No. 14.] FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS. 349 



PETUNIA Juss. 



Petunia axillaris (Lam.) BSP. (growing in an axil). 

 White Petunia. 



Rare. Waste places: New London (Graves), Southington 

 (Andrews), Ansonia (Harger), Bridgeport and Norwalk 

 (Eames). July — Sept. Fugitive or in part adventive from 

 tropical America. 



Commonly cultivated for ornament. 



Petunia violacea Lindl. (violet) . 

 Purple Petunia. 



Rare. Waste ground: New London (Graves), Oxford 

 (Harger), Bridgeport (Eames). July — Sept. Fugitive or 

 in part adventive from South America. 



Cultivated. Most of the forms in cultivation are hybrids 

 of this species with Petunia axillaris. 



SCROPHULARIACEAE. FIGWORT FAMILY. 



VERBASCUM L. Mullein. 



Verbascum Thapsus L. (classical name for this species). 

 Common Mullein. Velvet Dock. Flannel-leaf. 



Frequent or common. Dry fields, pastures and newly 

 cleared land. June — Oct. Naturalized from Europe. 



The leaves, tops and flowers are used medicinally, and the 

 leaves are often dried and smoked like tobacco for respiratory 

 affections. 



Verbascum phlomoides L. (like Phlomis, the Jerusalem Sage). 

 Rare. Granby, a few plants in grassland (L Holcomb). 

 July. Fugitive from Europe. 



Verbascum Blattaria L. (classical'name for this species). 

 Moth Mullein. 



Occasional. Fields, mostly in grassland and in dry soil. 

 June — Sept. Naturalized from Europe. 



The var. albiflorltm Kuntze (white-flowered) sometimes 

 occurs with the species. 



Medicinal, having the same properties as Verbascum 

 Thapsus. 



