496 



VERBASCINJL I. VERBASCUM. 



Oval-leaved Mullien. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1804. PL 2 to 

 3 feet. 



63 V. FORMOSUM (Fisch. hort. gorenki, 1812. p. 25. Schrad. 

 verb. 2. p. 36.) leaves tomentose beneath : lower ones elliptic- 

 ovate, somewhat triply crenated, and are, as well as the cauline 

 ones, petiolate : upper ones ovate, cordate, simply crenated ; 

 spikes elongated ; flowers solitary ; 2 of the anthers are oblong. 



<j . H. Native of Tauria, Caucasus, and Iberia. Steven and 

 Ledebour. D. Don, in bot. reg. t. 558. Schrank, hort. mon. 

 t. 22. Stem simple, or branched at top. Spikes dense. Co- 

 rolla large, yellow, with a dark purple centre. Filaments clothed 

 with purple wool. 



Handsome Mullien. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1818. PL 2 to 4 

 feet. 



64 V. BETONIC*FOLIUM (Desf. cor. de Tourn. p. 33. t. 23. 

 and in ann. mus. 11. p. 54. with a figure. Schrad. verb. p. 37.) 

 leaves crenated, villous : lower and cauline ones oblong, cordate, 

 petiolate : upper ones oblong-lanceolate, sessile ; raceme spi- 

 cate ; flowers solitary ; 2 of the anthers are oblong. H. . H. 

 Native of Armenia. Schrad. verb. 2. p. 37. Stem simple, 

 villous. Leaves deep green : lower and cauline ones 2-3 inches 

 long. Racemes 2-3 inches long. Flowers crowded, on short 

 pedicels. Corollas yellow, smaller than those of V. Blattaria. 

 Three of the filaments are woolly, and the other two decli- 

 nate and glabrous. Capsule roundish. 



Betony-leaved Mullien. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1825. PL \\ 

 to 2| feet. 



65 V. PUNI'CEUM (Schrad. hort. gott. fasc. 2. p. 20. t. 14. 

 verb. 2. p. 38.) leaves doubly crenated, pubescent : radical and 

 lower cauline ones ovate, cordate, petiolate : upper ones oblong- 

 ovate, sessile ; racemes elongated ; pedicels usually twin, twice 

 as long as the bracteas. If.. H. Native of the South of Eu- 

 rope. Stems many from the same root, branched at top, rarely 

 simple, more or less downy. Leaves green : radical and lower 

 cauline ones 4-6 inches long, obtuse ; one of the lobes at the 

 base longer than the other : upper ones half stem-clasping, 

 acute, or acuminated. Racemes flexuous, drooping at top : ter- 

 minal one 1 foot and more long ; but the lateral ones are much 

 shorter. Flowers twin, except the upper ones, remote. Corolla 

 dirty red. Filaments clothed with purple wool. Anthers all 

 reniform ; pollen copper-coloured. Down simple. There is a 

 variety of this having the lower leaves subtriply crenate : the 

 upper ones recurved at top, and the uppermost ones rounded at 

 the base, not cordate. 



Light-red- fiowered Mullien. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1820. 

 PL 2 to 4 feet. 



66 V. SPECTA'BILE (Bieb. fl. cauc. suppl. p. 158.) leaves ob- 

 long-ovate, cordate, doubly crenated, rather villous above, but 

 villously tomentose beneath : lower and cauline leaves petiolate : 

 superior ones sessile, half stem-clasping ; raceme terminal, elon- 

 gated ; pedicels twin and solitary, about equal in length to the 

 bracteas. If.. H. Native of the South of Tauria, on moun- 

 tains about Sobla ; at the fountains of the river Salgir ; and on 

 mountains above Utu-Usen, Bieb. Stem simple, and is, as well 

 as the under sides of the leaves, tomentose. Leaves all cordate, 

 green above, but paler beneath : radical and lower cauline ones 

 2j to 3| inches long. Raceme length of stem ; those of the 

 branches, if present, shorter. Lower pedicels twin, beset with 

 simple and glandular hairs. Corolla showy, yellow, spotted 

 with purple in the bottom. Capsule downy, mucronate. 



Eminent Mullien. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. PI. 2 to 4 

 feet. 



67 V. TRI'STE (Smith, prod. fl. graec. 1. p. 151.) leaves 

 pubescent : lower ones elliptic-ovate, cordate, subsinuated, un- 

 equally crenated, petiolate : superior cauline leaves sessile ; 

 racemes elongated ; pedicels solitary, spreading, much longer 



than the bracteas. Tf.. H. Native on Mount Athos. Schrad. 

 verb. 2. p. 40. V. ferrugineum, Andr. bot. rep. t. 162. but 

 not of others. Corollas rust-coloured, or yellowish-red. 



Sad-Qowered Mullien. FL July, Aug. Clt. 1788. PL 2 

 to 4 feet. 



68 V. FERRUGI'NEUM (Mill. diet. no. 10. Ait, hort. kew. 1. 

 p. 237.) leaves rather villous, wrinkled : cauline ones nearly 

 sessile, equally crenated : radical ones oblonjr, cordate, doubly 

 crenated ; racemes spicate ; pedicels twin and solitary : lower 

 ones 3-4 together. I/. H. Native of the South of Europe. 

 Trew. ehret. p. 3. t. 16. f. 1. Miller- says the radical leaves 

 are almost entire, dark green above and paler beneath, on 

 long petioles : cauline leaves acute, sessile. Corolla rust- 

 coloured. 



Rusty-fiov/ered Mullien. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1683. PL 

 3 to 4 feet. 



69 V. PHOSNI'CEUM (Lin. spec, p, 254 ) leaves pubescent be- 

 neath : lower ones elliptic, or ovate-oblong, subcordate, cre- 

 nated, petiolate : upper cauline leaves crenulated, sessile ; ra- 

 ceme terminal, elongated : pedicels solitary, much longer than 

 the bracteas. y.. H. Native of the South and East of Eu- 

 rope, on the margins of woods, and in stony grassy fields ; and 

 of Caucasus and Siberia. Lam. ill. t. 117. Gsertn. fruct. 1. p. 

 262. t. 55. Jacq. fl. austr. 1. t. 125. Curt. bot. mag. t. 885. 

 Ker. bot. reg. 637. Mor. hist. 2. sect. 5. t. 9. f. 1. Bauh. 

 hist. 3. p. 875. with a figure. Tab. kraut. 959. icone. Lob. 

 icon. 1. t. 565. Stem downy, simple, or divided into a few 

 floriferous branches. Leaves deep green, nearly glabrous above : 

 radical ones 2-4 inches long : upper cauline ones half stem- 

 clasping. Raceme length of stem. Flowers remote. Corolla 

 deep purple, beset with small purple hairs at the base. Two of 

 the filaments are clothed with purple hairs, and the other 3 with 

 white hairs. Anthers all reniform ; pollen copper-coloured. 

 Down on the stem and lower leaves simple ; of the other parts 

 guttuliferous or glandular. Verb. Cisalpini, Bisol. is a var. of 

 this, ex Coll. in act. acad. taur. vol. 26. p. 507. 



Purple-fiowered Mullien. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1796. PL 

 2 to 4 feet. 



70 V. CU'PREUM (Curt. bot. mag. t. 1226.) leaves cordate, 

 wrinkled, crenated, woolly beneath ; pedicels solitary, unibrac- 

 teate. If.. H. Native country unknown. Corolla of a rust- 

 colour. The 3 shorter filaments covered with long, glandular, 

 purple hairs ; the 2 longer ones naked ; anthers of the long fila- 

 ments moon-shaped and naked : of the shorter ones nearly cir- 

 cular and hairy. Perhaps a hybrid between F. ovalifblium and 

 V. phceniceum. 



Copper-coloured-fiowered Mullien. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 

 1798. PL 2 to 4 feet. 



71 V. REPA'NDUM (Willd. enum. 1. p. 226. Schrad. verb. 2. 

 p. 44.) leaves glabrous : lower ones obovate-oblong, attenuated 

 at the base, somewhat sinuated : cauline leaves oblong, acute, 

 crenated, sessile : superior ones broad-ovate, cordate, acumi- 

 nated, acutely crenated, stem-clasping ; racemes elongated ; 

 pedicels solitary : superior ones longer than the bracteas. $ . 

 H. Native country unknown. Celsia heterophylla, Pers. ench. 

 1. p. 161. This species differs from V. Blattaria, in the supe- 

 rior leaves being always broader, and exactly cordate, stem- 

 clasping, and acutely crenated ; in the bracteas being larger, 

 broader, and serrulated. Racemes as in V. blattarioldes, 3 feet 

 long, and more. Flowers yellow, never white. 



Repand-\enved Mullien. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1813. PL 4 

 to 6 feet. 



72 V. BLATTA'RIA (Lin. spec. p. 254.) leaves glabrous : lower 

 ones obovate-oblong, attenuated at the base, somewhat sinuated : 

 cauline ones oblong, acute, crenated, sessile : superior leaves 

 subcordate, acuminated, half stem-clasping ; raceme terminal, 



