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5. V. virgdtum (Primrose-leaved Mullein). — A stout species, 

 3 — 4 feet high ; leaves doubly serrate, with few glandular 

 hairs, the upper ones slightly decurrent ; fijntiers yellow, in a 

 panicle, crowded; stamens with purple: hairs. -Gravelly banks ; 

 rare. — VI. August. Biennial. 



6. v. Blaltdria (Moth-Mullein). — A tall, slender plant, with 

 smooth, shining, oblong, crenate leaves, the lower ones often 

 lol)cd and embracing the steui, and with large, handsome, 

 yellow or cream-coloared flowers in loose tufts on a long, 



interrupted spike ; slanieiis with purple . hairs. — Gravelly ])laccs ; 

 rare, except in the south-west. — Fl. July,^ August, lliennial. 



2. LiN.iRiA (Toad-flax). — Mostly herbs, with bracteate flowefs, 

 often in spikes or racemes ; corolla personate, spurred ; slaineits 

 4, didynamous ; capsule opening by pores. (Name from the 

 I.atin liiiuiii, flax, which some species resemble in their leaves.) 



I.* L. Cymbaldna (Ivy-leaved Toad-flax, Mothcr-of-Thou- 



