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The BRITISH HERBAL. 
fame manner as that, from the whiteneis of its 
leaver. 
The root is long, thick, and furniflied with 
many fibres. 
The fird leaves are long and large : they have 
Hiort footftalivs, and rife in a large tuft : they 
are undivided at the edge, fliarp at the point, and 
very white; but they differ from thofe of the 
other ill this, that their v*hitenefs is owing to a 
hoary powder, which is eafily wiped off. 
The rtalk rifes in the centre, and is oifen eleven 
foot high. 
The leaves ftand irregularly on it, full as 
thickly as in the common mullein : they are like 
thofe from the root, but fmaller, and have the 
fame kind of hoary, or dufty matter on them. 
The flowers are fmall and yellow : they fiand 
in a thick fpike at the top of the flalk, and they 
have the fame fort of white dufty matter about 
them as is on the leaves. 
The feed-velfels are large, and the feeds arc 
very fmall. 
It is frequent in the weflern counties of Eng- 
land, growing by road fides, as the common mui- 
h'in. 
C. Bauhine calls it Verbafciim- mas fains angufii- 
cribus fiorihiis fallidis. J. Bauhine, Verhafmm 
■pulverulent urn flore luteo parvo. 
3. White-flowered Mullein. 
Vcrhafam fiore alho. 
The root Is long, large, and edged with many 
fibres. 
The firft leaves ar^ very iiumciuui and very 
large : they are narrower than in the common mul- 
lein, and very long and they are on the upper 
fide fmooth, and of a blackifh green ; but white 
and hoary underneath. 
The ftalk is tall, firm, upright, and five foot 
high. 
The leaves ftand thick upon it, and are of the 
fame lhape with thofe from the root, and in the 
fame manner, of a dark green, and fmooth on 
the upper furface, and white and dufty below : 
a few of the upper leaves are to be excepted, 
which are white all over. 
The fl wers ftand on long branches, into which 
the ftalk divides at the topi To that there are ufu- 
atly many fpikcs in this, as there is commonly but 
one in the other : they are fmall and white. 
The feed veffel is large, and the feeds are very 
fmall. 
It is common by the road-fides and in dry paf- 
tures in many parts uf Kent ; and flowers in 
Auguft. 
C Bauhine calls it Ferkafciun lychnitis flore alho 
■parvo. J. Bauhine, Verbnfcim Jiore albo parvo. 
Others, Verbafcmi lychnitis. Linnaeus confidefs 
this as a variety of the former fpecies, but it is 
really a diftindl plant : if the colour of the flowers 
were ,the only difference it would be reafonablc 
to join them, but the leaves and the whole herb 
differ. 
4. Black Mullein. 
Vcrbajcum nigrum. 
The root is long, thick, and edged with many- 
fibres. 
The firft leaves are large and broad : they have 
fliort, purpiifh footftalks, and are fomewhat of 
the fiiape of the leaves of fage, but vaftly bigger : 
their colour is a blackifti green : they are ftiarply 
ferrated, and they have an ill fmell. 
The ftalks are round, thick, often redifti, up- 
right, and four or five feet high. 
The leaves ftand thick upon thefe, and re- 
femble thofe which firft rife from the root, but 
that they are fmaller. 
Toward the top the ftalk fends out many 
branches, and thefe are all terminated by fpikes 
of flowers, which are moderately large, of a 
beautilul gold gellow, and ornamented by purple 
buttons in the centre. 
The feed-veffcl is large, fmooth, and full of 
fmall, brown feeds. 
It is frequent in Hcrtfordfiiire and many other 
counties by way lides ; and flowers in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Verhafcum nigrum flore ex 
luteo purpurafcerite. Lobel, Verhafam nigrum 
[alvifolium-, 
DIVISION II. FOREIGN SPECIES. 
I. Low Cretick Mullein. 
Verbafcum humile Crelicum foUis laciniatis. 
The root is long, chick, and furniflied with 
many fibres. 
The fi,rft leaves arc large, and they rife in a 
thick tuft ; they have long, hairy footftalks, and 
iire irregularly pinnated : they confift each of two 
pairs of fmall pinns, and a very large, roundifti 
ieaf at the end. 
The ftalks rife among thefe 1 and are nume- 
rous, round, not very firm, and two feet high. 
The leaves ftand alternately on thefe ; and are 
of the fame fhape with thofe from the root, but 
fmaller: fome of them have the two pair of pin- 
nsr, as thofe of the root, and others only one 
pair, and the odd leaf. 
The ftalk divides into feveral bFanches toward 
the top, and on thefe ftand the flowers in long 
fpikes ; they are large and yellow. 
The feed-veflTel is large, and the feeds are 
fmall. 
It is a native of Crete, and flowers from June 
to September. 
C. Bauhine calls it Verhafcum bumils Creticmn 
laciniatum. Columna, Verbafcum brajfica folio. 
Others make it a hlatlaria, but improperly. 
This is the fpecies that fome authors have called 
ar£tuSy ar&os, and ar^iurus. 
2. Poppy-leaved Mullein, 
Verbafcum nigrum foliis papavcris. 
The root is long, large, woody, and furniftied 
'with numerous fibres. 
The firft leaves are long, large, and hoary : 
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