250 57. SOlJOP.HTJLAiaACE^. 



[F. thapsifor'me has long been, reoor(ied as:a native of Kent, 

 but its existence there is, very doubtful.] , 



** Leaves not, dequrrent. . liaeemes branched, panided. Anth,all 

 reniform, not decurrent, , , 



t Flowers yellow or whitish ; hairs on the filaments white. 



2. F. Lychnitis (L.) ; I. creriate nearly glabrous- above woolly 

 and powdery beneath, lower 1. elliptic-oblong wedgeshaped below 

 scarcely stalked, upper 1. sessile ovate-acuminate with a ro,unded 

 base, St. angular panicled above wiih ascending branches, stam. 

 equal, filaments all with white hairs.^Height 2 — 3 feet. Fl. on 

 short stalts, small, many, cream-coloured or rarely white. — Eoad- 

 sides and waste places. 'B. VI. — VIlI. White Mldldn. E. 



3. V. pulveruterittim (Vill.) ; I: obscurely crenate clothed with 

 ■mealy deciduous wool on loth sides,' lower 1. oblong-elliptic at- 

 tenuated into a stalk, upper 1. sessile acuminate, st. terete pani- 

 cled above with patent Vanches, stam. nearly equal scarlet with 

 white hairs. — V.Jloecosuin W, & N. — Height about 3 feet. , Fl. 

 on very short stalks, which), as well as the calyx, are , densely 

 covered with wool, hright yellow. Oal. -teeth often glabrous.^- 

 Roadsides in Norfolk -and Suffolk. [Den of Culleii, Scotland.] 

 B. VII. Hoary MuOein. ' ' . E.'[S.] 



tt. Flowers yellow ; hairs ,on the filaments purple. 



4. V. nigrum (L.) ; 1. doubly crenate nearly glabrous above 

 subpubesoent beneath, lower L cordate or ovatp-oblongwith long 

 stalks, upper 1. cordate-'ovate nearly sessile, st. angular, raceme 

 elongated, pedicels twice as long as the calyx, stam. equal with 

 purple hairs. — Fl. in clusters on a nearly simple long spike, 

 small, bright yeUow. — /3. tomentosum (Bab.) ; 1. subpubescent 

 above woolly beneath, fl. smaller. — y. nigro-lychnitis ; lower I. 

 ovate-oblong or lanceolate attenuated into a stalk subpubescent 

 above downy beneath. — Banks and waysides. /3. Aldemey. 

 y. Sussex. iP. Vn. Vni. DarhMulldn. • E. S. 



*** Leaves not, or very slightly deimrrent. 



5. V. Blattdria (L.) ; 1. crenate glabrous) lower 1. ovate-oblong 

 blunt sinuate, upper 1. oblopg or subcordate semiamplexicaul, 

 pedicels solitary nearly tvfice as Icrng as the bract, stam. and anth. 

 unequal. — Height 5 — 6 feet. Raceme glandular-pildse. ' Fl. 

 cream-coloured. Filaments with purple hairs^'the iS longer 

 hairy only on the inside. — On gravelly banks, rare. B. VTII. 

 Moth Mullein. ' E. *I. 



6. V. virgdtum ,(With.) ;, 1. doubly serrate slightly glaiidula,r- 

 hairv, lower 1. oblong-lanceolftte sublyratelobate-crenate-serrate, 



