenuated at 

 both ends : lower cauline ones lanceolate, narrowed at the base : 

 middle ones oblong-lanceolate : and the superior ones oblong 

 and decurrent ; fascicles of racemes rather remote ; 2 of the an- 

 thers oblong. $ . H. Native of Austria, in groves, Schott. 

 Nearly allied to V. phlomoides, but with a different habit. 

 Radical leaves a span and more long : lower cauline ones more 

 than a foot long. Racemes solitary, simple. Calyxes, corolla, 

 and fruit, as in the two preceding species. 



Grove Mullien. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. PI. 4 to 5 

 feet. 



17 V. MONTA'NUM (Schrad. hort. gott. fasc. 2. p. 18. t. 12. 

 verb. p. 33.) leaves tomentose : radical ones oblong-elliptic, 

 crenulated, petiolate : cauline ones oblong, acutish, obsoletely 

 crenulated : superior ones acute, decurrent ; raceme subspicate ; 

 fascicles of flowers rather crowded ; anthers nearly equal. $ . 

 H. Native of the Pyrenees ; also of Switzerland and Germany. 

 V. phlomoides, Spreng. hal. no. 231. Schleich. pi. rar. cent. 1. 

 no. 27. Stem simple, clothed with rusty yellow tomentum, as 

 well as the leaves and other parts. Radical leaves 3-5 inches 

 long. Racemes 3 inches to \ a foot. Flowers sometimes soli- 

 tary, but usually fascicled. Corolla size, colour, and form of 

 those of V. Thdpsus. The 3 smaller filaments clothed with 

 white wool : the 2 larger ones beset with scattered hairs, rarely 

 naked. Capsule ovate, obtuse, about equal in length to the 

 calyx. In shady places this plant becomes 6 feet high, and 

 branched at top ; and the leaves shining, green above ; but in 

 dry exposed places not above 2 feet, and unbranched. 



Mountain Mullien. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1819. PI. 2 to 6 

 feet. 



