204 SCROPHULARINETE. [Sibthorpia. 



June, July. 0. — Six to eight inches high, with small purplish-yellow 

 flowers, which are stalked, solitary and axillary. 



7. Antirrhinum. Linn. Snapdragon. 



Calyx 5-parted. Corolla personate, gibbous at the base, (no 

 distinct spur), its mouth closed by a projecting palate. Cap- 

 sules 2-celled, oblique, opening by three pores at the extre- 

 mity. — Name, avri, resembling, piv, a nose, muffler, or mask, 

 from the appearance of the flowers. 



Didynamia. Angiospermia. 



1. A. majus, Linn. Great Snapdragon. Flowers in a dense 

 cluster ; leaves lanceolate ; segments of the calyx ovate, obtuse. 

 Br. Fl. 1. p. 286. E. Fl. v. iii. p. 135. E. Bot. t. 129. 



Old walls, frequently originating from neighbouring gardens. Fl. 

 July, Aug. %. — Flowers very large, mostly purplish red, often white 

 and sometimes deep red. 



2. A. Orontium, Linn. Lesser Snapdragon. Corolla 

 scarcely tumid at the base ; flowers loosely spiked ; calyx 

 finger-shaped, longer than the corolla. Br. Fl. 1. p. 286. E. 

 Fl. v. iii. p. 136. E. Bot. t. 1155. 



Corn-fields in a dry soil. Fields near Monkstown, and near the 

 Ovens, County of Cork ; Mr. J. Drummond. Fl. July, Aug. 0. — 

 Flowers purple, remarkable for the great length of the calyx-segments, 

 especially after flowering. 



8. Digitalis. Linn. Fox-glove. 



Calyx in five deep unequal segments. Corolla campanulate, 

 inflated beneath ; limb obliquely 4 — 5 lobed, unequal. Cap- 

 sules ovate, of two cells, and many seeds. — Name, digitate, 

 the finger of a glove, which its flowers resemble. Hence 

 Fox-glove in English, doigts de la Vierge, gants de notre 

 Dame, &c. in French. Didynamia. Agiospermia. 



1. D. purpurea, Linn. Purple Fox-glove. Segments of the 

 calyx ovate, acute ; corolla obtuse, its upper lobe scarcely 

 cloven; leaves downy. Br. Fl. 1. p. 289. E. Fl. v. iii. p. 140. 

 E. Bot. t. 1297. 



Dry banks, pastures, and walls, most frequent on clay-slate. Fl. 

 June, July. $ . — A very beautiful herbaceous plant, which has been 

 much used in medicine. Three to four feet high. Leaves large, veiny. 

 Spikes very long, of numerous drooping, purple, (or rarely white) 

 flowers, spotted within. 



9. Sibthorpia. Linn. Sibthorpia. 



Calyx in five, deep, spreading segments. Corolla 5-cleft, rotate, 

 the two lowermost segments the narrowest ; stigma dilated. 

 Capsule nearly orbicular, compressed, 2-celled, 2-valved. — 



