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yellow ; the tube curved, enlarged upwards, shorter in proportion 
to the calyx and lips of the corolla ; the throat open ; the capsule 
not reflexed, rather smaller ; the calyx-teeth broader and spreading, 
not all bent upwards as in M. pratense. 
Wood Cow-icheat. 
EX C LVD ED SFECIES. 
VERBASCUM THAPSIFORME. Schrad. 
Introduced into the British lists by a mistake of Dr. Lindley, 
who supposed Hudson's V. thapsoides to be this species instead of 
the hybrid between V. Lychnitis and V. Thapsus. Hudson espe- 
cially distinguishes his V. thapsoides from V. Thapsus by its 
branched stem, while the stem of V. thapsiforme is no more 
branched than that of V. Thapsus. 
An anonymous writer in the second series of the "Phytologist" 
announces the discovery of S. thapsiforme near Ashford, Kent. 
Whether this species grows there or not cannot be decided until 
some competent botanist discovers the alleged station. In the 
Phyt. ser. ii. 1861, p. 364, it is mentioned that Mr. Atwood, of 
Rouen, sent seeds of V. thapsiforme a few years before the date 
of the article announcing the discovery of the plant near Ashford, 
and that the seeds " were distributed among several botanists and 
cultivators." 
VERBASCUM PHLOMOIDES. Linn. 
A few plants occurred on Clapham Common, Surrey ; no 
doubt sown intentionally or accidentally ; it has also occurred in 
Sussex. 
VERBASCUM PHCENICEUM. Linn. 
" In a scattered fence on the right hand from Beaumaris to the 
Almshouses, 1803. In the following year it nearly covered acres 
of ground in the adjoining field." — (Davies, Welsh Botanology, 
p. 23.) Not found recently. 
LINARIA SPARTEA. Hoffm. 
" Occurred during some few successive years on sandy ground 
enclosed for cultivation from Walton Heath, close by the Walton 
station of the South-Western Railway. It might possibly be L. 
