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Antirrhinum Triphyllum. Three- 

 Leaved Toad-Flax.- 



Clafs and Order. 



DlDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 



Generic Character. 



Cal. 5-pbyllus. Cor. bafis dcorfum prominens nectarifera. Cap/. 

 2-locularis. 



Specific Charatler and Synonyms. 



ANTIRRHINUM triphyllum foliis ternis ovatis. Linn. Syft. 



Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p. 555. Ait. Kew* 

 'LINARIA triphylla minor lutea. Baub. Pin. 212. 

 LIN ARIA triphylla coerulea. Baub. Pin. 212. 

 LINARIA hifpanica. Cluf. Hi/l. up. 320. 

 LINARIA valcntina. Tode Flaxe of Valentia. Park. Par. 



p. 268. 



The Antirrhinum triphyllum, fo called from the leaves grow- 

 ing by threes on the ftalk (a charatler, by the bye, not very 

 conftant) was cultivated by Parkinson, and defcribed by 

 him in bis Parad. tert. he appears to have been a ftranger to 

 the particoloured variety now fo generally cultivated as an 

 ornamental annual in our gardens ; in its wild Rate the flowers! 

 of this Antirrhinum are of a yellow hue, with little or no 

 purple in them, fuch indeed are frequently produced from 

 feeds fown in our gardens. 



It is a hardy annual, a native of Spain and Sicily, a plant 

 of ready growth, requiring the common treatment of annuals 

 fown in the Spring, and much difpofed indeed to come up 

 fpontaneoufly where it has once grown j in (owing its feeds, 

 care mould be taken to preferve the produce of fuch flowers 

 as have the moll purple in them. 



