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57. SCROPHXJLARIACE^. 
1. Verbas'cum Linn} Mullein. 
* Leaves strongly decurrent. Raceme dense, nearly simple. 
1. V. Thap'sus (L.) ; 1. ovate-oblong crenate densely woolly 
on both sides all decurrent, st. simple, spike dense, pedicels 
shorter than the calyx, cor. rotate, segments oblong blunt, fila- 
ments woolly 2 longer nearly glabrous, anth. all nearly equal.— 
E_. B. 549. r. Schraderi Koch, Ji. xx. 1637.— St. 4—5 feet 
high. Cor. about twice as long as the calyx. Filaments with 
white wool ; the 2 glabrous ones about 4 times as long as their 
slightly decurrent anthers. — Waste ground. B. VII. VIII. 
High-taper. E. S. I. 
** Leaves not decurrent. Racemes branched, panicled. Anth. 
all reniform, not dectirrent. 
t Flowers yellow or whitish ; hairs on the filaments white. 
2. V. LychnUis (L. em. VUl.) ; I. crenate nearly glabrous 
above woolly and powdery beneath, lower 1. elliptic-oblong 
wedgeshaped below scarcely stalked, upper 1. sessile ovate- 
acuminate with a rounded base, st. angular panicled above 
with ascending branches, stam. equal, filaments all with white 
hairs.— B. 58. R. xx. 1648.— Height 2—3 feet. Fl. on 
short stalks, small, many, [yellow (rare in Britain) or var. album. Mill.] 
cream-coloured or white. — Roadsides and waste places. B. 
VI.— VIII. White Mullein. E. 
3. V.pulvervlen'tum, (Vill.) ; /. obscurely crenate clothed ivith 
mealy deciduotis wool on both sides, lower 1. oblong-elliptic at- 
tenuated into a stalk, upper 1. sessile acuminate, st. terete pani- 
cled above with patent branches, stam. nearly equal scarlet with 
white hairs.— ^. B. 487. li. xx. 1667.— Height about 3 feet. 
Fl. on very short stalks, which, as well as the calyx, are densely 
covered with wool, bright yellow. Cal. -teeth often glabrous. — 
Roadsides in Norfolk and Suffolk. B.VII. Hoary Mullein. E. 
tt Flowers yellow ; hairs on the filaments purple. 
4. V. nigrum (L.) : 1. doubly crenate nearly glabrous above 
subpubescent beneath, lower 1. cordate or ovate-oblong with long 
stalks, upper 1. cordate-ovate nearly sessile, st. angular, raceme 
elongated, pedicels twice as long as the calyx, stam. equal with 
1 Hybrids occur in this genus. Four are figured in Sy. E. B. t. S43, 844, 
845, 846. 
