Linaria.] SCROPIIULARINK/E 203 



2-celled, opening by valves or teeth. — Name from Linum, 

 flax, which the leaves of some species resemble. 



Didynamia. Angiosperm ia. 



1. L. Cymbalaria, Mill. Ivy-leaved Toadflax. Leaves 

 heart-shaped, 5-lobed, alternate, smooth ; stems procumbent. 

 Br. Fl. 1. p. 287. — Antirrhinum Cymbalaria, Linn. E. Fl. v. 

 iii. p. 131. E. Bot. t. 502. 



On old walls, &c. The outcast of gardens. Fl. all the summer. It . 

 — Stems very long, filiform. Leaves petiolated, often purple beneath. 

 Flowers small, pale blue or purplish. 



2. L. Elatine, Desf. Sharp-pointed Fhcellen or Toadflax. 

 Leaves chiefly halberd-shaped, alternate, lowermost ovate, op- 

 posite ; stems procumbent, hairy. Br. Fl. 1. p. 287. — Antir- 

 rhinumElatine, Linn. E. FL v. iii. p. 132. E. Bot. t. 092. 



Corn-fields in a dry gravelly soil, rare. Fields by the side of the 

 Bandon road ; Mr. J. Drummond. Corn-fields near Rathkeale, 

 County of Limerick; Henry Hardy, Esq. Fl. July — Sept. 0. — 

 Plant clothed with fine hairs. Stem spreading, leafy, rather slender. 

 Flowers on axillary stalks, variegated with yellow and pale violet. 

 Segments of the calyx lanceolate. 



3. L. repens, H. Kew. Creeping pale-blue Toadflax. Leaves 

 linear, glaucous, scattered, partly whorled ; stem panicled ; 

 calyx smooth, the length of the spur. Br. FL 1. p. 287. — 

 Antirrhinum rtpens, Linn. E. FL v. iii. p. 133. E. Bot. t. 

 1253. 



On the refuse of an old slate quarry, a mile below Bandon, and by 

 the old castle near it by the river side, 1805. Road side, half way 

 between Bandon and Dunmanway ; Mr. J. Drummond. County of 

 Antrim; Mr. Templeton. Fl. July— Sept. It.— Stems erect, one foot 

 and a half high, slender, branched. Leaves somewhat whoiled below. 

 Flowers in panicled racemes, bluish, palate yellow. 



4. L. vulgaris, Mcench. Yellow Toadflax. Leaves linear- 

 lanceolate, crowded; stem erect; spikes terminal; flowers im- 

 bricated; calyx smooth, shorter than the spur. Br. Fl. 1. p. 

 287. — Antirrhinum Linaria, Linn. E. Fl. v. iii. p. 134. E. 

 Bot. t. 058. 



In hedges and fields, in the southern, northern, and midland coun- 

 ties, as well as near Dublin, not unfrequent. FL Aug. It.— One to 

 two feet high, glaucous. Flowers large, yellow. The remarkable va- 

 riety called (" Peloria" figured in E. Bot. t. -260), with five spurs and 

 five, usually imperfect, stamens, has not been observed to grow in Ire- 

 land. 



5. L. minor, Desf. Least Toadflax. Leaves lanceolate, 

 obtuse, downy, mostly alternate; stem much branched, spread- 

 ing; calyx longer than the spur. Br. Fl. 1. p. 288— Antirr- 

 hinum minus, Linn. E. Fl. v. iii. p. 135. E. Bot. t. 2014. 



Sandy fields. Said to have been found near Sunday Vwell, County 

 of Cork, by Doctor Woods, but I have not seen Irish specimens. FL 



