134 DIDYNAMIA— ANGIOSPERMIA. Antirrhinum. 



L. cierulea, foliis brevioribus et angustioribus. Rati Syn. *282. 



L.ano:ustifolia, flore cinereo striato. Dill. Elth. 198. t. 163./. 197- 



L. minor repens et inodora. Vaill. Par. 1 18. 



L. repens. Jit. H. Kew. ed. 2. v. 4. 13. 



Blueisli Sweet Toadflax. Pet. H. Brit. t. 35./. 6. 



On chalky banks, or on rocks near the sea, but rare. 



Near Penryn^ Cornwall. Ray. F. Borone. Abundantly by the road- 

 side between Llandovery and Trecastle, South Wales. Riv. T. 

 Butt. In an old slate quarry, near Bc-ndon, County of Cork. 

 3Tr. J. T. Mackay. On the chalk hill going down to Henley- 

 upon-Thames, where it was observed in the time of Dillenius, 

 plentifully. 



Perennial. July — September. 



Root whitish, creeping extensively. Herl smooth and glaucous. 

 Stems numerous, erect, round, branched and panicled, leafy. 

 Leaves linear, or somewhat lanceolate, entire, an inch long, or 

 more, erect, often 4 or 5 in a whorl, but as frequently opposite, 

 or scattered ; the upper ones mostly alternate. Fl. numerous, 

 in panicled upright clusters, with a small leafy bractea under 

 each partial stalk. They are certainly sweet-scented, as Vaillant 

 asserts, though he uses the definition of Tournefort, which says 

 otherwise. Cal. with smooth lanceolate segments. Spur coni- 

 cal, very ])ale grey, as well as the lower Up ; palate yellow; 

 upper Up and tube striped with blue. Caps, globose, opening by 

 several lanceolate equal valves. Seeds angular, rugged, black. 



A. monspessulanum and A. repens of Linnaeus being the very same 

 plant, the latter name is retained as by far the most eligible ; 

 nor can I perceive how any doubt could arise respecting John 

 Bauhin's synonym, nor how Kay came to describe so distinct a 

 species twice over. Linnseus was led into the same error by 

 him and Dillenius ; and the latter, by saying he had gathered 

 A. arvense, a very different plant, " wild," though he does not 

 say in Britain, caused Mr. Hudson to introduce that also into 

 bis Flora. 



According to Dr. Hooker, Mr. Hopkirk has observed some regular 

 Jioivers in A. repens. The whole genus is more or less subject 

 to this metamorphosis j see the next species. A fasciculated 

 stem is also frequent in the upright perennial kinds. 



5. A. Linaria. Common Yellow Toadflax. 



Leaves linear-lanceolate, crowded. Stem erect. Spikes 

 terminal. Flowers imbricated. Calyx smooth, shorter 

 than the spur. 



A, Linaria. Lm«.5p.P/. 858. fVilld. v. 3.253. Fl.Br.660. Engl. 

 Bat. V. \0.t. 658. Curt. Lond.fasc. l.t.47. Marl. Rust. t. 93. 

 It'uodiK suppL t.22l. Hook. Scot. ISS. Fl. Dan. t. 982. Bull. 

 Fr.t. 261. 



