Tas. 6424. ” 
LINARIA patmatica. 
Native of 8S. Europe, Asia Minor, and Persia. 
Nat. Ord. Scropuubarinex.—Tribe ANTIRRHINE. 
Genus Lrvari, Pers.; (Benth. § Hook.f. Gen. Pl. vol. ii. p. 932.) 
Liyaria (Linariastrum) dalmatica: erecta, elata, robusta, paniculatim ramosa, 
glaberrima, glauca, foliis plerisque alternis patentibus ovato-v. oblongo-v. 
elongato-lanceolatis acuminatis integerrimis subrigidis nervis obscuris, basi 
angustatis v. semi-amplexi caulibus, racemis paniculatis foliosis gracilibus 
elongatis patentibus multifloris, floribus remotiusculis amplis breviter pedi- 
cellatis, bracteis foliaceis, calycis segmentis lanceolatis acuminatis patulis, 
corolla lutea basi in calcar rectum subulatum producta, labii superioris seg- 
mentis recurvis acutis, inferioris lobis 2 lateralibus amplis reflexis intermedio 
minuto porrecto subacuto, palato prominente ochrolemo villoso. 
L. dalmatica, Mill. Dict. ed. 8, No. 13; Chavannes, Monog. Antirrh., 126; Ait. 
Hort. Kew, ed. 2, vol. iv. p.16; Bot. Reg.,t. 1683; Reich. Iconog, t. 488 ; 
Benth. in DO. Prodr., vol. x. p. 275. 
L. grandiflora, Desf. Coroll. inst. Tourn., 30 t. 21. 
Antirrhinum dalmaticum, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 857. 
A handsome but very variable hardy Toadflax, of which a 
rigid erect form, with crowded flowers in a dense raceme is 
figured in the “Botanical Register,” from seeds sent from 
Persia. It was, however, introduced into England before 
1731, when it was cultivated by Phillip Miller in his garden 
at Chelsea. It has a wide geographical range; commencing 
in the east side of the Adriatic, it ranges through the islands 
of the Levant to Constantinople, Odessa, the Caucasus, Meso- 
potamia, Persia, and the Caspian Sea. Throughout this 
great extent of country it retains its floral characters with 
remarkable uniformity, but varies in habit, being sometimes 
very robust, and in foliage from very broadly ovate and 
amplexicaul to narrow linear-lanceolate and narrowed at the 
base. Though never before figured in this Magazine, it has 
been for many years cultivated at Kew, where it flowers in 
the open border in September. 
APRIL Ist, 1879. 
