CXXXVI. 



VERBASCUM THAPSUS. 

 Great Mullein. 



Class V. Pentandkia. — Order 1. Monogynia. 



Nat. Ord. Solane^e. 



Gen. Chaii. Calyx five-parted. Corolla rotate, irregular. 

 Stamens declinate, often hairy. Capsule of two valves 

 and two cells. 



Spec. Char. Leaves decurrent, woolly on both sides. 

 Stem simple. Flowers in a dense spicate raceme. Sta-' 

 mens unequal, the two longer glabrous. 



SYNONYMES. 



Greek <p\opos ; QXovos. 



Verbascum mas, latifoliiim, luteum. Bauh. Pin. 239. Raii 



Syn. 287- 

 Tapsus barbatus. Ger. Em. 773. 



Latin -{ Verbascum album vulgare, sive Thapsus barbatus communis. 



Park. Theatr. 60. 

 Verbascum Thapsus. Lin. Sp. PI. 252. Eng. Fl. i. p. 308. 

 Eng. Bot. t. 549. 

 French .... Bouillon blanc ; Molene ; Bonhomme ; Herbe tie Sainte 



Fiacre. 

 Italian .... Tasso barbasso ; Verbasco. 

 Spanish. . . . Gordolobo ; Verbasco. 

 Portuguese. Verbasco bianco. 

 German.... Wollkraut ; Konigskergenkraut ; Himmelbrand. 



Dutch Wollekruid ; Toortsen ; Konings-kaarsen. 



Danish .... Kougelys. 

 Swedish . . . Kungsljis. 



Polish Dzlewanna ziele. 



Russ Zaarskii skipetr. 



