314 PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Verbascum. 
V. virga'tum. Root-leaves somewhat lyre-shaped: stem-leaves ses¬ 
sile : stem branching: fruit-stalks several together, sessile. St. 
( E. Bot. 550. E.)— Lob. Ic. 564 —J. B. iii. 875. 1. 
j Root branched, oblique, whitish, bitter. Stem upright, from five to six 
feet high, branching from the bottom, cylindrical, marked with superfi¬ 
cial angles from the edges of the leaves running down the stem, and of a 
wood-like hardness below. Branches undivided, long, rod-like, alter¬ 
nate, solitary, leafy below, beset with flowers to the length of two feet 
and upwards. Root-leaves much resembling those of the Common Prim¬ 
rose. Lower stem-leaves oblong-spear-shaped, or egg-oblong-spear¬ 
shaped, notched, and some of the lowermost scolloped towards the base, 
narrowing down into very short leaf-stalks. Upper stem and branch- 
leaves egg-shaped, or oblong-egg-shaped, toothed, not serrated as in V. 
Boerhaavii and Blattaria: sessile, not embracing the stem as in V. Blat- 
taria. Floral-leaves egg-shaped, gradually diminishing, the uppermost 
spear-shaped, and at length becoming a mere scale. Flowers nearly 
sessile, in small clusters from the sides of the stem and branches, at mo¬ 
derate intervals. Blossoms yellow, with a purplish ring round the 
mouth; one inch and a quarter diameter ; two or three in bloom at once. 
Fruit-stalks horizontal, very short, seldom more than half the length of 
the calyx. 
(Large-flowared Mullein. E.) Blattaria lutea major , sive Hispanica. 
Park. 64. and Par. 383— B. luteafol. long, laciniato altera 4 cubit or am, 3, 
4, 5, et plura vascula conjuncta habens. C. B. Pin. 240— B. magno Jlore. C. 
B. Pin. 241. J. B. iii. 875. R. Hist. 1096. Tourn. 148. 
First found by Mr. Waldron Hill, of Worcester, in a field on the south 
side of a lane leading from Gregory’s Mill to the turnpike road, near that 
city. Side of the turnpike road from Worcester to Ombersley, opposite 
the lane leading to Beverey. Cultivated for three years without any per¬ 
ceptible alteration. Dr. Stokes. (Ten miles from Ludlow, on the Shrews¬ 
bury road. Dr. Evans, in Bot. Guide. Brought from a field near Wrex¬ 
ham to the neighbourhood of Worcester, by Mrs. Nash; according to 
Rev. Mr. Baker, in Eng. FI. B. Aug. E.) 
V. BLATTAhiiA. Leaves embracing the stem, oblong, smooth, ser¬ 
rated : fruit-stalks single-flowered, solitary. 
(E. Bot. 393. E.)— Fuchs. 1%3—Trag. 925— J. B. iii. 874. 1 —Ger. Em. 
778. 7—Park. 64. 3—Ger. 633. 1— Matth. 1151— Hod. 145. 1— Lob. Obs. 
304. 2 —Ger. Em. 776. 1 —Park. 61. 5— Pet. ii. 62. 5— H. Ox. v. 9. row 
3. 5. 
Stem two or three feet high, slightly angular, smooth. Leaves somewhat 
wrinkled. Pollich. Leaves glossy on the upper side ; sometimes toothed, 
and sometimes notched; lowermost wing-cleft at the base. Fruit-stalks 
longer than the flower-leaves. ( Bloss. streaked with purple at the base ; 
stained with brown at the back. Siam, very unequal, bearded with pur¬ 
ple hairs. Caps, globose, with a furrow on each side. Whole herb fetid 
and acrid. Sm. E.) 
Moth Mullein. Gravelly soil. Lane between Mitcham Common and 
Carshalton: Horn’s Place near Rochester; between Deptford and 
Greenwich. Ray. About Plymouth and Ashburton, Devonshire. Hud¬ 
son. (Near the fourteenth mile-stone from London to Dartford. Black- 
Stone, Five miles from Ludlow, on the Shrewsbury read* Dr, Evans, in 
