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Antirrhinum Alpinum. Alpine 

 Toad-Flax. 



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 Didynamia' Angiospermi a. 



Generic Character. 



Cal. 5-phyllus. Cor: bafis deorfum prominens, neftarifera. 

 Cap/. 2-locularis. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



ANTIRRHINUM alpinum foliis qtiaternis lineari-lanceolatis 

 glaucis, caule diffufo, floribus race- 

 mofis, calcari reclo. Linn. Syft. Vegetab. 

 ed. 14. Murr. p. 556. Ait. Hort. Kew. 

 v - 2 - P 335- J aC( l- Ft- duftr. v. 1. /• 58. 



ANTIRRHINUM caule procumbente breviter fpicato, folus 

 verricillatis. Hail. Hift. p. 338. 



LINARIA quadrifolia fupina. Bauh. Pin. p. 213. 



LIN ARIA tenia ftyriaca. CluJ. Hift. 1. ^.322. 



Profeflbr Jacquin, in defcribing the flowers of this plant, 

 calls them elegantijfim 3 and to one of its varieties Hai.ler 

 applies the epithet pidcherrima : fuch teftimonies in its favour 

 will, we prefume, be fufficient to recommend it to our readers. 



It is a native of various mountainous parts of Europe, af- 

 fe&ing moid, ftony fituations,* and flowers during molt of 

 the fummer : is a hardy perennial t, according to the celebrated 

 author of the VI. Auftriaca ; Mr. Aitox, in his Hort. Kczv. 

 marks it as a biennial. It is nevertheless apt to be loft, bk e 

 other fmall alpine plants, for want of proper treatment and 

 care. 



Mr. Aiton informs us on the authority of Lobel, that 

 it was cultivated here by Mr. Hugh Morgan, in 1570. 



May be propagated by cuttings, as well as by feeds, which 

 however are not very plentifully produced with us. 



Succeeds belt when kept in a pot, or or> rock-work, which 

 it is well fuited to decorate. 



. In faxofis udis alpiura. Jacj. + Radix perennis. Jaq. 



