306 57. SCKOPHTJLARIACE.E. 



1. VEKBAS'CUM Linn. 1 Mullein. 

 * Leaves strongly decurrent. Raceme dense, nearly simple. 



1. V. Thap'sus (L.) ; 1. ovate-oblong crenate densely woolly 

 on both sides all decurrent, st. simple, spike dense, pedicels 

 shorter than the calyx, cor. rotate, segments oblong blunt, fila- 

 ments woolly 2 longer nearly glabrous, anth. all nearly equal. 

 KB. 549. V. Schraderi Koch, R. xx. 1637. St. 4 5 feet high. 

 Cor. about twice as long as the calyx. Filaments with white 

 wool ; the 2 glabrous ones about 4 times as long as their 

 slightly decurrent anthers. Waste ground. B. VII. VIII. 

 High-taper. E. S. I. 



** Leaves not decurrent. Racemes branched, panicled. Anth. all 

 reniform, not decurrent. 



f Flowers yellow or whitish ; hairs on the filaments white. 



2. V. Lychnitis (L.) ; L crenate nearly glabrous above woolly 

 and powdery beneath, lower 1. elliptic-oblong wedgeshaped below 

 scarcely stalked, upper 1. sessile ovate-acuminate with a rounded 

 base, st. angular panicled above with ascending branches, stam. 

 equal, filaments all with white hairs. E. B. 58. R. xx. 1648. 

 Height 2 3 feet. Fl. on short stalks, small, many, [yellow 

 (rare in Britain) or var. album, Mill.] cream-coloured or white. 

 Roadsides and waste places. B. VI. VIII. White Mullein. E. 



3. V. pulverulen'tum (Vill.) ; I. obscurely crenate clothed with 

 mealy deciduous wool on both sides, lower 1. oblong-elliptic at- 

 tenuated into a stalk, upper 1. sessile acuminate, st. terete pani- 

 cled above with patent branches, stam. nearly equal scarlet with 

 white hairs. E. B. 487. R. xx. 1667. Height about 3 feet. 

 Fl. on very short stalks, which, as well as the calyx, are densely 

 covered with wool, bright yellow. Cal.-teeth often glabrous. 

 Roadsides in Norfolk and Suffolk. B. VII. Hoary Mullein. E. 



ft Flowers yellow ; hairs on the filaments purple. 



4. V. nigrum (L.) ; 1. doubly crenate nearly glabrous above 

 subpubescent beneath, lower 1. cordate or ovate-oblong with long 

 stalks, upper 1. cordate-ovate nearly sessile, st. angular, raceme 

 elongated, pedicels twice as long as the calyx, stam. equal with 



1 Hybrids occur in this genus. Four are figured in Sy. E. J?. 

 t. 843, 844, 845, 846. 



