220 FLOWERS OF WASTE PLACES, ETC. 



The llovver is very similar to that of the Common ToadMa.x ijut 

 smaller, and violet aiul white, less conspicuous except in i)atches, and 



Photo. Flatters & Carnett 



Creeping Toadi-lax iLinaria repens. Mill.) 



the spur is blimt. The capsule breaks up by numerous valves, and 

 allows the seeds to fall out around the parent plant. 



It is a sand-lovino- plant addicted to a sand soil, or a lime-lovin_ar 

 plant growino- freely on lime soil, Iieing found on Lias limestone, and 

 chalk, or Oolite. 



The second Latin name refers to its creeping- habit. 



