134 * PENTANDBIA MOKOGYHIA 



(iallicc — Tabac. Gcrmuniec — J)er Taback. Hispaoic£ — Tabaco. 



Whole plant viscid-pt(bcsccnt. Knot annual. Stem 4 /o 5 orb feet hirji, pan it u* 

 lately branching above. Leaves 1 to 2 feet long, and 6 to 12 inchee wide, smaller 

 "near the summit of the stem, lancc-ovnte, antte or acuminate, sessile, amplexicaul 

 and d-ecurrcnt. Calyx about one third the length of the corolla, ventricose ; ser- 

 vients lanceolate, erect. Corolla about 2 inches long ; limb rose-colored, spreading; 

 segments acuminata ; tube pale yellowish green. Style nearly as long as the carol* 

 la ; stigma capitate, emarginate. Capsule ovoid, sulcate on each side, 2*valved, 

 opentng at summit. Seeds minute, reniform, rugose, 



Mab. Gardens, and small lots : not common. Fl. July — Aug. Fr. Sept. 



Obs. This is sometimes cultivated, by old 'fashioned tobaccchcheuHng farmers 

 for home, consumption ; but the chief supply is derived from Maryland, Virginia 

 and Ohio. It is a plant of powerful medical properties ; but, unfortunately, is 

 abused, tike Alcohol, by daily and excessive use. There is another species y natu- 

 rmtized, in the western parts of the U. States. 



104. VERBASCUM. L. Jfutt. Gen. 20;*. 

 [Quasi Darbascum: Latin, Burba, beard ; from its bearded, or woolly habit.] 



Calyx 5-pavted. Corolla rotate, 5-lobed, unequal. Stamens decli- 

 ned ; filaments mostly hairy. Capsule ovoid, or globose, 2-cellcd, 2- 

 valved ; valves inflected. Seeds numerous. 



Herbaceous, or suffruticose \ leaves alio male; flowers in dense Spikes, or panicu- 

 late racemes. Nat. Ord. '213. Lindl. SoLANEJI. 



1. V. Tnxpsrs, L. Stem simple, erect, tomentose ; leaves lance-oval, 

 or ovate-oblong, decurrent, very woolly on both sides ; flowers in a 

 long dense terminal spike ; stamens unequal, two of them smooth. 

 Beck, Bot. p. 259. 



Yvlgo — Mullein. Common Mullein. 



Gall.— Bouillon Wane. Germ — Das Wollkraut. ///*/;.— Cordolobo. 



Whole plant tomentose ; pubescence much branched. Root biennial. Stem :?t# 

 fi feet high, leafy. Radical leaves 9 to 12 inches long, and 3 or 4 inches wide, lance- 

 oblong, acute; those on the stem smaller, sessile, deem rent. Flowers in a Ion; 

 Terminal cylindric spike, bracteate at base. Calyx-segments lanceolate, acite, 

 very woolly externally, smooth within. Corolla bright yellow ; lobes rather erect, 

 pubescent externally. Style clavate. 



Mab. Neglected fields; roadsides; fltc. very common. Fl. June-July. Fr. Aug.-Sept. 

 Obs. I have occasionally met with what 1 suppose to be a variety of this,— with 

 the spike lees dense, the bracts larger, the 6tem-leaves ovate, and acuminate, with 

 •ne or more pedunculate flowers in the axil of nearly every leaf. Prof. Eaton 

 seems to scout the Idea of this being an introduced plant: but from all that I caa 

 learn of it, I am of opinion it is not a native. It is a worthless intruder on our cul- 

 tivated grounds ; and generally aaundant in the fields of slovenly farmers. 



2. V. Blattaria,Z. Stem angled, smoothish ; leaves oblong-Ianceo- 

 tate, amplexicaul, dentate serrate, smooth ; flowers in a terminal raceme; 

 f«duncles 1-flowered, solitary. Beck, Bot. p. 259. 



Tnlgd— Moth Mullein, Gallice— Motenc blattairc. 



Root biennial. St em 2 to 4 feet high, often branched aaove. Leaves 2 to 4 or 5 

 i aches long, and an inch to an inch and half wide, coarsely «d irregularly den. 

 'ale-scrrate. Raceme 6 ta 13 inches long, leafy, or bracteate, glandular-pubescent 



