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yellow ; the tube curved, enlarged upwards, shorter in proportion 

 to the calyx and lips of the corolla ; the throat open ; the capsule 

 not reflexed, rather smaller ; the calyx-teeth broader and spreading, 

 not all bent upwards as in M. pratense. 



Wood Cow-wheat. 



EXCLUDED SPECIES. 

 VERBASCUM THAPSIFORME. Schrad. 



Introduced into the British lists by a mistake of Dr. Lindley, 

 who supposed Hudson's V. thapsoides to be this species instead of 

 the hybrid between V. Lycbnitis and V. Thapsus. Hudson espe- 

 cially distinguishes his V. thapsoides from V. Thapsus by its 

 branched stem, while the stem of V. thapsiforme is no more 

 branched than that of V. Thapsus. 



An anonymous writer in the second series of the "Phytologist" 

 announces the discovery of S. thapsiforme near Ashford, Kent. 

 Whether this species grows there or not cannot be decided until 

 some competent botanist discovers the alleged station. In the 

 Phyt. ser. ii. 1861, p. 361, it is mentioned that Mr. Atwood, of 

 Rouen, sent seeds of V. thapsiforme a few years before the date 

 of the article announcing the discovery of the plant near Ashford, 

 and that the seeds " were distributed among several botanists and 

 cultivators." 



VERBASCUM PHLOMOIDES. Linn. 



A few plants occurred on Clapham Common, Surrey ; no 

 doubt sown intentionally or accidentally ; it has also occurred in 

 Sussex. 



VERBASCUM PHCENICEUM. Linn. 



" In a scattered fence on the right hand from Beaumaris to the 

 Almshouses, 1803. In the following year it nearly covered acres 

 of ground in the adjoining field."— (Davies, Welsh Botanology, 

 p. 23.) Not found recently. 



LINARIA SPARTEA. Hoffm. 



" Occurred during some few successive years on sandy ground 

 enclosed for cultivation from Walton Heath, close by the Walton 

 station of the South- Western Railway. It might possibly be L. 



