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F is wort Family 



Scrophulariaceae 

 White Mullen 



Verbascum lychnitis Linnaeus 



Plate igsa 



Stems stout, angled, branched above, 2 to 5 feet high, densely covered, 

 as well as the lower surface of the leaves, with a white pubescence. Leaves 

 oblong, ovate or oblong-lanceolate, the margins crenately toothed, 2 to 8 

 inches long, the upper leaves sessile and pointed at the apex, the lower 

 leaves blunt or pointed and narrowed at the base into margined petioles. 

 Flowers in large, terminal panicles and racemes on the branches, white or 

 cream-colored, about one-half of an inch broad. Corolla flat, five-lobed, 

 the lobes a little unequal. Stamens five, unequal, the filaments of the 

 three shorter ones with white hairs. 



Sandy fields and waste places, Ontario to New Jersey and Pennsyl- 

 vania. Native of Europe. Flowering from June to September. From a 

 little distance the entire plant appears to be almost white, and when growing 

 abundantly in a field presents a marked appearance. The plant is very 

 common in sandy fields on the south side of Fish creek near where it empties 

 into Oneida lake. It must have been introduced there many years ago, 

 because J. A. Paine, jr (Plants of Oneida County and Vicinity, 1865, page 

 107) remarks concerning its abundance there. 



Moth Mullen 



Verbascum blattaria Linnaeus 



Plate I95b 



Stems erect, stiff, smooth or slightly glandular-pubescent, usually 

 simple but occasionally branched, 2 to 6 feet high. Leaves oblong, ovate 

 or lanceolate, toothed or cut on the margins, sharp pointed at the apex, 

 the upper ones clasping the stem, one-half to 2\ inches long, the basal 

 leaves sessile or petioled, much larger and often several inches long, but 



