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- - L. vulgaris 
- LL. genistaefolia 
l. L. vulgaris, Mill. (Fig. 6, pl. 140.) Burrer anp Eces. YELLOw 
Toap FLAx. Stem erect, smooth, 1 to 3 ft. high. Leaves very numerous, 
linear, alternate. Flower cluster narrow, densely flowered; the corolla 
about an inch long, or including the slender spur, longer, light yellow. 
Seeds winged. Common, fields and roadsides. June-Oct. 
2. L. genistaefolia, (L.) Mill. (Fig. 8, pl. 140.) Broom-Leavep 
Toap FLAx. Leaves broader, lance-shaped, and flowers smaller and seeds 
not winged. Flowers yellow. Sparingly naturalized. June-Aug. 
3. L. canadensis, (L.) Dumont. (Fig. 5, pl. 140.) Biur Toap 
FiLax. Stem smooth, slender, simple or somewhat branched, 4 to 24 ft. 
high. Leaves linear, blunt at apex, the basal leaves forming a dense 
rosette. Flowers blue. Sandy soil, common in southern part of our area. 
May-Sept. 
4. L. repens, (L.) Mill. (Fig. 7, pl. 140.) PaAe-stur Toap FLAx. 
Stem more or less decumbent, 3 to 23 ft. long. Leaves linear to lance- 
shaped. Flowers nearly white with a bluish tint. In waste places. From 
Europe; sparingly naturalized. June-Oct. 
5. L. cymbalaria, (L.) Mill. (Fig. 4, pl. 140.) Kenmwortn Ivy. 
Smooth, trailing, rooting at nodes, 2 to 12 in. long. Leaves round, radiate 
veined, leaf-stalks about 2 in. long. Flowers blue or lilac on long flower 
stems. Capsule globose, several seeded. Waste places, from Europe. June- 
Aug. 
4. ANTIRRHINUM, L. 
Herbs, with alternate leaves and flowers in terminal clusters or with 
flowers solitary in the axils. Calyx 5-parted, nearly regular; corolla de- 
cidedly 2-lipped, the throat nearly closed, the tube not spurred, but some- 
what inflated. Stamens 4, included in the corolla. Capsule ovoid or 
globose. Seeds numerous, not winged. 
1. A. Orontium, L. Lesser Snappracon. Stem about 1 ft. high, 
nearly smooth; leaves narrowly linear, seattered. Flowers in the leaf- 
axils, solitary. Calyx segments as long as or longer than the corolla. 
Corolla white. Waste places, a European species. June-Aug. 
2. A. majus, L. Great Snappracon. Stem | to 3 ft. high. Leaves 
lance-shaped or linear, 1 to 3 in. long. Flowers large, corolla about 14 
in. long, purple or red. Calyx segments shorter than corolla. Waste 
places, escaped from gardens. June-Sept. 
5. SCROPHULARIA, L. 
Rank herbs, usually with opposite leaves and with small, purple-greenish 
flowers in loose clusters (panicles). Calyx 5-parted, the segments obtuse. 
Corolla tubular or more or less globular without a spur, the border of 5 
very unequal lobes, the 2 upper much longer than the 3 lower, Stamens 
