62 WILD FLOWERS. 



repelling all moths, cockroaches, &c. ; the black- 

 rooted V. nlgrum; of which Gerarde says, that 

 " with hys pleasaunt yellow flouris, he " is good for 

 inflammations of the eyes, and causes the hair " to 

 waxe yellow, being also good for burns and scalds ;" 

 the white-flowered V. Lyclimtis; and the handsome, 

 panicled hoary mullein (V. pulverulentum) ; the 

 whole of which, with the exception named, have 

 yellow flowers. 



