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rius spicati. Pedunculi oppositi vel alterni, nunc siinplices 
uniflori, nunc multiflori dicliotome cymosi. 
Ordo vastus, omnis fere orbis terrarum incola, a regioni- 
bus frigidis Alpinis Arcticisve ad calidissimas tropicas, in 
locis aridis siccissimis, in humidis umbrosisque et etiani 
in paludibus aquaticisque. 
Tribus I. Verbasce^. 
Corolla tubo abbreviato vel subgloboso, limbo explanato 
4-5-fido vel bilabiato non ringente. Stamina fertilia 2-.5, 
saepius declinata. Antherae approximatae vel cohaerentes, 
nunc uniloculares, nunc subbiloculares, loculis divaricatis 
contluentibus. Capsula bivalvis, septicide dehiscens, val- 
vulis saepe bifidis, dissepimento e marginibus valvularum 
inflexis duplicato solubili. Semina nuda. 
I. Verbascum. Linn, 
Calyx campanulatus, 5-partitus, subaequalis. Corolla tubo brevis- 
simo, limbo explanato subrotato 5-partito, laciniis rotundatis subae- 
qualibus vel inferiore majore. Stamina 5, declinata, inferioribus lon- 
gioribus, omnia fertilia. Filamenta omnia vel 3 superiora barbata. 
Antheree adnatae vel rarius medifixae (loculis confluentibus) unilocu- 
lares. Stylus simplex, apice incrassatus. Stigma integrum vel bi- 
lamellatum. Capsula ovata vel subglobosa, valvulis apice bifidis. 
Herbae erectae, durae, tomento vel lana saepissime floccoso vestitae, 
rarius glabratae. Folia alterna, saepe decurrentia. Flores fasciculati, 
vel rarius solitarii, in racemos simplices vel paniculato-ramosos dis- 
positi. Corollse flavae vel phoeniceae. ^ 
1. V. Thapsus (Linn. Spec. 252), foliis decurrentibus floccoso- 
tomentosis lanatisve, racemo simplici spicato denso, antheris stami- 
num inferiorum parum majoribus. — V. indicum, Wall. Cat. n* 2630. 
Nees V. Esenb. in Trans. Soc. Linn. Lend. 1. p. 79. 
Hab. in toto jugo Emodi, Wallich. 
This species, to which the V. tha'psiforme^ cuspidatum, and 
several others should probably be referred, is very variable in the 
form of the leaves and bracts, but I have frequently observed in Eu- 
rope the same variations which have distinguished the V. bidicuniy 
with every possible gradation from the one to the other. The longer 
stamina have usually a few hairs, but are often quite glabrous. 
II. Celsia. Linn, 
Calyx campanulatus, 5-partitus, subaequalis. Corolla tubo bre- 
vissimo, limbo explanato subrotato 5-partito, laciniis rotundatis subae- 
qualibus vel inferiore majore. Stamina 4, didynama, declinata, in- 
