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Antirrhinum Sparteum. Branching 

 Toad-Flax. 



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Cla/s and Order. 



DlDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 



Generic Characler. 



Cal. 5-phyllus. Cor. bafis deorfum prominens ne&arifera. 

 Cap/. 2-locularis. 



Specific Characler and Synonyms. 



ANTIRRHINUM /partem foliis fubulatis canaliculars 



carnofis : inferioribus ternis, caule 

 paniculato corollifque glaberrimis. 

 Linn. Syft. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p. 

 555. Ait. Hort. Kezv. 2. p. 333. 



The drawing here exhibited gives but a faint idea of the 

 elegant and lively appearance which this plant affumes when 

 it grows in a tuft, and a number of its branches are in bloiiom 

 at the fame time. 



It is a hardy annual, of fmall ftature, a native of Spam, 

 and flowers during moil of the fummer. 



Was introduced into this country, according to Mr. Aiton, 

 in 1772, by Monf. Richard, and deferves to be much more 

 generally cultivated. 



Some regard it as a biennial, but as feeds of it fown in the 

 fpring flower the enfuing fummer, and as the plant dies when 

 it has ripened its feeds, there appears more propriety in con- 

 fidering it as an annual. 



It is to be fown in the fame manner as other hardy annuals; 

 will flower earlier if the feeds have been raifed in autumn. 



The upper part of the {talk, as well as the leaves of the 

 calyx, are befet with vifcous hairs, in which refpeft it does 

 not perfeftly accord with Lin nous's defcription. Vid. Sp. Pl- 

 ed. 3. p. 854. 



