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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 ; flowers yellow, in a 

 panicle, crowded ; stamens with purple hairs. — Gravelly banks ; 

 rare. — Fl. August. Biennial. 



6. V. Blattdria (Moth-Mullein). — A tall, slender plant, with 

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

 lobed and embracing the stem, and with large, handsome, 

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



linXria elatin£ (Sharp-pointed Fluellen). 



interrupted spike ; stamens with purple hairs. — Gravelly places ; 

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



2. Linaria. (Toad-flax). — Mostly herbs, with bracteate flowers, 

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

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

 Latin linum, flax, which some species resemble in their leaves.) 



1 * L. Cymbaldria (Ivy-leaved Toad-flax, Mother-of-Thou- 



