174 SCROPHULARIACEAE, Vor. III. 
2. Verbascum phlomoides L. Clasp- 
ing-leaved Mullen. Fig. 3736. 
Verbascum phlomoides L. ‘Sp. Pl. 1194. 1753. 
Stem rather stout, usually simple, 1°-4° 
high. Leaves oblong to ovate-lanceolate, 
crenate, crenulate, or entire, woolly-tomen- 
tose on both sides, sessile or somewhat 
clasping, or slightly decurrent on the stem, 
or the lower often petioled with truncate 
or subcordate bases; flowers yellow, or 
cream-color, 1’ broad or more, usually in a 
solitary elongated tomentose spike-like ra- 
ceme; pedicels clustered, shorter than the 
calyx; stamens as in V. Thapsus; capsule 
4’-5” long, exceeding the tomentose calyx. 
Eastern Massachusetts to Kentucky. Ad- 
ventive or fugitive from Europe or eastern 
Asia. . June-Aug. 
3. Verbascum Lychnitis L. White Mullen. | 
Fig. 3737. 
Verbascum Lychnitis L. Sp. Pl. 177. 1753. 
Stem angled, rather stout, paniculately branched 
above, 2°-43° high, densely covered, as well as 
the lower surfaces of the leaves, with a white 
canescent nearly stellate pubescence. Leaves ob- 
long, ovate or oblong-lanceolate, crenate-dentate, 
2’-7’ long, the upper acute, sessile, but not decur- 
rent on the stem, the lower obtuse or acute at the 
apex and narrowed into margined petioles; flow- 
ers in a large terminal panicle, racemose on its 
branches, white or cream-color, 5-6” broad, 
nearly sessile; pilose hairs of the 3 shorter fila- 
ments white; capsule about 2” high, equalling or 
exceeding the calyx. 
In fields and waste places, Ontario to New Jersey 
and Pennsylvania. Reported from Kansas. Natural- 
ized from Europe. Native also of Asia. June—Sept. 
ae down once used for lighting, hence Lichnitis, 
amp. 
4. Verbascum Blattaria L. Moth Mullen. Fig. 3738. 
Verbascum Blatteria L. Sp. Pl. 178. 1753. 
Stem erect, strict, slender, terete, glabrous or 
sparingly glandular-pubescent, usually quite simple, 
2°-6° high. Leaves oblong, ovate or lanceolate, 
dentate, laciniate, or pinnatifid, acute or acuminate, 
the upper 3’-23’ long, truncate or cordate-clasping 
at the base, the lower and basal ones sessile or 
somewhat petioled, sometimes 1° long, seldom pres- 
ent at flowering time; raceme 1°-2° long, loose; 
pedicels spreading, 4-1’ long, bracted at the base; 
corolla yellow or white, about 1’ broad, with brown 
marks on the back; filaments all pilose with violet 
hairs; capsule depressed-globose, 3’” in diameter, 
longer than the calyx. 
In fields and waste places, Quebec to Florida, west to 
Oregon and California. Naturalized from Europe. 
Native also of Asia. June-Nov. Said to repel the 
cockroach (Blatta), whence the name Blattaria; fre- 
quented by moths, hence moth-mullen. 
Verbascum virgatum Stokes, a similar Old World 
species, found on Cape Breton Island and naturalized 
in the Pacific States, has fruiting pedicels shorter than 
the capsules. 
