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closed by a prominent palate. Stamens 4. Style slender; 

 stigma scarcely lobed. Capsule thin, many-seeded, open- 

 ing irregularly near the summit. 



LiNARiA LiNARiA (L.) KcD'st. Buttcr and Eggs. 



Antirrhinum linaria L. Sp. PI. 616. 1753. 



Linaria vulgaris Mill. Gard. Diet. Ed. 8, No. 1. 1768. 



Linaria linaria Karst. Deutsch. Fl. 947. 1880-83. 



Perennial; stem 1 — 3 feet height, glabrous; leaves alter- 

 nate, linear, entire, sessile; flowers yellow, in a dense 

 raceme; spur long, slender; seeds winged. 



A species native of Europe and Asia and naturalized in 

 America, ranging from Nova Scotia to Virginia, west to 

 Manitoba and Nebraska. With us the species occurs by 

 the wayside and in waste places near gardens or old build- 

 ing sites, blooming from July until September, and is 

 infrequent throughout the state. Type locality: "Habi- 

 tat in Europse ruderatis." 



Specimens in our collection are from Winneshiek, Clay- 

 ton, Johnson, Van Buren, Decatur, and Page counties. 

 We have observed the species in Des Moines, Wapello» 

 Appanoose, and Clark counties. The State University 

 herbarium has s})ecimens from Louisa, Henry, Lee, Web- 

 ster, and Story counties. Professor Bessey reported the 

 species from Warren, Polk, and Floyd counties; Professor 

 Fink from Fayette county; Messrs. Barnes, Reppert, and 

 Miller from Scott and Muscatine counties; and Mr. J. P. 

 Anderson, by note, from Lucas county. 



Arthur, Contr. Fl. la., p. 22; Hitchcock, Trans. St. Louis Acad. Sci- 

 ence, Vol. 5, n. 511; Fink, Proc. Iowa Acad. Sciences, Vol. 4, p. 97; Pam- 

 mel. Proc. Iowa Acad. Sciences, Vol. 4, p. 117; Bessey, Fourth Bien. Rep. 

 Agr. Col., p. Ill; Halsted, Bull. State Agr. Col., Feb., 1888, p. 43; Bull., 

 Nov., 1886, p. 50; Fitzpatrick, Proc. Iowa Acad. Sciences, Vol. 5, p. 124, 

 p. 156; Vol. 6, p. 191; Manual Fl. Plants of Iowa, p. 121; Barnes, Reppert, 

 and Miller, Proc. Davenport Acad. Nat. Sciences, Vol. 8, p. 243. 



Linaria canadensis (L.) Dnmort. 



Antirrhinum canadense '^^. Sp. PI. 618. 1753. 

 Linaria canadensis Dumort, Bot. Cult. 2:96. 1802. 

 Linaria texana Scheele, Linn. 21:761. 



