PENTANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Vevbascum. 307 



112. VERBASCUM. Mullein. 



Linn. Gen. 97. Juss. 1 24. jF7. Br. 249. Tourn. t.(,\. Lam. Ml/. 



Gcertn. t.55. 

 Blattaria. Tourn.t. 6],Ki 



Nat. Orel. Luridcc. Linn. 28. Solanece. Juss. 41. Four fol- 

 lowing genera the same. See Grammar 101. 



[The Solanece of Jussieu are better defined than heretofore, 

 as well as better contrasted with that author's Scrophiila- 

 rice, by Mr. Brown, Prodr. 443, as follows. 



Calyx in S, rarely only 4, divisions, permanent. Corolla 

 monopetalous, inferioi', deciduous ; the limb in 5, rarely 

 4, segments, regular, or a little unequal ; in the most 

 genuine of the tribe, plaited in the bud ; in the more 

 doubtful ones, imbricated. Stam. attached to the corolla, 

 as many as the segments of its limb, and alternate there- 

 with ; one of them sometimes abortive. Gcrmen single, 

 of 2 or 4 cells, with many seeds. Style 1 . Stigma obtuse, 

 rarely lobed. Fruit with 2 or 4 cells ; either a capside, 

 with a parallel and double partition ,- or a berry whose 

 receptacles are united to the partition. Seeds numerous, 

 sessile ; with a fleshy albumen ; embryo internal, more or 

 less curved, often out of the centre ; radicle directed to- 

 wards the scar. 



Leaves undivided, or lobed. Partial flower-stalks without 

 bracteas. For the rest see Grammar. 



These plants are distinguished from the Scropliulari(c of 

 Jussieu and Brown, (many of which are comprehended 

 by Linnagus under his Luridce,) by having a curved or 

 spiral embryo, and a corolla plaited in the bud, the 

 flowers being, almost without exception, regular, with as 

 many stamens as there are segments. " Hence," as Mr, 

 Brown observes, "the genera whose corolla is not plaited, 

 and whose embryo is straight, should either be excluded, 

 or should be placed, with such as have an imbricated 

 corolla, a slightly curved embryo, and 2 long, with 2 

 shorter, stamens, in a separate section, the foundation of 

 a new oi'der."] 



VERnASCUM. 



Cal. inferior, of 1 leaf, small, in 6 deep, erect, acute, nearly 

 equal, segments, peimanent. Cor. of 1 petal, wheel- 

 shaped, unequal ; tube very short ; limb spreading, in 5 

 deep, rounded segments. Filam. 5, awl-shaped, unequal, 

 distant, declining, woolly, shorter than the corolla, hi- 



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