326 26. SOLANE^. PL ex. cor, 



1. Pericarp capsular. 



Cor. rotate ; stamens 5; filaments villous ; 

 capsule 2-valved Verbascum. 83. 



Cor. funnelshape ; limb unequally 5-lobed ; 

 capsule ovate, operculated . . . Hyoscyamus. 84. 



Cor. funnelshape ; limb regularly 5-lobed ; 

 capsule 2-valved ; stigma nicked Nicotiana. 85. 



Cor. funnelshape, 5-angular, 5-pointed ; 

 capsule 4!-valved; stigma 2-lamellar . . .. Stramonium. 86. 



2. Pericarp berried. 



Col. and cor. campanulate ; starn. 5, fili- 

 form ; lerry globose, on the calyx Atr01»a. 87. 



Cal. S-sepaled ; cor. rotate, nectariferous 

 at the base ; anthers opening at top by 2 

 pores DpLCAMAiiA. 88. 



Cal. 5-sepaled ; cor. rotate, naked at the 

 base ; anthers opening at top by 2 pores . .. Soj^anum. 89. 



Cal. 5-sepaled ; cor. rotate ; anthers open- 

 ing longitudinally ; seeds villous Lyco?ersicon. 90. 



I. 83. VERBASCUM. Pliny. Mullein. 



Calyx 5-parted ; corolla rotate ; limb 5-lobed, unequal ; 

 stamens 5, mostly unequal ; filaments villous at the base ; 

 capsule 2-valved, 2-celled; dissepiments double, from the 

 inflected edge of the valves; seeds many; spermodermis 

 double ; outer leathery ; corculum straight ; cotyledons ob- 

 long, rather leaflike; radicle central. 



1 . Flowers glomerate. 

 1. Verbascum decnrrens. Decurrent mullein. 



Leaves decurrent, tomentose on both sides ; stem simple. 



Verbascum mas lalifolium luteum. Rati Syn. 287, 1. 



Tapsus barbatus, Ger. em. 773, 1 . 



Verbascum album vulgare, siveThapsus barbatus communis, Park. 60. 



Verbascum Thapsus, Lin. S. P. 252. 



Verbascum decurrens, Stokes Bot. M. M. 378. 



Great mullein. High taper. Cow's lungwort. Hares'' beard. 



Chalky and sandy banks ; biennial ; July and August. 



Root fusiform ; stem 35 feet high, tomentose ; leaves not 

 cut, hairy, white, very much branched, entangled; spike 

 terminal, many-shaped ; flowers sessile, yellow or white. — 

 Externally used it is emollient ; given also to cows that are 

 consumptive ; a decoction, 2 oz. to the quart, given daily, 



