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Verbascum Thapsus, Linn. ; FI. Br. Ind. iv, 250. An erect 
herb densely clothed with soft, yellow-grey, stellate hairs ; stems 
robust, 3-6 ft., winged with the prolonged leaf-bases. Leaves 
entire or nearly so ; radical and lower stalked, ovate, 4-12 in. ; 
upper sessile, oblong-lanceolate, 6-18 in. Flowers nearly sessile, 
yellow, f-1 in. diam., crowded in terminal spikes. Calyx 5-lobed, 
Corolla concave, woolly outside ; tube very short ; lobes 5, 
spreading, nearly equal, broad, obtuse. Stamens 5 ; filaments 3 
short and hairy, 2 longer and glabrous. Stigma capitate. Capsule 
tomentose, ovoid. 
Simla, Mushobra ; May-September. — Temperate Himalaya, 6000-11,000 ft. 
— W, Asia, Europe (Britain, Great Mullein). 
2. CELSIA. In honour of Olaus Celsius, a Swedish botanist 
of the eighteenth century. — Asia, Africa, Europe. 
Celsia coromandeliana, Vahl ; FI. Br. Ind. iv. 251. An erect, 
pubescent herb, 2-3 ft. Leaves 1-2 in., broad toothed; radical 
crowded, stalked, pinnatifid, 6 in., end lobe much the largest; 
upper alternate, sessile, oblong-ovate, 2-4 in. Flowers yellow, 
4 in. diam., in simple or branched racemes 1-2 ft. long, often 
forming a large, terminal panicle. Calyx 5-parted. Corolla-tube 
very short ; lobes 5, spreading, obtuse. Stamens 4, equal ; 
filaments hairy. Stigma capitate. Capsule globose. 
Sutlej valley ; January-May. — Throughout India, ascending to 5000 ft. — 
Afghanistan, Burmah, China. 
3. LINARIA. From the Latin linum, flax, referring to the 
shape of the leaves of L. vulgaris, the Toad Flax of Britain. — 
W. Asia, Europe. 
Perennial herbs ; branches numerous, slender, prostrate, 
6-24 in., spreading from the base. Leaves alternate, stalked, 
variable in shape and size. Flowers yellow, single on long, 
slender, axillary stalks. Calyx 5-parted. Corolla 2-lipped ; tube 
produced at the base in a hollow spur ; upper lip erect, 2-lobed ; 
lower spreading, 3-lobed, base dilated, closing the mouth. Sta- 
mens 4, in unequal pairs, included. Style thread-like ; stigma 
minute. Capsule ovoid, opening by pores at the top. 
Glabrous. Leaves long-stalked. Spur short, straight, 
obtuse . . . . . . . .1. L. ramosissima. 
Softly hairy. Leaves shortly stalked. Spur long, curved, 
acute . . . . . . . . . 2. L. incana. 
1. Linaria ramosissima. Wall. ; FI. Br. Ind. iv. 251. Glabrous 
or slightly pubescent. Leaves long-stalked ; lower ovate, J-2 in., 
deeply cordate, angularly lobed ; upper narrowly lanceolate, 
sagittate, basal lobes long, acute, diverging. Calyx-segments 
