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I>yeimitis, 
Blattaria. 
&L alba. 
/3 lutea. 
ai^gularis. 
PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA; 
Mullein, 
As well known to every body as the Stramonium. Flowers 
yellow. On road sides and stony ways, very common, and 
seeming to prefer calcareous soil. Introduced from Europe. 
Biennial. All summer. 
2. V. leaves oblong, wedge-shaped, naked above ; 
stem angled, panicled. — Smith. 
Icon. FI. Dan. 586. 
A very striking and elegant looking plant, when in full 
bloom in favourable situations, having a pyramidal form from 
the adpressed radical leaves to the summit of the stem, which 
is sometimes six feet high. Flowers pale, or straw-yellow. 
On the banks of the Wissahickon, and in grassy lanes in the 
the vicinity of that creek, abundant. Elsewhere I have not 
found it. Pursh says it grows on the banks of the Delaware, 
near this city. Biennial. June, July. 
3. V. leaves amplexicaule, oblong, glabrous, 
leaves denticulate ; flowers pedunculated, white. 
White Moth-mullein. 
leaves doubly serrate ; flowers sessile, bright yellow. 
V. Claytoni, Mich. ? 
Tellow Mot mullein. 
From one foot to three feet high. A very beautiful plant. 
Common in cultivated fields, and by sides of fences. Biennial. 
June to August. 
lOr. SABBATIA. Adanson. Para. Lond. t. 32. (Gentianae.J 
Calix 5 to 12-parted. Corolla rotate, 5 to 12- 
parted. Stigmas 2, spiral. Anthers at 
length revolute. Capsule 1-celled, 2-valved, 
many-seeded. — Nutt. 
1. S. stem quadrangular, winged ; leaves cordate- 
ovate, amplexicaule j flowers on long peduncles, 
corymbose. B. 
