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vistccfulhim. Broom-leaved Toad-Flux; 13. A. niajas, Circal Toad- 

 Flax, or Snap-Dragon ; 14. A. bellidifolium, Daisy-lcavcd Toad-Flax, 

 or Snap-Dragon. 



The first species has a hard woody creeping perenni;il root: the 

 stems several, fVoni one to two Icet in height, inll of leaves, round 

 and smooth: the leaves pointed, smoolli, and of a hlueish colour, 

 growing without order: the flowers yellow wilh the pahile orange, 

 villose, in a thick terminal si)ikc: the ne(;tary long and awl-sha])ed: 

 the upper segment of the calyx a liLlle longer than the rest : llie two 

 lower ones gaping, Avidest: the capsule cylindric, splilling at llie Loj) 

 into several ecpial divisions. It grows by nnid-sitles, and flowers 

 iiom June to August. By culUue the flowers become larger and 

 finer. 



The second species has a fibrous perennial root, inserting itself so 

 into the crevices of walls and rocks as scarcely to be eiadicaled: the 

 stalks arc numerous, growing in a tuft, creeping at bottom, branched, 

 round, purplish and stringy: the leaves roundish, shining, somewhat 

 fleshy, some o]i])osite, others alternate, frequently purplish: lobes 

 of the lower ones blunt, uj^pcr acute, the smallest only three-lobed: 

 the petioles long and grooved above: the peduncles ii-om the axils, 

 one-flowered, round, a little longer than the petioles: the lube of 

 the corolla short: the upper lip purple, wilh two deeper veins; seg- 

 ments of the lower whitish: the palate yellow: the mouth or entrance 

 jnlo the lube villous and saffron-coloured: iIk^ nectary purple and 

 conical, the length of the calyx: the germ purple: the capsule 

 wrinkled, opening at top into se\eral segments: the seeds are !)!ack, 

 roundish and Avrinkled like the nut of the walnut. The wliole plant 

 is smooth, but has a disagreeable smell. 



There is a variety with a white flowc r. 



The third is an annual |)lant, which rises \\ ilh an upright branch- 

 ing stalk near a foot and half high, with oval, smooth, gray leaves, 

 placed often by threes, and sometimes i)y pans, opposite at the 

 joints; the liowers grow in short spikes at the top of the stalks; 

 they are shaj)ed like those of the con)mon sort, but have not such 



