Mullein, the common English name of the genus Verbascum, belonging to the Scrophulariaceæ, and containing some eighty species, of which some six (Great Mullein, White, Dark, Moth, &c.) are natives of England, and have been naturalised in the United States. The leaves and stem (2 to 4 feet high), of the common and larger species, are covered with a dense, woolly growth; the flowers form a dense spike a foot long. A mucilaginous decoction of the leaves is used to allay coughs and as an emollient application.
Müller, F. MAX.—See MAX-MÜLLER.