PLATE CLXII. 



VERBASCUM FERRUGINEUM. 



llujiy -flowered Mullein. 



CLASS V. ORDER L 

 PENTAKDRIA MONOGYNU. Five Chives. One Pointal. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Cal\x. Perianthium mnnophylliim, quinque- 

 partitum, parvum, perfitlens; laciniis erec- 

 tis, acutis. 



Corolla monopetala, rolata, fub-inaequalisj 

 tubus cylindraceus, breviflimus; limbus pa- 

 tens, quinque-partitus; laciniis ovatis, ob- 

 tufis. 



Stamina. Filamenta quinque, fubulata, co- 

 rolla breviora. Antlierx I'ubrotuiidse, com- 

 preffae, ereiSla;. 



PiSTiLLC'M. Germen kibrotLindum. Stylus fi- 

 liformis, longitudine llaniiuum, inclinatus. 

 Stigma craliiufculum, obtulum. 



Pekicarpium. Capfula lubrotunda, bilocula- 

 lis, bivalvis, luperne dehilcens. Recepta- 

 cula dimidiato-ovata, dillepimento affixa. 



Semi N A numerofa, angulata. 



Uls. In plerilque ilaiiiina inclinata fuut, 

 villilque coloratis iuferne vcltita. 



Empalement. Cup of one leaf, with five divi- 

 fions. fmall, remaining; fegments upright, 

 fliarp pointed. 



Blossom one petal, wheel-fliaped, rather un- 

 equal; tube cylindrical, very Ihort; border 

 fpreading, five divifions; legments egg- 

 iiiaped, blunt. 



Chives. Threads five, awl ihaped, fhorter than 

 the bloiroiu. Tips roundilh, flattened, up- 

 right. 



Pointal. Seed-bud roundifli. Shaft thread- 

 Ihaped, the length of the chives, bent 

 downward. Suuiniit raliitr tiiirk and blunt. 



Seed-vf.ssel. Capfnle roundilh, with two cells, 

 two valves, fplitting at the top. Recepta- 

 cles the form of halt an egg, fixed to the 

 partrtion. 



Seeds numerous, angular. 



Ols. In the greatell number of fperies the 

 chives are bent downward, and cloihed with 

 soft, coloured hairs on the lower part. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Verbafcum foliis fubvillofis, rugofis; caulinis 

 fubl'ellilibus, a;qualiter crenatis, radicali- 

 bus oblongis, cordatis, duplicato crenatis. 



Mullein with leaves a little hairy and rough: 

 ftem leaves alnioft without foot flalks, 

 equally fcolloped; leaies from the root ob- 

 long, heart-fliaped, and doubly fcolloped. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. A Leaf of the plant, from the lower part. 



2. The Empalement. 



3. A ijlolioni, Ihewn from the front. 



4. The lame cut open from the fide, to fliew the infertion ot the chive 



5. One Chive magnified. 



6. The Pointal and Seed-bud, magnified. 



The ru fly -flowered Mullein of the Kew Catalogue, collated from Sutherland's Hortus Medicus Edin- 

 burghenfis, is undoubtediv our plant; but, though it ftands a name in the book, we much queltion 

 its h:ning graced the garden, at the time of its publication. It certainly has been loll to us above a 

 century and but recently introduced to the Oxford Botanic Garden by the late Dr. Sibthorpe. Being 

 a hardy biennial, it will perfect its feeds about July, which may be lown in Augull the fame year. 

 It will grow in any foil, but a fandy compoli of light peat and loam luits it molt. The flowers on 

 the fpikes, which grow Ibmetimes to the length of four feet, continue to expand, upwards, for above 

 two months; that is to fay, from April, till June. Our figure was taken from a fpecimen fent by 

 the Hon.W. H. Irby, from his garden at tlie Parfonage, Farnham Royal, Bucks. 



