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Scrophu larinecz Calceolaria. 



showy white flowers. G. violacea, syn. G. jovellana, has small 

 ovate coarsely-toothed leaves and violet-purple flowers. 



Very few of the pure species are cultivated, but the hybrid 

 forms are numerous. They have been raised from C. amplexi- 

 j$ caulis, G. integrifdlia, syn. G. rugosa, 

 4jg, G. corymbosa, C. pw^purea, G. arach- 

 jgj?, noldea, G. thyrsiflora, etc. 



4. VERBASCUM. 



Tall biennials or perennials with 

 simple alternate and racemose simple 

 or compound inflorescence. Flowers 

 showy, white, yellow, violet, purple or 

 red. Calyx 5-lobed. Corolla rotate, 

 with 5 nearly equal segments. Sta- 

 mens 5. All or only the 3 posterior fila- 

 ments bearded. Capsule 2-valved, 

 many-seeded. The species are nume- 

 rous, and there are several forms 

 known to be natural hybrids. They 

 are confined to the north temperate 

 and warm regions of the Old World. 

 The generic name is an altered form of 

 the Latin Barbascum. 



There are five or six indigenous species 

 popularly known by the name of Mul- 

 lein. V. Thdpsus is a tall coarse bi- 

 ennial with densely woolly decurrent 

 leaves and dense spikes of yellow 

 flowers. V. Lychnltis has small white 

 flowers ; V. Blattaria is nearly glabrous, 

 with a glandular branched inflore- 

 scence of large yellow flowers with 

 purple-bearded filaments ; and V. nl- 

 grum is pubescent, with angular 

 almost simple stems and smaller 

 yellow flowers with purple bearded fil- 

 aments. 



Fig. 185. Verbaacum Phoeniceum. 1. V. PJlOBniceum (fig. 185). A 



slender glabrous perennial about 3 or 



4 feet high. Flowers vi :>let, rose, or nearly white. A native 

 of the South of Europe, flowering all the Summer. 



