YERBASCIN.E. I. VERBASCCM. 



497 



elongated ; pedicels solitary, twice as long as the bracteas. g . 

 H. Native of Middle and South Europe, in gravelly places ; 

 Tauria, and Caucasus, Bieb. ; Palestine, Sieber ; North Ame- 

 rica, Michx. ; plentiful in some parts of Britain. Jaume St. 

 Hil. pi. fr. t. 469. Smith, engl. hot. t. 393. Sab. hort. 2. t. 



56 Mor. hist. 2. sect. 5. t. 10. f. 6. Bauh. hist. 3. p. 874. 



icone. Lob. icon. 1. t. 564. Lob. hist. p. 304. icone. Plant 

 glabrous. Stem simple, or divided into floriferous branches 

 at top. Leaves deep green. Calyx, peduncles, pedicels, 

 bracteas, and ovarium, beset with very short guttuliferous 

 hairs. Corollas yellow, larger than those of V. pfxeniceum. Fila- 

 ments clothed with purple villi : the 2 longer ones only in the 

 middle, on the inner side. Anthers all reniform. 



Var. p, albifloruw ; flowers white. . H. Native along 

 with the species. V. glabrum, Mill. fig. t. 67. diet. no. 8. 

 Barrel, icon. t. 1249. Bauh. hist. 3. p. 874. Lob. icon. 1. p. 

 563. 



Moth Mullien. Fl. July, Aug. Britain. PI. 4 to 6 feet. 



73 V. BLATTARIOI'DES (Lam. diet. 4. p. 225. Schrad. verb. 

 2. p. 45.) leaves downy : lower ones elliptic-oblong, tapering 

 into the petioles, coarsely crenated: cauline leaves oblong, acute, 

 sessile : superior leaves oblong-ovate, subcordate, acuminated, 

 acutely crenated, half stem-clasping ; raceme terminal, very 

 long ; pedicels usually twin, shorter than the bracteas, and are, 

 as well as the calyxes, clothed with viscid hairs. $ . H. Na- 

 tive of France, by way sides, and in waste fields, on gravelly 

 soil. V. crystallostemon, Cat. sem. hort. dorp. 1818. V. 

 glandulosum, Thore. V. viscidulum, Pers. ench. 1. p. 215. V. 

 glabrum, Willd. enum. 1. p. 225. Stem pubescent, like the 

 leaves ; hairs simple, mixed with guttuliferous pili. Leaves 

 glabrous on the upper surface in the adult state : radical and 

 cauline ones 4-6 inches long. Raceme twiggy, simple, or a 

 little branched at base. Bracteas 3 to each flower. Corolla 

 yellow ; the smaller segments furnished with a few hairs at the 

 base, as in V. Blattaria. Hairs of the longer filaments purple; 

 of the rest purple on one side, and white on the other. Anthers 

 as in V. Blattaria. 



J'ar. p, Lusitanicum (Schrad. verb. 2. p. 45.) larger in all its 

 parts ; lower leaves a foot long : the stem ones acuter, and 

 doubly and acutely crenated ; bracteas narrower. $ . H. Na- 

 tive of Portugal. V. blattarioides, Brot. fl. lus. 1. p. 272. 

 Hoffm. et Link. fl. port. 1. p. 219. 



Blattaria-ltke Moth Mullien. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1805. 

 PI. 4 to 6 feet. 



74 V. VJRGA'TCM (With, arrang. p. 250. Smith, engl. hot. t. 

 550.) leaves oblong-lanceolate, pubescent, toothed, sessile : radi- 

 cal ones sublyrate ; stem branched ; flowers in fascicles, nearly 

 sessile. $ . H. Native of Britain, in corn-fields and by way 

 sides. V. blattarioides, ft, virgatum, Schrad. verb. 2. p. 45. 

 Blattaria magno flore, Bauh. hist. 3. p. 859. Lob. icon. 1. t. 

 564. Stem branched from the base. Leaves dentately cre- 

 nated, pinnatifidly cut at the base, shining above : superior ones 

 cordate, sessile. Flowers disposed in nearly sessile fascicles, 

 yellow, large, with a purplish mouth. Perhaps only a variety 

 of V. blattarioides, as considered by Schrader. 



Trriggy Moth Mullien. Fl. July, Aug. Britain. PI. 5 to 

 6 feet. 



75 \ 7 . GRANDIFLORDM (Schrad. hort. gott. fasc. 2. p. 19. t. 

 1 3. verb. 2. p. 47.) leaves coarsely crenated, pubescent beneath : 

 lower ones elliptic-oblong, attenuated into the petioles : cauline 

 ones oblong, acute, sessile : superior ones broad-ovate, cordate, 

 acuminated, stem-clasping ; racemes spicate, elongated ; pedicels 

 solitary, shorter than the bracteas, and are, as well as the calyxes, 

 downy. $ . H. Native country unknown, but probably of 

 Spain. Stems many from the same root, divided into floriferous 

 branches at top. Leaves deep green, and glabrous above. 



VOL. IV. 



Bracteas 3 to each flower. Racemes 1-2 feet long. Flowers 

 crowded, but at length more remote. Corolla yellow. The 3 

 smaller filaments woolly : the 2 larger ones pilose on the inner 

 side. Anthers of the longer filaments oblong. 



Great-fevered Moth Mullien. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. 

 PI. 4 to 6 feet. 



76 V. PYRAMIDA'TCM (Bieb. fl. cauc. 1. p. 161. suppl. p. 

 155.) leaves downy beneath: lower ones oval-oblong, doubly 

 crenated, petiolate : cauline ones oblong-ovate, cordate, acute, 

 nearly sessile : superior ones broad-ovate, acuminated, sessile : 

 racemes panicled ; pedicels usually solitary, shorter than the 

 bracteas. If.. H. Native of Caucasus and Iberia; and of 

 Hungary, in woods, hedges, and among bushes. Schrad. verb. 

 2. p. 48. Sweet, fl. gard. t. 31. V. Caucasicum, Hort. Stem 

 downy, branched at top. Leaves at length canescent, smoothish 

 above, a span to 1 foot long, wrinkled. Racemes subspicate, 

 disposed in a panicle, like those of V. Lt/chnitis and V.Jlocco- 

 tum. Flowers remote, sweet-scented : the lower ones sometimes 

 twin. Pedicels a little shorter than the calyxes. Bracteas soli- 

 tary. Corollas yellow, size of those of V. Thdptus. Filaments 

 clothed with purple villi. Anthers equal ; pollen vermilion. 

 Capsule downy. 



Pyramidal-fiovrered Mullien. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1804. 

 PI. 5 to 8 feet. 



77 V. SPINOSUM (Lin. amoen. acad. 4. p. 307.) stem frutes- 

 cent, spiny, Tj . F. Native of Candia, on the higher moun- 

 tains, but never below the altitude of 300 hexapods ; but in ste- 

 rile places about Alexandria. Lam. diet. 4. p. 222. Sibth. et 

 Smith, fl. graec. t. 229. Verbascum Creticum, spinosum frutes- 

 cens, Tourn. cor. p. 8. Mor. hist. 2. sect. 5. t. 10. f. 8. Alp. 

 exot. p. 37. t. 36. Clus. hist. p. 299. with a figure. Habit 

 distinct from other species. Stem much branched ; bark sca- 

 brous. Branches tomentose, but naked in summer ; branchlets 

 naked, flexuous, leafless, spinescent. Leaves linear-lanceolate, 

 an inch long, obtuse, more or less sinuated, becoming gradually 

 smaller and more entire as they ascend ; with fascicles of smaller 

 entire leaves in the axillae of the upper ones. Peduncles at the 

 extremity of the branches, scattered, spinescent, propped each 

 by a small bractea. Corollas small, yellow, tomentose outside. 

 Filaments clothed with white wool. Anthers all reniform : 

 pollen orange-coloured. 



Spiny Mullien. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1824. Shrub 1 to 

 1| foot. 



t Doubtful species. 



78 V. BOERHAA'VH (Lin. mant. 45.) leaves sublyrate ; flowers 

 sessile. H. Native of the South of Europe. Willd. spec. 

 1. p. 1002. ^ 7 . luteum, Mill. fig. 273. V. blattariae foliis ni- 

 grum amplioribus, floribus luteis, apicibus purpurascentibus, 

 Boerh. ludgb. 1. p. 228. Till. pis. t. 50.? Leaves sessile, a 

 little decurrent, spatulate, narrowed at the base, sinuated, naked 

 above, and tomentose beneath. Spike like that of V. Thapsus. 

 but not so crowded, and with numerous bracteas to each flower. 

 Corolla yellow. Genitals purple, ex Lin. Perhaps a hybrid 

 between V. phlomoldet and some allied species. 



Boerhaates Mullien. Fl. July. Aug. Clt. 1731. PI. 2 to 

 3 feet. 



79 V. HMORRHOIDA'LE (Ait. hort. kew. ed. 1. p. 236.) 

 leaves ovate-oblong, attenuated at the base, tomentose, obso- 

 letely crenulated ; racemes spike-formed, elongated ; fascicles 

 of flowers bractless. $ . H. Native of Madeira. It is doubt- 

 ful whether this is a true species of the genus, from the want of 

 bracteas, and it is not enumerated in the second edition of Hort. 

 kew. 



Haemorrhoidal Mullien. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1777. PI. 2 

 to 4 feet. 

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