398 XCI. SCROPHULARIACEiE. Antirrhinum. 



4. V. Phcbniceum. (V. ferrugineum. Andr.)—Sf. pubescent or glabrous; 

 Ivs. smooth above, radical petiolate, ovate or oblong, serrate or entire, cauline 

 few; rac. glandaku-pilo.-c, simple or subramo.se; pedicels wlitary, remote, ma- 

 ny I'ime.s lunger than the calyx; fJ. wiih purple wool. — Native ol' Europe and 

 Asia. GLnite variaole both in the form oflhe leaves and the color of the liow- 

 er.s, the latter being violet, red or copper color, f 



Tribe 3. AWTIRRHINEtE. 

 Corolla tubular, often saccate or calcarate (spurred). Capsule dehiscing by 

 pores. Inflorescence centripetal. Leaves (at least the lower) opposite or ver- 

 ticillate (upper' often alternate). Benlh. 



3. LIN ARIA. Juss. 



Lat. Uimm, flax ; from the resemblance of ttie leaves of some of the species. 



Calyx 5-parted ; corolla personate, upper lip bifid, reflexed ; lower 

 \iv> 3-cleft ; throat closed by the prominent palate ; tube inflated, 

 with a spur behind ; capsule 2-celled, bursting at the summit. — Herbs. 

 Lower Irs. gcneroJly opposite., upper allernate. Fls. solitary.^ axillary^ 

 often forming ienni/iaL leafy racemes. 



1. L. vli.gAris. Mill. (Antirrhinum Linaria. Linn.') Tnad Max. Snap- 

 drazov- — Lis. linear-kinceolate, crowded; s/rikes terminal ; _/Zs. dense, im- 

 bricate; cal. smooth, .'shorter than the spur. — % A very showy plant common by 

 roadsides, N. Eng. to Ky. Stems erect, smoothish, 1 — 21' high, very leafy and 

 with numerous, short, leafy branches. Flowers large and numerous, crowded 

 in a long, terminal spike. Corolla of a curious and grotesque form, furnished 

 with a long tail or spur, the mouth closed by a prominent palate from the un- 

 der lip. By Jateial pressure it opens, clo.sing with a spring when the pressure 

 is removed. Color a brilliant yellow except the palate which is of a rich 

 orange. July, Aug. 



2. L. Canadensis. Dumont. (Antirrhinum Canadense. Linn.') Cano' 

 dian S lup-dra-jim,. — L's. scattered, erect, linear, obtuse; yZ.v. racemed ; st. 



simple; .v.iii/is procumbent. — A smaller, annual .species in roadsides, fields, Can. 

 to Car. and Ky. Stem very slender, nearly simple, curving upwards from the 

 decumbent base, about a foot high, smooth, furnished with small, remote leaves. 

 A few leay, prostrate or ascending shoots are given off' from the base of the 

 stem. Flowers small, blue, in a louse raceme at the end of the stems. Throat 

 closed by the light blue palate. Spur filiform, as long as the corolla. Jn. — Sept. 



3. A. Elatine. 



Procumbent, hairy; Ivs. alternate, hastate, entire; pcd. solitary, very long. 

 — Fields, Can. to Car. A small, slender species. Stem creeping, 1 — 2f in 

 length. Leaves 6 — 8" by 3 — 4", with a conspicuous auricle each side at base. 

 Corolla yellow, the upper lip bright purple beneath, on long stalks. Calyx 

 hairy, as well as the whole plant. Jn. — Sept. 



4. L. TRioRNiTuoPHORUM. Willd. ( Autlr. Iriorn. Linn.) 7%ree-bi)-d Snap-dragon. 

 — Erect, .spreading, smooth and glaucous; Irs. all verticillate in 3s or 4s, broad- 

 lanceolate, acute; _^.s. interruptedly racemose, generally verticillate, on Umg 

 pedicel<. — % N:;tive from Poitugal to Austria. A s\Td(vy plant 2 — 4f high, 

 reinarkable for the form and hue of the corolla which reseirfbles three little birds 

 seated in the spur, f ^ ' * 



5. L. BiPARTiTA. AVilld. (Antirrhinum bipartita. Vent.) — Glabrous, erect; 

 Its. linear; p.-?//7cc/.'! much longer than the calyx; sep. lance-linear, acute, mem- 

 br^aceons at the margin ; cm-, npprr Lip deeply S^parted ; spur slender, aicuate. 

 -^^leauiiful plant from Barbary. Corollas 8 — 10" long, violet-blue, palate 

 orange, f 



4. ANTIRRHINUM. 



Gr. avTi, like, /5ij', a nose ; from the resemblance of the flowers to the snout of some animsJ. 



Calyx 5-sepaled ; cor. gibbous (not spurred) at base, the upper lip 



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