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either a }] e ’ inclining; the lower ones longer; all fertile; the filamentsthe conn ’ ° r dle *-hree upper, barbate : anthers generally adnate, and (by8tir/f na Uei ? ce of the cells) unilocular. Style simple, thick at the apex,bifid at ,f ltlre or bifid. Capsule ovate or somewhat globose ; the valves^ le a P ox (Macreight).

simple — Leaves decurrent, crenate, woolly on both sides. Stem

}’ e Uovv'. fjUs ^ er dense. Floivers almost sessile (Smith).— Corolla golden-s ^ ame 'as red; stigma green.

in .T„i. ‘~~^ n< hgenous: on banks and waste ground. .Biennial. FlowersJ) E ^ c ai1 ^ August.

hitte r i . h PTlox - — The leaves ( folia verbasci) have a mucilaginous,very slight odour. They communicate their virtues

the fl^ IP ° slTI0N -—Morin ( Journ.de Chim.'Med. t. ii. p.223) analyzedfatty q ^ Verbascum Thapsus , and obtained a yellow volatile oil, aQcet a t e f f ree malic and phosphoric acids, malate and phosphate of lime,r esi nov P°l a ah, uncrystallizable sugar, gum, chlorophylle, and yellowp HYs lowing matter.

feehi v ° Logic al Effects. —Emollient, demulcent, and, supposed to be,Mat. Fishes are stupitied by the seeds of Verbascum (Bergius,

Oij the form of decoction (prepared of 5ij. of the leaves and

') ater) mullein has been used in catarrhs and diarrhoeas: the

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the ] a j, 31v - Dr. Home (Clin. Exp. and Hist.) found it serviceable inHiUllei^ 61 ! com plaint only. Fomentations and cataplasms made of greatiudnm,’, ' ave been used as applications to hemorrhoidal tumors and“ted glands.

® Cr °phula'ria nodo'sa Linn. D.— Knotty-rooted Fig wort.

Sex. Syst. Didyn&mia, Angiospermia.

(Folia, D.)

—The earliest notice of this plant occurs in the work ofBo^, ■P ren gel, Hist- Rei Herb. Praef- xi.)cleft i n D.EW. Char. — Calyx five-parted or more frequently five-Se 8ment ar f e< l ua h Corolla globose, with a short five-lobed limb, thehp, g. s °t which are rounded, and the uppermost united into an uppera fifth 7ne l L . S didynamous, inclining, with one-celled, transverse anthers;^9ma rudlmcntar y stamen with a lamelliform anther, often present!«ntir P 0ll . lar ginato. Capsule roundish, often acuminate, with the valvesS*’ £ just bifid (Bindley):

&te.r n s v. 11A11 —Leaves heart-shaped, acute; three-ribbed at the base-hvjq T .,, ar P~ e Dgcd- Root tuberous. (Smith .)—Corolla dull green, with a

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in Jujy indigenous: hedges, woods, and thickets. Perennial. Flowers

"’fien i pI tI - I>TroN- —The fresh leaves (folia scrophularia nodosa) have,Water e \ Sod ’ a Tetid. odour: their taste is bitter, and somewhat acrid.Ses qui c Ki X r . a . cts the virtues of the plant: the infusion is darkened by theConjp 0nde °f iron, but is unchanged by tincture of nutgalls.

°sition.—T he whole plant (root and herb) was analysed in 1830