Seed-vessel. Capsule roundish, with two cells, two valves, splitting at the top. Receptacles the form of half an egg, fixed to the partition.
Seeds numerous, angular.
Obs. In the greatest number of species the chives are bent downward, and clothed with soft, coloured hairs on the lower part.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Verbascum foliis subvillosis, rugosis; caulinis subsessilibus, æqualiter crenatis, radicalibus oblongis, cordatis, duplicato crenatis.
Mullein with leaves a little hairy and rough: stem leaves almost without foot stalks, equally scolloped; leaves from the root oblong, heart-shaped, and doubly scolloped.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A Leaf of the plant, from the lower part.
2. The Empalement.
3. A Blossom, shewn from the front.