CL. V.] PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 129 



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. F. 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. F. virgdtum. Large-flowered Primrose- leaved Mullein. Leaves 

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

 what 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. F. Blattdria. 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. Enq. 

 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. Fila- 

 ments 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 longitudinal 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 cyamus^ 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-yellow- 

 ish, 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 : fre- 

 quent. Eng. Bot. vol. ix. pi. 591. Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 316. 358. 

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