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26. SOLANEiE. 
PI. ex. cor . 
1. Pericarp capsular. 
Cor, rotate ; stamens 5 ; filaments villous ; 
capsule 2-valved Verbascum. 83. 
Cor, funnelshape ; limb unequally 5-lobed ; 
capsule ovate, operculated Hyoscyamus. 84. 
Cor, funnelshape; limb regularly 5-lobed; 
capsule 2-valved ; stigma nicked Nicotian a. 85. 
Cor, funnelshape, 5-angular, 5-pointed ; 
capsule 4-valved; stigma 2 -lamellar . . S tramonium. 86. 
2. Pericarp berried. 
Cal, and cor, campanulate ; stam. 5, fili- 
form; berry globose, on the calyx AtrOpa. 87. 
Cal, 5-sepaled ; cor. rotate, nectariferous 
at the base ; anthers opening at top by 2 
pores Dulcamara. 88. 
Cal. 5-sepaled ; cor. rotate, naked at the 
base ; anthers opening at top by 2 pores . .. Solanum. 89. 
Cal. 5-sepaled ; cor. rotate ; anthers open- 
ing longitudinally ; seeds villous Lycopersicon. 90. 
I. 83. VERBASCUM. Pliny. Mullein. 
Calyx 5-parted ; corolla rotate ; limb 5-lobed, unequal ; 
stamens 5, mostly unequal ; filaments villous at the base ; 
capsule 2-valved, 2- celled ; dissepiments double, from the 
inflected edge of the valves; seeds many; spermodermis 
double; outer leathery; corculum straight; cotyledons ob- 
long, rather leaflike ; radicle central. 
1 . Flowers glomerate. 
1. Verbascum decurrens. Decurrent mullein . 
Leaves decurrent, tomentose on both sides ; stem simple. 
Verbascum mas latifolium luteum, Raii Syn. 287, 1. 
Tapsus barbatus, Ger. era. 773, 1. 
Verbascum album vulgare, siveTbapsus barbatus communis, Park. 6C. 
Verbascum Thapsus, Lin. S . P. 252. 
Verbascum decurrens, Stokes Bot. M. M. 378. 
Great mullein. High taper. Cow’s lungivort. Hares' beard. 
Chalky and sandy banks; biennial; July and August. 
Root fusiform; stem 35 feet high, tomentose; leaves not 
cut, hairy, white, very much branched, entangled; spike 
terminal, many-shaped ; flowers sessile, yellow or white. — 
Externally used it is emollient; given also to cows that are 
consumptive ; a decoction, 2 oz. to the quart, given daily, 
