. Botany, an elementary text for schools. Botany. 332 THE KINDS OF PLANTS 1. VEEBASCUM. Mullein. Tall biennials, with alternate decurrent leaves : calyx and corolla 5-parted, the latter shallow and nearly or quite rotate: stamens 5, some or all of the filaments woolly. V. TMpsus, Linn. Common mullein. Figs. 22, Two to 5 ft., stout and usually unbranched, white-woolly: leaves oblong and acute, felt-like: flowers yellow, in a very dense spike. Weed from Europe. V, BlattS,ria, Linn. 3Ioth mullein. Slender and branching, green and nearly smooth: leaves oblong, ser- rate, often laterally lobe
. Botany, an elementary text for schools. Botany. 332 THE KINDS OF PLANTS 1. VEEBASCUM. Mullein. Tall biennials, with alternate decurrent leaves : calyx and corolla 5-parted, the latter shallow and nearly or quite rotate: stamens 5, some or all of the filaments woolly. V. TMpsus, Linn. Common mullein. Figs. 22, Two to 5 ft., stout and usually unbranched, white-woolly: leaves oblong and acute, felt-like: flowers yellow, in a very dense spike. Weed from Europe. V, BlattS,ria, Linn. 3Ioth mullein. Slender and branching, green and nearly smooth: leaves oblong, ser- rate, often laterally lobed, somewhat clasping : flowers yellow or cream-colored, in a loose raceme. Weed from (f^jg|^y"j"5|^ Europe. 2. LINARIA. Toad-flax. Low herbs, of various habit: corolla personate, the throat nearly or entirely closed, spurred from the lower side: stamens 4: capsule opening by apical pores. L. vulgaris, Mill. Toad-flax. Bntter- and-eggs. Figs. 255, 492. Common perennial weed (from Europe), 1-2 ft., with linear leaves and yellow flowers in racemes. L. Cymbalaria, Mill. Kenilworth ivy. Pig. 493. Trailing: leaves orbicular, 5-7- lobed: flowers solitary on long peduncles, lilac-blue mon in greenhouses and sometimes runs wild. 3. ANTIRRHINUM. 492. Linaria Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954. New York Macmillan
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