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ANTIRRHINUM PURPUREUM. PURPLE 
Toapb-FLAx. 
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Clafs and Order. 
Dipynamira ANGIOSPERMIA, 
Generic Charaécer. 
Calyx 5-phyllus. Corolle bafis deorfum prominens, ne€tarifera. 
Cap/ula 2-locularis, 
Specific Charaéer and Synonyms. 
ANTIRRHINUM purpureum foliis quaternis linearibus, caule 
eretto fpicato, Lin. Sy/t. Vegetab. p. 555: 
LINARIA purpurea major odorata. Bauh. Pin. 213- 
LINARIA altera purpurea, Dod, Pempt. 183. 
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Though not fo beautiful as many of the genus, this fpecies 
jis a common inhabitant of the flower-garden, in which it con- 
tinues to bloffom, during moft of the fummer. 
It is a native of Italy, and delights jn a dry foil and fituations 
it will even flourifh on walls, and hence will ferve very W 
to decorate the more elevated parts of rack-work. 
: ie ence introduced it comes up fpontaneoufly from 
feeds, 
