82$ 83.Verbascum. 26. SOLANEJE. PL ex. cor. 



5. Verhascum mixtuvi. Mixed mullein. 

 Leaves oblong, acute, slightly crenate, sessile, mealy 



tomentose ; lower leaves petioled ; branches panicled, vil- 

 lous; beards of the filaments violet. 



Verbascum nigro-pulverulentum /?, Smith Fl. Br, 251. 

 Verbascura mixtutn, De CandoUe Fl. Fr. 2674. 



6. Verbascum nigrum. Black mullein. 

 Leaves oblong, heartshape, petioled, crenate rather 



downy; Zfeart/^ of the filaments purplish. 



Verbascum nigrum flore parvo, apicibus purpnreis, Raii Syn, 288,4. 

 Verbascum nigrum, Ger. em. 775, 2 ; Lin. S. P, 253. 

 Verbascura nigrum vulgare. Park. 61. 



Waysides; perennial; July and August. 



Stem upright, angular, purplish, slightly branched ; leaves 

 dark green; spike very loose ; ^ow^er^ in bunches, pedi- 

 celled, golden yellow ; anthers yellowish red. 



7. Verbascum virgatum. Rodlike mullein. 

 Leaves oblong, lanceolate, toothed, sessile ; radical leaves 



rather lyrate, downy ; stem branchy ; flowers aggregate, 

 sessile. 



Blattaria flore amplo, Ger. em. 778. 

 Verbascum Gallicum, WiUd. Sp. PI. 1005. 

 Verbascum virgatum, Stokes in With. B, Arr. 319. 

 Verbascum Chaexii, Villars Delph. 491. 



Waysides and fields ; biennial ; August. 



Stem 6 feet high, branched at bottom, round ; branches 

 simple, virgate ; radical leaves wrinkled, pinnatifid at bot- 

 tom, above shining, beneath venose ; flowers yellow, very 

 large, tube purplish. 



b. Flowers solitary. 



8. Verbascum luridum. Dark mullei?/. 



Leaves amplexicaul, crenate, oblong, bald, serrate; ra- 

 dical leaves nearly lyrate, sinuate; peduncles 1 -flowered, 

 solitary; stem branched, angular; beards of the filaments 

 purple. 



Blattaria lutea, Raii Syn. 288, 1. 

 Blattaria Plinii, Ger. em. 776. 

 Blattaria flore luteo. Park. 61, 

 Verbascum Blattaria, Lin. S. P. 254. 

 Verbascum luridum, Salisb. Prodr. 

 Moth mullein. 



Sandy places ; annual ; July. 



Root fusiform; stem 4 feet high; spikes terminal, many- 

 flowered; y/o«fcr5 golden yellow with purple lines. 



