76 THE FLORA OF THE ALPS 



ding, corolla rotate, with a fringe of orange hairs in the 

 centre, leaves all radical, large, oval, hairy, crenate, 

 crinkled; damp shady rocks; Eastern and Central 

 Pyrenees. 



Order LXL SCROPHULARIACE^E. 



Calyx 5-lobed or bidentate, usually persistent; corolla 

 usually very irregular, 4~5-lobed ; stamens usually 4, 

 epipetalous, 2 with longer, 2 with shorter filaments (didy- 

 namous), rarely 2 ; ovary 2-celled, style simple ; ovules 

 usually very numerous ; seed-vessel a many-seeded cap- 

 sule. A very large order, dispersed over the whole globe ; 

 some of the genera are parasitic. 



i. VERBASCUM, L. 



Flowers in simple or compound racemes ; corolla nearly 

 regular, 5-lobed, rotate, yellow; stamens 5, unequal, with 

 bearded filaments ; leaves usually woolly. Not alpine. 



The species of Mullein are very difficult to define, 

 owing to their frequent hybridisation. The following 

 English species occur also in Switzerland : V. Thapsus, 

 L., Moses's Flannel, the commonest species, with very 

 woolly decurrent leaves. V. nigrum, L. ; leaves not 

 woolly nor decurrent, lower stem-leaves cordate. V. 

 Blattaria, L. ; flowers in slender panicles, hairs of fila- 

 ments purple, leaves nearly glabrous. V. Lychnitis, L. ; 

 flowers small, nearly white, hairs of filaments white, 

 leaves tomentose beneath. V. pulverulentum, Vill. (floc- 

 cosum } W. K.) ; flowers bright yellow, hairs of filaments 

 white, stem and leaves mealy, flocculent. Also the fol- 



