$£?? ^TitfTAXDRTA motcogynia. Verbascum, 



VERB ASCII M. Schreb. Gen. iV. 331. 



Carol rotate, somewhat unequal. Capsules superior, two-celled, 

 two valved. 



1. V. Thapsus. JVilld. spec. i. 1001. 



Leaves decurrent, downy on both sides. Stem simple. 



Found by Captain Hardwick amongst the mountains on his tour 

 to ShreenMgMia. la the botanic garden at Calcutta it grows to the 

 height of from six to eight feef, the stem still perfectly straight, but 

 often ramous ; it blossoms during the cold season. 



Obs by N. TV. 



This appears to be a distinct species, which I propose calling V» 

 iil&kunt, and which may be thus characterised: The whole plant 

 densely hoary. Leaves decurrent, elliptic-oblong, acuminate, grossly 

 crenate, waved. Raceme spiked, dense, elongated, marked with va- 

 riously bent, large, acuminate bractes. Lacini<E of the corolla near- 

 ly equal, rounded; two longer filaments perfectly smooth. 



1 found it in abundance on the msst exposed and naked parts of 

 Ek-dwnta between Koola-kana and Bheernpadi in Nipal. 1 have 

 also had it from Gosain-Than. In the former situations it blossoms 

 in the cold weather from December to March, in the latter during 

 the rains. 



Root strong, woody, fibrous. Stem nearly simple, straight, strong- 

 ly winged, from two to three feet high in the wild state, much taller 

 when cultivated ; very thick ; it is densely covered, as are all the 

 other parts, with greenish white, soft, stellate tomentum. — Leaves 

 from oblong to obovate, mostly ending in a very long, slender acumen, 

 the lowermost from one to two feet long, and from four to six inches 

 broad, never obtuse ; the others gradually decreasing in size, and wav- 

 ed ; they are all strongly crenate; the uppermost sub-ovaie, resem- 

 bling the bractes. — Raceme from one to three feet long, with innumera- 



