FIGWORT FAMILY 
( Scrophulariacece) 
(A) Common or Great Mullein (Verbascum Tliap - 
sus (European). This well known plant is one of the 
most common sights along roadsides and in dry fields. 
Its long stalk rises from 2 to 7 feet above ground. 
Mullein leaves are very soft, with fine white downy 
hairs; they have given to the plant a name very often 
applied,—“ Flannel Plant.” The ones on the tall stalk 
are smaller and diminish in size to bracts as they reach 
the bottom of the long flower spike. From June until 
September, these flowers open a few at a time and last 
but a day. The light yellow corolla has five uneven, 
concaved lobes and five protruding stamens. 
(B) Moth Mullein (Verbascum Blattaria) (Euro¬ 
pean) has a tall, very slender stalk at the summit of 
which is a loose raceme. The flowers are large, have 
five petals, very prominent stamens and orange anthers. 
The upper leaves are lance-shaped, the lower ones have 
the margins deeply cut, toothed, and notched. It is 
common from Me. to Ontario and southwards. 
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