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shorter than the calyx, cor. rotate, segments ohlong obtuse, 

 filaments woolly 2 longer nearly glabrous, anth. all nearly equal. 

 — £. B. 549. V. Schraderi Koch.— St. 4—6 feet high. Fl. about 

 twice as long as the calyx. Filaments with white wool, the 2 

 glabrous ones about 4 times as long as their slightly decurrent 

 anthers. — Waste ground. B. VII. VIII. Great Mullein. 



[2. V. thapsiforme (Schr.) ; " 1. decurrent crenulate woolly, 

 upper ones acuminate, racemes spiked, segments of the cor. un- 

 equal obovate, 2 of the anth. oblong." Fries. — Fl. much larger 

 than those of V. Thapsus, about 4 times as long as the calyx. 

 " The 2 glabrous filaments scarcely twice as long as their greatly 

 decurrent anthers." Koch. — Kent. Hudson. B. VII. VIII.] E. 



** Leaves not decurrent, flowers in clusters. 

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



3. V. Lychnitis (L.) ; I. crenate nearly glabrous above woolly 

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

 scarcely stalked, upper 1. sessUe ovate-acuminate with a rounded 

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

 equal, filaments all with white hairs. — E. B. 58. — Fl. on short 

 stalks, small, many, cream-coloured or rarely white. — Road- 

 sides and waste places. B. VI. — VIII. White Mullein. E. 



4. V. puherulemtum (Vill.); I. obscurely crenate clothed with 

 mealy deciduous wool on both sides, lower 1. oblong-elliptical at- 

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

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

 white hairs. — ■ E. B. 487. — Fl. on very short stalks, which, as 

 well as the calyx, are densely covered with wool, bright yellow. 

 Cal. -teeth often glabrous. — It is now believed that V. fl^ccosvm 

 is the same plant as V. pulverulentum. — Roadsides in Norfolk 

 and Sufi'olk. Den of Cullen, Scotland. B. VII. Hoary Mul- 

 lein. E. S. 



ft Flowers yellow; hairs on the filaments purple. 



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

 subpubescent beneath, lower 1. cordate or ovate-oblong with long 

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

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

 purple hairs. — E. B. 59. — Fl. in clusters on a nearly simple long 

 spike, small, bright yellow. — ^. tomentosum (Bab.) ; 1. subpubes- 

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

 1. ovate-oblong or lanceolate attenuated into a stalk subpubescent 

 above downy beneath. — Banks and way-sides. /3. Aldemey. 

 y. Sussex. P. VII. VIII. Dark Mullein. E. S. 



