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sands). — Not a native species, but quite naturalised, growing 

 freely from seed besides extending widely by means of its 

 long, rooting stems ; leaves smooth, 5-lobed, cordate, rather 

 fleshy, purple on the under surface ; -flowers small, solitary, lilac. — 

 On old garden walls ; common. — Fl. nearly all the year round. 

 Perennial. 



2. L. Eldtine (Sharp-pointed Fluellen). — A small, prostrate 

 plant, with downy stem and 



leaves, the latter hastate; flowers 

 small, solitary, axillary, on long, 

 slender peduncles ; corolla with 

 upper lip purple, lower yellow, 

 with spur straight. — Cornfields ; 

 frequent. — Fl. July — October. 

 Annual. 



3. L. spuria (Round-leaved 

 Toad-flax, Male Fluellen). — 

 Resembling the last so closely 

 that it might be mistaken for 

 a luxuriant specimen of it ; but 

 with roundish ovate leaves and 

 rather larger flowers, with the 

 spur bent up at a right angle 

 to the corolla. — It grows in 

 similar situations to, and some- 

 times with, L. Eldtine, but is 

 less common. — Fl. July — Octo- 

 ber. Annual. 



4. L. repens (Pale blue 

 Toad-flax). — A slender, erect 

 plant, about a foot high, with 

 glaucous, linear leaves, and 

 pretty pale lavender, purple- 

 veined flowers in a spike-like 

 terminal raceme. — Calcareous 

 soils; rare. — Fl. July — Sep- 

 tember. Perennial. 



5. L. z^wZg^m (Yellow Toad-flax) . — An erect, herbaceous plant, 

 I — 2 feet high, with numerous, crowded, linear, acute leaves, 

 glabrous, and sometimes glaucous ; and dense, spike-like, termi- 

 nal racemes of large, yellow flowers. — Hedges ; very common. 

 The variety known as Peloria, with a polysym metric, 5-spurred 

 corolla, is rare. — Fl. June — October. Perennial. 



6. L. minor (Least Toad-flax). — A small, erect plant, less than 



LINARIA VULGARIS 



{Vel/<nu Toad-fla.v). 



