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83. Verbascum. 26. SOLANEJE. 
PI. ex. cor. 
5. Verbascum mixium . Mixed mullein . 
Leaves oblong, acute, slightly crenate, sessile, mealy 
tomentose ; lower leaves petioled ; branches panicled, vil- 
lous ; beards of the filaments violet. 
Verbascum nigro-pulverulentum /3, Smith FI. Br. 251. 
Verbascum mixtum, Be Candolle FI. Fr. 2674. 
6. Verbascum nigrum. Black mullein. 
Leaves oblong, heartshape, petioled, crenate rather 
downy ; beards of the filaments purplish. 
Verbascum nigrum flore parvo, apicibus purpureis, Raii Syn. 288,4. 
Verbascum nigrum, Ger. em. 775, 2 ; Lin. S. P. 253. 
Verbascum nigrum vulgare, Park. 61. 
Waysides; perennial; July and August. 
Stem upright, angular, purplish, slightly branched ; leaves 
dark green ; spike very loose ; flowers in bunches, pedi- 
celled, golden yellow' ; anthers yellowish red. 
7. Verbascum virgatum. Rodlike mullein. 
Leaves oblong, lanceolate, toothed, sessile ; radical leaves 
rather lyrate, downy ; stem branchy ; flowers aggregate, 
sessile. 
Blattaria flore amplo, Ger.em. 778. 
Verbascum Gallicum, Willd. Sp. PI. 1005. 
Verbascum virgatum, Stokes in With. B. Arr.3 19. 
Verbascum Chaexii, Villars Belph. 491. 
Waysides and fields; biennial; August. 
Stem 6 feet high, branched at bottom, round ; branches 
simple, virgate ; radical leaves wrinkled, pinnatifid at bot- 
tom, above shining, beneath venose ; flowers yellow, very 
large, tube purplish. 
b. Flowers solitary. 
8. Verbascum luridum. Dark mullein. 
Leaves amplexicaul, crenate, oblong, bald, serrate; ra- 
dical leaves nearly lyrate, sinuate; peduncles 1 -flowered, 
solitary ; stem branched, angular ; beards of the filaments 
purple. 
Blattaria lutea, Raii Syn. 288, 1. 
Blattaria Plinii, Ger. em. 776. 
Blattaria flore luteo, Park. 64. 
Verbascum Blattaria, Lin. S. P. 254. 
Verbascum luridum, Salisb. Prodr. 
Moth mullein. 
Sandy places; annual; July. 
Root fusiform ; stem 4 feet high ; spikes terminal, many- 
flowered ; flowers golden yellow with purple lines. 
