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LINARIA. CANADENSIS. AMERICAN TOAD- 
Fax. 
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Class and Order. 
DipynaMiIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Scropnurarine. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx 5-partitus persistens. Corolla personata, tubo in. 
cornu producto: limbo bilabiato: lab. sup. erectum emar- 
ginatum aut bifidum lateribus reflexis; if. palato eleva- 
tum, trilobum. Stamina conniventia. Anthere ovales, 
biloculares. Stylus filiformis. Stigma capitatum subbilo- 
bum. Capsula bilocularis, apice dentibus pluribus dehis- 
cens: dissepimento utrinque placentifero.. Semima com- 
pressa, marginata, vel solida. Spr. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Linaria* Canadensis ; erecta glabra glauca, foliis lineari- 
bus obtusis, floribus racemosis, labio inferiore maximo — 
palato obsoleto, calcare subulato, stolonibus procum- 
bentibus. 
Lrnaria Canadensis. Spreng. Syst. Veg. v. 2. p. T97. 
Antirruinum Canadense. Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 861. Pursh, 
Fl. Am. v. 2. p. 421. Elliott, Carol. v. 2. p. (13. 
Many Botanists object to the use of the names of coun- 
tries, as applied to the specific denomination of plants, on 
the ground that they may be, and are frequently, found 
in other localities besides that from which the species de- 
rives its appellation: and such is eminently the case with 
the 
* From dinum, flax, which the leaves of this and many other of the 
species considerably resemble. 
