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2. V. Lychnitis. White Mullein. Leaves oblong, inclining to wedge- 

 shaped, nearly smooth on their upper side ; stem angular, panicled 



Stem erect, about three feet high, woolly : flowers stalked, rather small, 

 cream-coloured. Biennial : flowers in July and August: grows in waste 

 places : very rare. Near Truro. Eng. Bot. vol. i. pi. 58. Eng. Fl. 

 vol. i. p. 310. 353. 



3. V. pulverulentum. Yellow Hoary Mullein. Leaves egg-shaped, 

 obscurely serrate, covered on both sides with mealy wool ; stem round, 



panicled. Stem from three to five feet high, leafy, woolly : flowers 



bright-yellow, stalked. Biennial : flowers in July : grows in waste 

 places : rare. Common in Norfolk and Suffolk. Eng. Bot. vol. vii. 

 pi. 487. Eng. FL vol. i. p. 311. 354. 



4. V. nigrum. Black Mullein. Leaves heart-shaped, stalked, waved, 



crenate, slightly downy ; stem angular ; cluster spiked. Stem two or 



three feet high, leafy: flowers bright-yellow: stamens covered with 

 purple hairs. Perennial: flowers in July and August: grows in waste 

 places : frequent in England ; rare in Scotland. Eng. Bot. vol.i. pi. 59. 

 Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 312. 355. 



5. V. virgdtum. Large-jtowered Primrose-leaved Mullein. Leaves 

 broadly lance-shaped, toothed, sessile ; root-leaves downy, somewhat 



lyre-shaped ; stem branched ; flowers aggregate, partly stalked. Stem 



five or six feet high, winged : flowers large, bright-yellow. Biennial : 

 flowers in August : grows in fields and waste places in England : rare. 

 Eng. Bot. vol. viii. pi. 550. Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 313. 356. 



6. V. Blattaria. Moth Mullein. Leaves embracing the stem, oblong, 

 smooth ; stem branched above, each branch terminating in a simple 



cluster ; flower-stalks longer than the bracteas. Stem three or four 



feet high, erect, leafy, smooth : flowers yellow, stained with brown at the 

 back. Annual : flowers in July : grows in gravelly soil, in England : 

 rare. Eng. Bot. vol. vi. pi. 393. Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 313. 357. 



28. HYOSCY'AMUS. HENBANE. 



Calyx inferior, of one leaf, tubular, swelling below, the limb 

 divided into five segments. Corolla of one petal, funnel-shaped, 

 irregular, tube cylindrical, short, limb divided half-way into five 

 obtuse, rounded segments, one of them broader. Filaments awl- 

 shaped, somewhat unequal in length ; anthers heart-shaped. 

 Germen roundish. Style thread-shaped, reclined as long as the 

 stamens ; stigma knobbed. Capsule egg-shaped, with a longi- 

 tudinal furrow at each side, two-celled, opening transversely. 

 Seeds numerous, inversely egg-shaped, curved, covering the oblong, 

 convex receptacles, which are attached to the partition. Named 

 from cr/amus, a bean, and hyos, of a hog. 113. 



1. H. niger. Common Henbane. Leaves sinuated, embracing the 



stem ; flowers sessile. Stem branched, rounded : the whole plant 



woolly and clammy, with a fetid odour : flowers pale-yellowish, with 

 dark-purple veins. Poisonous, producing convulsions, delirium, and 

 death : used medicinally as a sedative. Annual : flowers in July : grows 

 in waste ground, in loose dry soil : frequent. Eng. Bot. vol. ix. pi. 591. 

 Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 316. 358. 



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