Tab. 5733. 



LINAEIA oeiganifolia, var. cbassifolia. 



Marjoram-leaved Toad-flax. 



Nat. Ord. SCROPHUIAEINEiE. — DlDYSTAMIA ANGIOSPEEMIA. 



Gen. Char. Calyx profunde 5-partitus. Corolla personata, tubo basi 

 calcarato, labio superiore erecto, palato prominulo, nunc araplo faucem 

 claudeute, nunc depresso fauce pervia. Antherarum loculi oblongi. Cap- 

 sula ovoidea v. globosa, loculis ssepius suba3qualibus, poro uni- v. pluri- 

 valvato dehiscentibus, loculo inferiore minore nunc indebiscente. Semina 

 nunc ovoidea aptera angulata v. rugosa, nunc discoidea alata. — Herbas, 

 rarius suffrutlces, Jiemisphcerii oorealis temperate incolce. Folia inferiora 

 scepius opposita v. verticillata, superiora alterna. Flores axillares, solitarii 

 v. racemosi. — Benth. 



Linabia (ChcenorrMnum) origanifolia ; pubescens v. glabriuscula, foliis 

 ovatis obovatis oblongisve breviter petiolatis, pedicellis longiusculis 

 alternis, sepalis linearibus v. lineari-spathulatis villosis. Benth. in 

 DC. Prodr. v. 1. p. 287. 



Var. /3. crassifolia ; foliis ovatis crassiusculis, corolla majore 7-9 lin. longa. 



Likabia crassifolia. DC. Fl. Franc, v. 5. p. 410. 



Anaeeiiinium: crassifolium. Willd. Sp. Bl. v. 3. p. 2G1. 



Antaeehinium crassifolium. Cav. Ic. v. 2. p. 11. t. 114. 



A lovely hardy rock-plant, native of Southern France, 

 Spain, and Portugal, inhabiting walls and crevices of rocks, 

 and ascending to ' 5000 feet in the Pyrenees and mountains 

 of Asturias. The specimens here figured flowered in the 

 Royal Gardens in May of the present year, and were received 

 from the Hull Botanic Gardens. The plant is conspicuous 

 for the bright green of the foliage, and profusion of bright 

 blue-purple flowers, which have appeared in succession al- 

 most throughout the summer, thus rendering it one ot the 

 most valuable herbaceous plants for rock decoration. 



Descr. A diffuse hardy perennial, more or less covered 

 with glandular hairs or nearly glabrous. Stem none. Branch*® 

 wiry, prostrate and ascending, four to six inches high, much 

 divided, leafy upward. Leaves variable in form and consist- 

 ence, usually opposite throughout the plant; in rar. cram- 



octoeee imp, 1868. 



