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VERBASCUM pyramidatum.
Pyramidal Mullein.
Natural Order. S o l a n e j l . J uss. gen. 124.
Sect. I. Pericarpium capsulare.
VERBASCUM. Calyx 5-partitus. Corolla rotata patens
5-loba insqualis. Stamina 5, inrnqualia, filamentis inclinatis
barbatis. Stigma 1. Capsula 2-locularis, 2-valvis; valvulis
inflexis, polysperma.
__________ , . ______ . spicato-paniculati
multifloris, Juss. gen. loc. cit.
V. pyramidatum, foliis nudiusculis ; inferioribus oblongis basi
attenuatis; superioribus cordatis acuminatis subsessilibus,
racemis paniculatis, floribus sparsis subsolitariis, filamentis
omnibus barbatis. Willd. enum. l . p . 224.
Verbascum pyramidatum. Ram. et Schult. syst. 4. p . 343.
Link enum. 1. p. 175. Hort. sub. lond. p . 40.
Biennial. Stem erect, from 5 to 8 feet high, much
branched; branches forming a pyramid, lower ones
very long, putting out other branches from the bottom;
upper ones shorter and simple, all slightly decurrent,
furrowed, very downy. Leaves reticulately veined,
a little rugged, smooth and shining, scarcely pubescent
; lower ones oblong, slender at the base, with a
short footstalk, sometimes 18 inches in length, unequally
jagged, and toothed with large bluntish teeth ;
gradually lessening in size up the stem ; at length
cordate, sessile, acuminate, more or less jagged or
toothed. Racemes very long, branched. Flowers
scattered, generally solitary, of a light yellow.
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