Tab. 5827. 

 LINARIA tristis. 



Sombre-Jlowered Toad-jlax. 



Nat. Ord. ScROPHULARINEiE. DlDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 



Gen Char, (vide supra, Tab. 5733.) 



Linaria (sect. Linariastrum) tristis ; inflorescentia glanduloso-puberula, 

 cseterum glabra, ramis floriferis decumbentibus basi ramosis, foliis 

 lineari-oblongis linearibusve crassiusculis plerisque alternis, pedicellis 

 brevissimis, calycis segmentis oblongis v. lineari-spathulatis obtusis, 

 calcare lente arcuato corolla breviore infundibuliformi apice subincurvo. 



Linaria tristis, Mill. Ic. t. 166. Benth. in D. C. Prod. vol. x. p. 281. 



Antirrhinum triste, Linn. Syst. Veg. p. 465. 



Antirrhinum aerugineum, Gouan. III. p. 38. 



This charming little hardy plant was sent to the Eoyal 

 Gardens last spring by G. Maw, Esq., F.L.S., from the Eock 

 of Gibraltar, and flowered in the following July. It is a 

 native of walls and stony places in various places in the south 

 of Spain, and is also found in the Canary Islands. We have 

 native specimens from the walls of the convent of Corunna, 

 from the Sierra de Yunguera and Sierra de Gadoz, as well as 

 from St. Roque and Gibraltar. Being a very free flowerer, 

 and conspicuous for its glaucous foliage and the singular hues 

 of its corolla, it is likely to become a favourite rock plant. 



Descr. Glabrous, very glaucous. Stems numerous from 

 the root, decumbent at the base, then ascending, four to eight 

 inches long, simple or sparingly branched, leafy. Leaves 

 spreading, three-quarters to one inch long, radical narrowly 

 linear- spathulate, cauline more linear, subacute, quite entire. 

 Raceme two to three inches long, sub-cylindric, densely 

 many-flowered; bracts linear, leaf-like; peduncles, pedicels, 

 and calyx glandular-pubescent. Flowers shortly pedicelled, 

 erect, an inch long from the tip of the spur to the top of the 



march 1st, 1870. 



