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VERBASCUM formosum. 
Fischer's Mullein. 
a 
PENTANDRIA AMONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. SoLANEX. Jussieu gen. 124. Div. J. Fructus capsularis. 
SoLANEX. Brown prod. 1. 443. Sect. IT. 
VERBASCUM. Cal. inferus, monophyllus, parvus, persistens, 5- 
fidus segmentis profundis erectis acutis subequalibus. Cor. 1-petala, rotata, 
inequalis; tubus brevissimus; limbus patens, 5-fidus, laciniis profundis 
rotundatis. Fil. 5, subulata, inequalia, distantia, declinata, lanata, bre- 
viora corolla, basi inserta: anth. compresse, erectz, plis mindsve reni- 
formes, longitudinaliter dehiscentes, incompleté biloculares. Germ. subro-. 
tundum: stylus filiformis, superné leviter extumescens, declinatus, sub- 
longior staminibus; stigma obtusum. Caps. subrotundo-ovata vy. ovato- 
oblonga, subcompressa, bilocularis, bivalvis, superne dehiscens, valvis 
interdum medium usque fissilibus; dissepimentum duplex, ex valvarum mar- 
ginibus inflexis parallelis confectum, sepé incompletum; receptaculum ova- 
tum v. globosum, centrale, ex lateri utroque (fructu in statu precoci saltem 
inspecto) cum valyis connexum; sem. numerosa, minuta, angulosa, punctata, 
receptaculo inserta. Smith in rees’s cyclop. in loco; (é textu angl. vers.) 
Rad. sepivs biennis, interdiim perennis, fusiformis. Caulis sepiis soli- 
tarius, sesqui-4-8-pedalis, erectus, modo strictissimus, rard subflexuosus, 
foliosus, in pluribus alterné ramosus, multiflorus, paniculatus, pedunculis 
racemosis; in V. Myconi nullus. Anni folia prioris cuncta radicalia, inse- 
quentis caulina, petiolata, sessilia v. decurrentia; semper alterna, simplicia, 
oblonga; indivisd, lobata v. pinnatifida; simplicitér v. duplicate crenata 
v. dentata, raro integra; sepiis pube lanaté alba densd, hirsuté v. stellatd, 
VD. farinosd atque decidua, vestita; interdum glabriuscula. Flores race- 
mosi, sepius aggregati, conferti atque numerosi; lutei, rarius luteo-albi- 
eantes, v. purpurascentes, v. subfuscentes. Bractex sepits ovate, v. lan- 
ceolate, acute, ordine duplict (intertore et exteriore) disposite. Smith loc. 
cit. (ex angl.) 
Sect. I. Thapsus. Spica cylindrica conferta, raré laxa. Flores magni 
sessiles. Bractee terne. Herbe tomentose. Caules simplices, v. rarins 
ramost, stricti. Folia, sessilia, sepius decurrentia. Don. MSS. 
V. formosum, ramosum; foliis sublanatis subtis albicantibus supra viridibus 
nitentibus; inferioribus petiolatis oblongis sinuatis basi subcordatis; supe- 
rioribus sessilibus cordatis acuminatis: spica laxa, tomentosa, floribus 
solitariis corollis calyce triplo longioribus fauce tuboque atro-purpureis ; 
staminibus 2 inferioribus declinatis remotis, glaberrimis. Don MSS. 
Verbascum tormosum. Fischer in litt. Schranck pl..rar. hort. monac. 1. 22. 
tab. 22. 
Verbascum spectabile. Link enum. hort. berol. 1. 176; (non vero Marsch. bieb. 
flor. taur. canc. suppl. 158.) 
Rad. subfusiformis, divisa, fibrosa, alba. Caulis 2 ad 3 pedes cum 
dimidio altus, strictus, ramosus, teres, pilis stellatis tomentosus, superné 
versus tomento densiore: rami pauci, erecti, approximati. Folia rugosa, 
