132 ENGLISn BOTANY. 



upper ones narrower ; all entire, glabrous, and sometimes remotely 

 ciliated. Flowers racemose. Bracts elliptical-stapsliaped, resem- 

 bling the upper leaves, much longer than the pedicels. Pedicels 

 erect, much shorter than the calyx ; usually thickly clothed with 

 gland-tipped hairs. Calyx-segments strapshaped, acute, glabrous, 

 ciliated with gland-tipped hairs. Corolla shorter than the calyx. 

 Capsule granulated, glandular-pubescent, shorter than the calyx, 

 convex on the upper side, gibbous at the base beneath. Seeds 

 with a raised line on one face, and a deep irregular pit-like 

 furrow on the other, and a ridge running all round between the 

 two faces. 



In cornfields in sandy soil. Kather rare or local. In most of 

 the counties in the South of England, as far North as Norfolk, 

 Yorkshire, and Anglesea. 



England, Ireland. Annual. Late Summer 

 and Autumn. 



Stem 3 inches to 2 feet high, generally branched from near the 

 base, the branches simple. Leaves 1 to 2 inches long, tapering at 

 the base and apex; those in the axils of which the flowers are 

 produced not distinguishable from the others. Calyx-segments 

 variable in length, sometimes more than 1 inch long, resembling the 

 leaves, but narrower. Corolla 4 to f inch long, pale-rose streaked 

 with darker ; upper lip deeply notched, with the lobes ascending- 

 reflexed. Capsule -J inch long. Seeds numerous. Plant dull- 

 green, glabrous, commonly with the upper part of the stem, 

 pedicels, margins of the upper leaves, and sepals clothed with 

 gland-tipped hairs, rarely wholly glabrous. 



Com Snapdragon. 



Frencb, Mvfi'ier Rahicond. German, Feld Lowenmaul. 



GENUS F.— LIN ARIA. Toumef. 



Calyx 5-partite. Corolla tubular, bilabiate and personate ; tube 

 spurred at the base on the outer side ; limb with the upper lip 

 erect, 2-lobed, the lower spreading 3-lobed, with a large hairy 

 palate pressed against the upper lip and closing the mouth of the 

 corolla, or a smaller one not completely closing the mouth of the 

 corolla. Stamens 4, didynamous, included ; anthers 2-celled. Cap- 

 sule ovoid or globose, 2-celled, with the cells nearly equal, each 

 cell opening by a pore or by several teeth. Seeds numerous, small 

 or rather large in proportion to the size of the capsule, winged or 

 wingless. 



