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of the stas covered with violet hairs.—Road-sides, shores, 
(wanting in W. ? U. L A.). 6 . Blattaria L. 1590. 
— Inflorescence without glandiferous hairs; fls in clusters 
of 3 or more and arranged in a spike or panicle 2 
2. Filaments of the stas covered with violet or purple 
hairs. Lower Is cordate at the base.—Hills, road-sides; 
distrib. 7.nigrum L. 1591. 
— Filaments of the stas with white hairs ... 3 
3. Ls more or less decurrent. Anthers of the 2 longer 
stas more or less decurrent ..... ^ 
— Ls not decurrent. Anthers not decurrent . . 7 
4. Cor.-limb concave. Anthers of the 2 longer stas de¬ 
current to a short distance, that is to say, the free part 
of the filament 4 times as long as the anther. Stig. 
capitate, not decurrent. Type of V. Thapsus. 5 . 5 
— Cor.-limb almost flat. Anthers of the 2 longer stas de¬ 
current to a longer distance: the free part of the fila¬ 
ment only IV 2 —2 times the length of the anther. Stig. 
clavate, decurrent at the base. Type of V.phlomoides 6 
5. Ls entirely decurrent (from one to the other). The 2 
longer stas with glabr., or almost glabr., filaments. Cor. 
rather small, 20 —22 mm broad. Stem 60—150 cm .—Stony, 
uncultivated places, wood-clearings; distrib. 7 
Thapsus L. 1592. 
— Ls shortly or half decurrent. Filaments of the stas all 
wholly. Otherwise as in the last, but stem lower and 
tomentum on the ls more yellowish.— b.pseudothapsiforme 
Bap. Ls decurrent to a longer distance, more distinctly 
crenate; cor. larger, 25—30 mm broad.—As the last, 
by preference in the mount., especially G. T. W. U, 
b. Y. 6.montanuin Schrad. 1593. 
6. Ls entirely decurrent. Differing also from 1592 in the 
cor. being much larger (30 — 35 mm broad) and in the 
ls being more distinctly crenate and acuminate.—As 
1592; fairly distrib. (wanting in U.). 7 
thapsiforme Schrad. 1594. 
— Ls half-decurrent. Tomentum more yellowish than in 
the last. —As the last, but much rarer; G. W. V. B. J. Z. 7 
phlomoides L. 1595. 
7 (3). Stem and branches angular-furrowed. Ls almost glabr. 
above, with a short gray tomentum underneath.—Waste 
places, hills, road-sides; distrib.; the form with white fls 
(b. album Monch) more common in some countries than 
the type. 6.Lychnitis L. 1596.*) 
*) V. incanum Gaud, which apparently differs in the ls being of an 
Intenser yellow, and the capsules more pointed, in Wall. 
