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shorter than the calyx, cor. rotate, segments oblong obtuse, 

 filaments woolly 2 longer nearly glabrous, aiith. all nearly equal. 

 E. B. 549. V. Schraderi Koch. St. 45 feet high. Fl. 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. Great Mullein. 



[2. V. thapsiforme (Schr.) ; " 1. decurrent crenulate woolly, 

 upper ones acuminate, racemes spiked, segments of the cor. un- 

 equal obovate, 2 of the anth. oblong." Fries. Fl. much larger 

 than those of V. Thapsus, about 4 times as long as the calyx. 

 " The 2 glabrous filaments scarcely twice as long as their greatly 

 decurrent anthers." Koch. Kent. Hudson. B. VII. VIII.] E. 



** Leaves not decurrent, flowers in clusters. 

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



3. V. Lychnitis (L.) ; I. 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. Fl. on short 

 stalks, small, many, cream-coloured or rarely white. Road- 

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



4. V. pulverulentum (Vill.); /. obscurely crenate clothed with 

 mealy deciduous wool on both sides, lower 1. oblong-elliptical 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. Fl. on very short stalks, which, as 

 well as the calyx, are densely covered with wool, bright yellow. 

 Cal. -teeth often glabrous. It is now believed that V.floccosum 

 is the same plant as V. pulverulentum. Roadsides in Norfolk 

 and Suffolk. Den of Cullen, Scotland. B. VII. Hoary Mul- 

 lein. E. S. 



ft Flowers yellow; hairs on the filaments purple. 



5. 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 

 purple hairs. E. B. 59. Fl. in clusters on a nearly simple long 

 spike, small, bright yellow. /3. tomentosum (Bab.); 1. subpubes- 

 cent above woolly beneath, fl. smaller. y. nigro-lychnitis ; lowe* 

 1. ovate-oblong or lanceolate attenuated into a stalk subpubescent 

 above downy beneath. Banks and way-sides. /3. Alderney. 

 y. Sussex. P. VII. VIII. Dark Mullein. E. S. 



