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root, the lower ones are larger, and oblong- 

 oval {ovata lanccolatd) ; the upper ones are 

 lefs fpeckled alternate, and cover the remain- 

 der of the (talk with the (heath in which they 

 end at bottom: the fttpula which is below 

 every flower is lanceolated, and like the letter 

 leaves of the (talk of a red colour : the flowers 

 at moil are feven, flefii-coloured, and confift 

 each of five petals, that is three outward and 

 two inward, which are almoft equal to one an- 

 other, lanceolated, and rolled up {convoluta) ; 

 the lower lip of the neftariumh oval, entire, 

 and fomewhat crenated ; the two /lamina had 

 round green anthera* 



The Antirrhinum arvenfe, or fnap-dragon, 

 was very fmall, but difcoverable by its yellow 

 flowers. 



Aliaum. fL<bhirfuiu?n ; the root confifts of 

 two, three, or more white bulbs, from which 

 run out little fibres ; their fcales are hard, 

 brown, imbricated, and very irregular ; the 

 llalk is round, and uncovered at top ; the 

 leaves grow commonly enfiform or fword-fhap- 

 ed towards the root, and carinated below; 

 they end .in a point, are hairy on the margin, 

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