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may remain until they are ftrong 

 enough to flower, when they mould 

 be tranfplanted into the Borders of 

 the Pleafure-garden. But as thefe 

 Plants feldom flower in lefs than four 

 Years from Seeds, fo this Method 

 of propagating them is not very 

 much practis'd in England. 



VERBASCUM, Mullein. 

 The Characters are ; 



The Flower confijis of one Leaf y 

 nvhich expands in a circular Fo*-?n, 

 and is cut into federal Segments : out 

 tf the Centre arifes the Pcintal, which 

 afterward becomes an oval -pointed 

 Fruit, di-vided into two Cells, by a 

 middle Partition, which are filed with 

 fmall angular Seeds. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Verbascum mas lati folium 

 luteum. C. B. P. Great white Mul- 

 lein, High-taper, or Cows-lung- 

 wort. 



2. Verbascum pulverulent urn, 

 re luteo par-vo. J. B. Hoary Mul- 

 n, with imall yellow Flowers. 



3. Verbascum fore albo par<vo. 

 B. White flower'd Mullein. 



4. Verbascum nigrum, forepar- 

 , apicibus purpurcis. J. B. Sage- 



leav'd black Mullein. 



5. Verbascum blattariee foliis, 

 nigrum, amplioribus fcliis ac luteis, 



icibus purpurafcentibus. Hort. L. 

 Bat. Mullein with a dark Moth- 

 mullein- leaf, and yellow Flowers 

 with purplifh Apices. 



6. Verbascum nigrum, folio pa- 

 ■veris corniculati. C. B. P. Black 



Mullein, with an Horn-poppy -leaf. 



7. Verbascum faemina, fore lu- 

 eo magna- C. B. P. Female Mul- 

 ein, with a large yellow Flower. 



8. Verbascum angufiifolium ra- 

 ofum, fore aureo, folio craffore. J. 

 . Branching narrow-Jeav'd Mul- 



ein, with a golden Flower, and a 

 thicker Leaf. 



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9. Verbascum folds ^iridihw, 

 ar.nuum, fortius luteis. H. L. An- 

 nual Mullein, with green Leaves, 

 and yellow Flowers. 



10. Verbascum nigrum Diofcori- 

 dis. Lob. Icon. Black Mullein of 

 Diofcorides. 



1 1. Verbascum Alpinum perenne 

 nigrum, fore albc, fa mini bus pur- 

 pureis. H. R. Par. Black perennial 

 Mullein of the Alps, with, a white 

 Flower, and purple Chives. 



\z. Verbascum ramofum, fiori- 

 hus albis parvis. Mor. H. R. BUf. 

 Branching Mullein, with fmall white 

 Flowers. 



1 3 . V e r b a s c u 1 4 Cr eticum fpino- 

 fum f utefcens. Tourn. Cor. Shrubby 

 and thorny Mullein of Crete. 



14. Verbascum Gr tecum frutico- 

 fum, folio finuato candid'-jfimo. Tcurn. 

 Cor. Shrubby Mullein of Greece, 

 with a very white indented Leaf. 



15. Verbascum Or tent ale maxi- 

 mum candidifjimum, rami's candela- 

 brum amulantibus. Tourn. Cor. The 

 greateft and whiteft Eaftern Mullein, 

 with Branches refembling a Candle- 

 flick. 



16. Verbascum Orientale, cony- 

 %<z folio, fore micante, e ferrugineo 

 ad aureum color em <vergente. Tourn. 

 Cor. Eaftern Mullein, with a Flea- 

 bane-leaf, and a mining Flower, 

 from an iron inclining to a gold Co- 

 lour. 



17. Verbascum Orientale, beta- 

 nicse folio, fore magna. Tourn. Cor. 

 Eaftern Mullein, with a Betony-leaf, 

 and a larger Flower. 



18. Verbascum Orientale, angu- 

 fo oblongo folio. Tourn. Cor. Eaftern 

 Mullein, with, an oblong and nar- 

 row Leaf. 



19. Verbascum Oriental:, foliis 

 fubrotundis candidij/imis. Tourn. Cor. 

 Eaftern Mullein, with roundifh white 

 Leaves. 



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