PL ex. cor . 
26. SOLANEiE. 83. Verbascum. 327 
is useful in diarrhoea, or as a clyster in tenesmus ; the down 
of the leaves is also used for tinder ; the whole herb flung 
into ponds is said to intoxicate the fish so that they may 
be taken by the hand. 
£. thapso-nigrum . Leaves ovate ; lower leaves petioled ; 
middle sessile; upper decurrent; stem branched ; flowers 
in bunches, sessile. 
A mule-plant of v. decurrens impregnated by v. nigrum, 
Poison. 
y. mgra-lychnitis. Leaves woolly ; radical leaves petioled ; 
stem leaves sessile ; flowering branches numerous, axillary ; 
flowers in bunches. 
Near Yarmouth, probably a mule-plant, Turner . 
2. Verbascum thapsoides. Thapsus-like mullein . 
Leaves decurrent ; stem branched. 
Verbascum thapsoides, Huds. FI. Angl. 90. 
Verbascum Thapsi, Lin, S. P. 1669. 
Verbascum Lychnitis /6, Smith Ft, Brit. 250. 
Bastard mullein. 
Chalky and sandy meadows, Kent, Hudson . 
3. Verbascum lychnites. Candlewick mullein . 
Leaves wedgeshape, oblong, naked on the upper surface; 
stem angular, panicled; beards of the filaments yellowish. 
Verbascum flore albo parvo, Rail Syn. 287, 3. 
Verbascum lychnite Mattbioli, Ger. em. 775, 3. 
Verbascum mas, foliis longioribus, Park. 60. 
Verbascum lychnites, Lin. S. P.252. 
Waysides in chalky soils; perennial; July and August. 
Stem 3 feet high, woolly ; leaves very woolly beneath, re- 
ticulately veined above; stem leaves sessile ; flowers pedi- 
celled, in bunches, milk-white. 
4. Verbascum pulverulentum Hoary mullein. 
Leaves ovate, oblong, slightly serrated, powdery on both 
sides, tomentose ; stem round, panicled ; beard of the fila- 
ments yellow; anthers bright red. 
Verbascum pulverulentum flore luteo parvo, Raii Syn. 287,2. 
Verbascum Lychnitis j8, Huds. FI. Angl. 90. 
Verbascum pulverulentum, Salisb. Prod. 104. 
Yellow hoary mullein. Norfolk mullein. 
Waysides and hedges in chalky soils; biennial; July. 
Herb mealy, downy ; stem 4 feet high ; leaves all sessile, 
obsoletely serrated ; flowers golden yellow ; beard of the 
stamens whitish yellow. 
