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4. Datura Linn. 
fl. D. Stramonium (L.); 1. ovate unequally sinuate-dentate 
glabrous, paps, erect spinose. — E. B. 549. — Fl. white, large, erect. 
Fr. densely sj)inose. Caps, with 4 dissepiments helow of which 
oidy '2 reach to the summit. — Waste ground, rare. A. VI. VII. 
Thorn-apple. E. S.? I.? 
5. Verbascum Linn. 
* Leaves strongly decurrent. 
1. V. Thapsus (L.?); 1. ovate-oblong crenate densely woolly 
on both sides all deeurrent, st. simple, sj)ike dense, pedicels 
shorter than the caly.\, cor. rotate : segments oblong obtuse, 
filaments woolly : 2 longer nearly glabrous, anth. all nearly equal. 
— E. B. 549. V. Schraderi Koch. — St. 4 — 5 feet high. Fl. about 
twice as long as the caly.\. Filaments with white wool, the 2 
glabrous ones about 4 times as long as their slightly decurrent 
anthers. — Waste ground. B. VII. VIII. Great Mullein. 
2. V. thapsiforme (Schr.); “1. decurrent crenulate woolly, 
upj)er ones acuminate, raceme spiked, segments of the cor. un- 
equal obovate, 2 of the anth. oblong.” Fries. — V. Thapsus Koch. 
— Fl. much larger than those of V. Thapsus, about 4 times as 
long as the calyx. “ The 2 glabrous filaments scarcely twice as 
long as their greatly deeurrent anthers.” Koch. — Kent. Dr. Lind- 
ley. B. VII. VIII. E. 
** Leaves not decurrent, flowers in clusters. 
t Flowers yellow, hairs on the filaments white. 
3. V. Lychnitis (L.) ; 1. crenate nearly glabrous above woolly 
and powdery beneath, lower 1. elliptic-oblong wedgeshaped below 
stalked, uj)per 1. sessile ovate-acuminate with a rounded base, 
st. angidar panicled above with ascenebng branches, stam. equal, 
filaments all with white hairs. — E. B. 58. — Fl. on short stalks, 
small, numerous, cream-coloured. — Road-sides jmd waste j)laces, 
preferring chalk. B. VII. VIII. White Mullein. E. 
4. V. floccosum (W. andK.); ?. obscurely crenate clothed iczV/i 
mealy deciduous wool on both sides, lower 1. oblong-elliptical at- 
tenuated into a stalk, upper 1. sessile acuminate, st. terete jranicled 
above with jratent branches, stam. nearly equal scarlet with white 
hairs. — V. pulverulentum Sm., E. B. 487. — Fl. on very short 
stalks, which, as well as the calyx, are densely covered with wool, 
bright yellow. Cal. -teeth often glabrous. — In V. pulverulentum 
(Vill.),of which Schreber saw authentic specimens, the stem 1. are 
subsessile ovate-oblong rather acute unequally and doubly ser- 
rate, the iq)per surface of all the leaves only shghtly woolly, the 
wool is not deciduous as in our plant, and the st. and branches 
are angular. — Road-sides in Norf. and Suff. ; and Den of Cullen, 
Scotland. B. VII. Hoary Mullein. E. S. 
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