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Leaves white-woolly, 4-8 in. long Great Mullein no. 656 



Leaves, not white-woolly, 1-2 in. long Moth Mullein no. 657 



656. Great Mullein. Verbascum Thapsus. A coarse, pas- 

 ture, Eurasian weed, found also in waste places, 2-7 ft. 

 high, with a rosette of large leaves and smaller ones on the 

 stem, the whole plant white-woolly. Leaves nearly stalkless, 

 oval, pointed both ends, 4-8 in. long. Flowers yellow, about 

 }i in. long, in a long terminal dense spike which is often 

 13^ in. thick. Almost throughout North America. June-Sep- 

 tember. Fig, 656. 



657. Moth Mullein. Verbascum Blattaria. An erect, usu- 

 ally unbranched Eurasian herb, not white-woolly, iy2-^y2 

 ft. high. Leaves distinctly toothed, long-triangular, nearly 

 straight at the base, pointed at the tip, 1-2 in. long, the 

 basal ones much larger. Flowers yellowish-white, with brown 

 marks on the outside, in a long terminal, rather sparse, ra- 

 ceme. In fields and waste places, throughout the United 

 States. June-November. Fig. 657. A related species, V. Ly- 

 chnitcs, has branched flower clusters and leaves narrowed at 

 the base. It is Eurasian, and grows in fields and waste 

 places. Ontario to New Jersey and Penn. 



658. BELLFLOWER FAMILY. CAMPANULACEAE. 



Beautifully flowered herbs with alternate leaves and usu- 

 ally a milky juice. Flowers usually showy, the corolla almost 



