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Show fhe TheBRED ise Wie eee BR manner of many of the poppy kinds, thick, and furnifhe The root is any fibres. 5 } in It is frequent in the weftern counties of England, growing by roadfides, as the common mul- a and are pointed at the ends. The ftalks are numerous, of a woody hardnefs, round, irregularin their growth, and {preading. The leaves ftand at diftances on them, ahd are altogether unlike thofe from the root: they are fimple, of a cordatedfigure, and very white : they furroundthe ftalk at the bafe, and terminate in an obtufe point. The flowers are large, and of a beautiful yellow. The feed-veffels ate large and the feeds fmall, feed veflel is lar The firit leaves are long and frort footftalks, and in a ed at the edge, but. they , that their whi , which is eafily wij The ftalk rifes in the centre, and is often e h) have the fmaller, and but fe from the r or y: matter on them, fam dd of hoary, yellow: they ftand The {Allowers are fma in a thick fpike at the top of the ftalk, andthey have the fame fort of white dufty matter about themas is on the leaves. The feed-veffels are large, and the feeds are varic difpofition of the in the tympany. The plant deferves a tryal this cafe, which fooftenfoils the beft artift, The other fpecies probably poffefs the fame virtues ; | it feer oy tafte, in a lefs degree. N MOTH Zerbafcum fiore albo. The root is long, large, and edged with many bres. fit The firft leaves are. very numerous and very large: they are narrower than in the common mullein, and very long; and they are on the upper fide fmooth, and of a blackith green; but white and hoary underneath. The ftalk is tall, firm, upright, and five foot high. "Th e leaves ftand thick uponit, and are of the fame fhape with thofe from the root, and in the fame mannet, of a dark green, and fmooth on the upper furface, and white and dufty below : a few of the upper leaves are to be excepted, which are white all over. PyeicoeT 20. Ne TL, 1. LowCretick Mullein. um bumile Creticumfoliis | The root is long, thick, and furnifhed with many fibres. The firft leaves are e, and they rife ina thick tuft: they have long, hairy footftalks, and are irregularly pinnated: they confift each of two pairs of fmall pinne, and a very large, roundifh leaf at the end, The ftalks rife among thefe ; and are numerous, round, not very firm, and two feet high. Theleaves ftand alternately on thefe ; andare of the fame fhape with thofe from the root, but fmaller: forne of them have the two pairofpinnz, as thofe of the root, and others only one pair, and the odd leaf. Theftalk divides into feveral branches toward mulleix The ftalks are round, right, and fouror fiv f The leaves ftand thick upon tl femble thofe which firft rife from that they arefmaller. Toward the top the branches, and thefe are sitetterminat of flowers, which are moderately | : beautiful gold gellow, and ornamentedbypi buttons in the centre. The feed-ve fmall, brownfee falvifolium. SPECIE the top, and on thefe ftand the flowers in Jong {pikes : they : The feed-veffel is 1s é the feeds are {mall. Itiis a native of Crete, and flowers from June C. Bauhine. calls it Verbafcum laciniatum. Columna, Verb: Others make it a dlat 7 This is the {pecies that f aréius, arétos, and 2. Poppy-leaved Mulle Verbafcum nigrum foliis papaveris. Theroot is long, large, woody, and furn with numerous fibres The firft leaves are long, large, and he 2 S XXXVI. MULLEI “HEflowerconfifts of a ingle petal, divided into five fegments: the feed-veffel is round, ar “4d the cup is dividedinto fre fharp fegments. Linnaeus places this among the pextandria monogynia, but he does not allowit to be a diftin® genus : he takes away its antientname, and makes it a fpecies of verbafcum. The Englth writers were fenfible that it was nearly alied to mullein or verbafcum, as appears by their naming it moth 1 7. iRulJein; but it differs evidently inthe figure of the feed-veffel, which is roundin this, and not in mul; Cithe The fpecies of each of thefigenera are numerous; fo that there is confufion in joining them: too many of the botanical writersiave confounded themalready, calling feveral proper{fpecies of verbal cum, blattaria, and thofe of lattaria, verbafcum: the effential dinmaion of the two genera being thus eftablifhed bythe formofthe capfule, I fhall here feparate them, accordingto that charaGter. is large, fmooth, and full of It is fréquent in Hertfordthire and manyother counties by wayfides; and flowers in July. C. Bauhine calls it Verbafcum nigrumee ex luteo purpurajcente. Lobel, Verba/c ORE TEN? U BLATT AR LA ferrated, and 3. White-flowered Mullein, for recommending the exprefled juice of The root is lon fibres. C. Bauhine c lentum flore leaves flowers in this fpecies different from moft of the others: they ftand ina long, flender, andinterrupted fpike. It is frequent in Italy, and flowers in July. c. Hayshinecalls it Verbafcum nigrum foliis paJ. Sauhine, Verbafcum cr There is fomething in the ally a diftin¢ ie only to join them, A pultice made of the tops and young of mullein is excellent in the piles. : There are the authority of confiderable names ein. f Mullein is a powerful reflringent ; and the common, white kind pofféfles the virtue in a greater degree than any otherfpecies, The root dried and powd fenteries fifteen grains for a dofe. The juice of the leaves, boiled into fyrup with honey, is excellent in coughs and other diforders ofthe lungs. The juice of the root, expreffed with red wine, is good againft overflowings of the menfes; and alone it is a fovereign remedy in fpitting of blood. they are deeply finuaated at the edges, in the from the whitenefs of Diy VL SiON 1; BRET SHS PE Cores: Moth Mulleit Bla vulgas. The root is long, large, dijded into feveral parts, and hungwith a multitue offibres. The firft jeares are long, arrow, and of a fhining green: they rife withet footftalks, and {pread circu upon the grou. The ftalk rifes in the cent, and is round, firm, thick, upright, and tworthree feet high, The leaves ftand irregular] on it: they are fall, and of the fame fhapeind colour with D1IV1S 1°O jeu. FOREIGN . Purple Moth Mlein, Blattaria purpua. The root is long and thic divided, and hung withfibres. The firft leaves are large, merous, and of an oval figure: they have fcar.any footftalks, and fpread upon the ground. The ftalks are numerous, rod, thick, firm, upright, and a foot and half hig N®@9. thofe from the root: they growto the ftalk by a broad bafe, andare fharply ferrated. The flowers are very large and beautiful: they are of a gold yellow, and have purple butto s to the numerous threads in their centre, The feed-veffel is large, and the feeds are f{mall. It is a wild plant with us, but not common. I have obferved it near Denham in Buckingha m fhire. It flowers in Auguft. C. Bavhinecalls it Blattaria lutea folio longo } laciniato. Ps Gils Sy The leaves ftand irregularly on them, and are fhort, broad, of adark green colour, and oval : they haveno footftalks, and fometimes they are a little dented, fometimes quite undivided at the edges, The flowers ftandin longfpike large, and purple: their colour varies deepeft violet to the plaineft red; and from whichis altogether accidental, fome have di it into many diftinét fpecies, Aa |