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five to six times as long as the calyx. Capsule smooth, glandular- 

 pubescent, twice as long as the calyx, convex on the upper side, 

 gibbous at the base on the lower. Seeds muricated with anasto- 

 mosing ridges. 



On old walls and rocks, naturalized. Not unfrequent in the 

 South of England. Completely naturalized at Catdown Quarries, 

 near Plymouth, and on the chalky hanks of the railway-cutting 

 between Greenhithe and Northfleet, Kent. 



[England, Scotland, Ireland.] Shrub, or perennial. 

 Summer and Autumn. 



A soft-wooded shrub with much-branched stems 1 to 3 feet 



high, which are decumbent and glabrous at the base. Leaves 



opposite, or the upper ones alternate, generally with fascicles of 



leaves at the base, 1 to 3 inches long, varying much in breadth. 



Elowers in a close spikelike raceme at the extremity of the 



branches IJ inch long, pale purplish-rose or nearly white in the 



perfectly naturalized state, but sometimes crimson, white and 



crimson or yellow when it has but lately escaped from cultivation ; 



upper lip of the corolla with 2 obtuse oblique lobes with spreading 



margins ; palate yellow, its point reaching to the division between 



the lobes of the upper lip. Capsule ^ inch long. Plant dull-green, 



glabrous below, the upper part of stem, pedicels, and calyx, with 



gland-tipped hairs. 



Common Snapdragon. 



French, Mujlier ct Grandes Fleurs. German, Grosses Lowenmaul. 



This curious plant is well known by every village child, as well as in every garden* 

 by the name of hunny, rabhW s-mouth, hull-dogs, &c. Tfc is bitter and stimulant. Its 

 common name well expresses its form, for when pressed open it looks like the mouth 

 of some fabulous creature — possibly a dragon — snajjping or biting. In olden time it 

 was valued as a preservative against witchcraft, a reputation it still holds in some 

 parts of the Continent. In Kussia it is still cultivated for the sake of the oil yielded 

 by its seeds, said to be little inferior to olive-oil. The leaves are sometimes used as 

 cataplasms to tumours and ulcers. The flowers form perfect insect-traps, as the lips 

 easily yield to a slight pressure from without ; but when once within, the insect finds 

 escape impossible without gnawing a hole at the side of its prison. 



SPECIES II.— ANTIRRHINUM ORONTIUM. Linn. 



Plate DCCCCLIV. 



Heich. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. XX. Tab. MDCLXXVIII. Fig. 1. 

 BiUot, Fl. Gall, et Germ. Exsicc. No. 1723. 



Annual. Stem erect, slightly branched ; branches erect, or 

 decumbent at the base. Leaves opposite or alternate, elliptical- 

 strapshaped, attenuated at the base, but scarcely petiolate ; the 



