520 
Oed. fl. dan. t. 913.  Labr. et Heg. icon. helv. 5. t. 1. Cym- 
balària spüria, Baumg. trans. 2. p. 209.—Hall. helv. no. 341. 
Linària segetum nummularie folio villoso, Tourn. inst. 1. p. 
169.—Bauh. hist. 3. p. 372. f. 1.—Tabern. 2. t. 413. f. 1.— 
Mor. hist. sect. 5. t. 14. f. 27. Plant a foot or more long, 
clothed with spreading articulated hairs. Branches usually pro- 
cumbent. Leaves 1-3 inches long. Corolla yellow; upper lip 
dark purple; spur incurved. Capsule downy. Seeds ovoid, 
compressed ; testa foveolate. 
Var. f, dentata (Chav. antirrh. p. 106.) lower leaves, and 
sometimes also: the upper ones toothed; flowers larger; plant 
firmer, erectish. ©. H. Native of France and Switzerland, 
rather frequent. 
Var. y, microphylla (Chav. l. c. t. 8.) leaves much smaller, 
roundish, woolly, ©. H. Native about Montpelier. Pelória 
comm. gætt. 1. p. 351. t. 15. f. 4. Stoehel, in act. helv. 2. p. 
25. t. 4. 
Spurious Toad-Flax. Fl. June, Sept. England. Pl. pros. 
18 L. Er4^riwE (Mill. dict. ed. 8. no. 16. Chav. antirrh. p. 
107.) pilose ; leaves usually ovate-hastate, mucronulate at top, 
alternate: lower ones sometimes opposite, and often denticu- 
lated ; pedicels longer than the leaves; calycine segments 
lanceolate, very acute. ©. H. Native of Europe, North of 
Africa, frequent in corn-fields; and of the Island of Madeira. 
It is also to be found in North America, but has, most proba- 
bly, been introduced from Europe. D. C.fl. fr. 3. p. 584. 
Tenore, syll. p. 302. L. commutàta, Bernh. in Reichb. pl. crit. 
19. t. 815. f. 1101. Ant. elatinoides, Tenore, fl. nap. 2. p. 48. 
Ant. auriculàtum, Lam. fl. fr. 2. p. 339. Cymbalaria Elátine. 
Baumg. trans. 2. p. 208.  Elátine hastata, Moench, meth. p. 
524. Gray. brit. pl. 2. p. 321. Ant. Elátine, Lin. spec. p. 
851. Oed. fl. dan. t. 426. Bull. herb. t. 245. Smith, engl. 
bot. 10. t. 692. Gaud. fl. helv. 3. p. 147. but not of Sibth, 
herb.— Hall. hist. no. 340. Linaria segetum nummularize folio 
aurito et villoso, flore luteo, Tourn. inst. 1. p. 169.— Mor. hist. 
2. sect. 5. t. 14. f. 28.—Lob. icon. 470.—Blackw. herb. t. 170. 
Edarwn, Diosc. 4. p. 40. This species comes very near the 
preceding, but it is readily distinguished by its slender habit, 
and the usually smaller hastate leaves, with acute auricles : and 
in the segments of the calyx being less cordate at the base. The 
flowers are the same, but sometimes bluish. 
Var. P, cerilea (Chav. antirrh. p. 107.) flowers blue, larger ; 
leaves broader, usually toothed. (2. H. Native of Egypt and 
Mauritania. Linària ségetum nummulariz folio aurito et vil- 
loso, flore caeruleo, Tourn. inst. p. 169.  Elátine folio acumi- 
nato, flore czeruleo, Bauh. pin. 253. Magn. bot. p. 89. 
Var. y, Siebéri (Chav. 1. c.) very villous ; leaves smaller, usu- 
ally cordate-ovate, not hastate: calycine segments narrower. 
©. H. Native of Candia.? L. Elátine, Sieb. in herb. Gay. 
L. Siebéri, Rchb. fl. germ. sect. 2. p. 374. 
Var. ò, hamósa (Chav. l. c. p. 108.) flowers pale blue, larger; 
spur hooked ; calycine segments almost linear. ©. H. Native 
of the Island Ischia, on rocks; and of Calabria and Camaria. 
Ant. hamósum, Passy, in herb. D. C. et Merat. 
Var. e, peloria (Chav. l. c.) flowers shape of those of L. vul- 
garis, var. pelória. (9. H. Hegets, in descript. ZL. spária, in 
icon. helv. 5. no. 1. 
Elatine, or Halbert-leaved Toad-Flax. Fl. June, Nov. 
Britain. Pl. trailing. 
19 L. Græca (Chav, antirrh. p. 108.) villous ; lower leaves 
ovate-oblong, or ovate, opposite: superior ones ovate-lanceo- 
late, hastate, alternate, on short petioles; pedicels capillary, 
much longer than the leaves; segments of calyx linear, very 
acute, hardly exceeding the capsule. ©. H. Native of the 
Grecian Islands, and the neighbouring continent; Corsica and 
Sardinia. Ant. Gra? cum, Bory, et Chaub. fl. pelop. no. 796. 
SCROPHULARINEJE. VII. LINARIA. 
t. 21. L. Elátine, D. Urv. enum. p. 74. Sibth. et Smith, f, 
grec. icone. but not of Mill. Branches slender at first, erect- 
ish, but at length prostrate, nearly simple. _ Pedicels stiff, bent, 
or twisted at apex, quite glabrous. Corolla downy, citron co- 
loured; spur arched, at length straight, rather longer than the 
corolla. Capsule glabrous. Testa of seeds brown, granularly 
tubercled. 
Grecian Toad-Flax. Fl. July, Oct. Pl. prostrate. 
20 L. crrruo'sa (Willd. enum. p. 689. D. C. fl. fr. 5. p. 
407. Chav. antirrh. p. 109.) pilose, very slender ; leaves lan- 
ceolate, or linear-lanceolate, hastate, alternate, petiolate ; pedi- 
cels longer than the leaves, here and there twisted like tendrils; 
calycine segments linear-lanceolate, acute, shorter than the cap- 
sule. ©.H. Native of the South of France, in corn fields; 
in Camaria; Stoechades; Corsica, near Ajaccio; and on the 
mountains about Bola; Island of Ischia, in hedges; Candia; 
and Egypt. Ten. syll. p. 302. Elatine ténuis, Moench, meth. 
suppl. 171. Ant. cirrhósum, Lin. mant. 249. Jacq. hort. vind. 
t. 82. "Tenore, fl. neap. 2. p. 49. Linaria supina villosa, folio 
sagittato, Till. pis. t. 32. f. 2. Habit of plant slender, pros- 
trate. Corolla small, bluish ; palate white, marked with purple 
dots; spur almost straight, shorter than the corolla. Capsule 
downy. Seeds ovate-truncate; testa black, tubercular. 
Tendrilled Toad-Flax. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1771. 
prostrate. 
21 L. ArsiNXFO LIA (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 729. Chav. antirrh. 
p. 110.) leaves quite entire, downy: lower ones ovate, opposite, 
on long petioles: superior ones ovate-cordate, mucronate, peti- 
olate; pedicels shorter than the petioles; calycine segments 
linear-lanceolate, very acute, with membranous edges. ©. H. 
Native of the small Islands between Corsica and Sardinia; and 
on the north-west shore of Sardinia; and in the desert near the 
Red Sea. Ant. alsinifdlium, Viv. fl. cors. p. 10. The whole 
herb is clothed with short white glandular hairs. Branches 
erectish. Lower leaves 1 inch long. Calyx villous, ciliated. 
Corolla small, yellow, with a straight, short, acute spur. Cap- 
sule smoothish. Seeds roundish ; testa brown, granularly tuber- 
cled. 
Chickweed-leaved Toad-flax. Pl. 1 foot. 
22 L. Heyprraca (Dum. Cours. bot. cult. ed. Ist. t. 11. p- 
92. Chav. antirrh. p. 110.) suffruticose, downy ; leaves altern- 
ate, ovate, usually tricuspidate, petiolate ; pedicels bent at top, 
at length ending each in a spine; calycine segments linear- 
lanceolate, acute. h. F. Native of Egypt, in arid places 
near Cairo; and on the mountains of Cyrenaica. Ait. hort. 
kew. ed. 2d. vol. 4. p. 11. Del. fl. zegypt. p. 95. t. 92. Ant. 
spinéscens, Viv. fl. libyc. p. 22. t. 27. f. 2. L. spinéscens, 
Spreng. syst. 2. p. 789. Ant. JEgyptiacum, Lin. syst. p. 464. 
Lam. dict. 4. p. 350. Forsk. egypt. p. 112. EAéevn, Diosc. 
ex Sibth. The branches rise from the neck of the plant the 
first year, but afterwards the neck becomes the form of a cau- 
dex, and twisted ; branches 1-3 feet long. Leaves glaucous, 
2-3 lines long. Corolla small, yellowish ; spur blue, hooked. 
Capsule downy. Seeds small; testa granulately tubercled. 
The L. spinescens of Viv. is only the old state of L. Zigyptiaca. . 
P 
Egyptian Toad-Flax. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1771. Shrub 
trailing. 
23 L. rrutico'sa (Desf. fl. atl. 2. p. 39. t. 133. Chav. 
antirrh. p. 111.) stem suffruticose, villous, branched ; leaves 
alternate, petiolate, ovate-oblong, acutish, downy, rarely fur- 
nished with one or two teeth at the base: superior ones entire; 
pedicels shorter than the leaves, erect ; calycine segments nar- 
row, acute, ^b. F. Native of Barbary, on calcareous moun- 
tains near Cafsa. Ant. fruticdsum, Willd. spec. 3. p. 237. 
Pers. ench. 2. p. 155. Stem woody, thick, twisted; branches 
erect, villous. Leaves acutish, or obtuse, 3-4 lines long. Pedi- 
