250 cm. sOROPHULAEiNBiE. (J. D. Hooker.) lAnticJiaris. 



in all the axils. Corolla ^ in. long, rosy. Anthers narrow, 1-eelled, glabrous. 

 Capsule J in., hispid. — Very near A. arabica, Endl. 



2. A. linearis, Hochst. in Sahimp. PI. Nub. ; viscidly pubescent, leaves- 

 linear acute, pedicels capillary much longer than the calyx, corolla pubescent,, 

 sepals about half as long as the capsule. Aschers. in Bericht. Akad. Wise. Berl. 

 1866, 883 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 423. Doratauthera linearis, Benth. in DC. 

 Prodr. X. 347. Distemon angustifolius, Ehrh. Sf Sempr. mss. 



Punjab Plain, Ihomsom, Edgeworth. Scindb, Stocks. — Disteib. 'Westward 

 through Arabia and Tropical Africa to the Cape de Verde Islds. 



Usually more slender than A. glandulosa. Leaves I-I5 by x^-is ^- Flowers in 

 all the axils. Corolla nearly ^ in. long, rosy. Anthers short, 2-ceUed, hairy. Capsule- 

 ^-J in., glabrous. 



TbibeII. verbasces:. 



2. VEBBASCUm, Z. 



Erect, tomentose or woolly, usually tall herbs. Leaves all alternate. Flowers 

 in simple or panicled terminal racemes or spikes, ebracteate, yellow, rarely 

 white or red. Calyx 6-lbbed or -partite, lobes imbricate. Corolla rotate ; lobes 

 5, broad, the upper exterior in bud. Stamens 5 (very rarely 4), filaments all 

 or the three upper bearded ; anthers transverse or oblique, cells confluent. 

 Style-top dilated, stigma simple. Capside globose, oblong, or ovoid, septicidal ;. 

 valves separating from the axis. Seeds numerous, rugose, not winged ; embryo 

 straight. — Species about 100 ; chiefly Mediterranean and Oriental. 



V. virgatum, With. {Wight III. 165, his. f. 1, and Ic. 1. 1404. Celsia viseosa, Wight 

 Cat. n. 1599, and Nees in Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii. 81, in part, not of Both), a West 

 European species, occurs in the Nilgherries, doubtless as a garden escape. 



1. V. Thapsus, lAnn. ; Benth. in DO. Prodr. x. 225; densely woolly, 

 eglandular, stem simple, leaves oblanceolate very deeurrent entire or crenate, 

 flowers in a simple dense woolly spike. Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 301 ; Boxh. Fl. 

 Ind. i. 461. V. indieum, Wall. Cat. 2630, and in B^xb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey Sr 

 Wall. ii. 236 ; iVees in Trans. lAnn. Soc. xvii. 79. ? V. Blattaria, T. A. Schmidt 

 in Trimen Jowm. Bat. 1868, 243, not of Linn. 



Temperate Himalaya, alt. 6-11,000 ft.; from Kashmir to Bhotan. Western 

 Tibet ; Ladak, Thomson. — Disteib. Westwards to Britain. 



Stem stout, 2-3 ft. Root-leaves 6-18 in., cauline oblong, upper acuminate. Spike- 

 6-10 in. ; bracts longer than the flowers. Stamens 5, fertile, 2 glabrous and 3 with 

 white hairs. — As this is the only common Himalayan species, it must be that referred 

 to as V. Blatteria by T. A. Schmidt. 



Vak. thapsiforme ; bracts very long. V. thapsiforme, Schrad. ; Boiss. I. c. 301. 

 y. ouspidatum, Schrad. ; T. A. Schmidt in Trimen Journ. Bot. 1868, 243. 



2. V. celsioides, Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 229 ; glandular-pubescent, 

 lower leaves pinnatisect, upper auricled cordate acuminate, flowers racemose. 



KiTMAON ; at the foot of the hills, Edgewortk. The Punjab ; at Hussan, Aitchison. 



Stem 2-3 ft. Leaves 4-6 in., sessile or petioled, irregularly toothed and lobulate. 

 Flowers in a long loose raceme ; bracts ovate-lanceolate ; pedicels 4-2. in. Sepals 

 oblong, obtuse. Corolla I in. diam. Stamens 4-5 ; filaments woolly. — This species, 

 being sometimes tetrandrous, unites Verbascum with Celsia. 



