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Antigonon — continued. 

 handsome plants, they are difficult to flower. Tliey seem 

 to succeed best when planted out in a very thoroug-hly 

 drained border over hot-water pipes or flues, the long 

 climbing stems being trained near the glass in full light. 

 A. amablle (lovely).* jl. bright rose, profusely borne in axillary 

 and terminal racemes. (, 3in. to 5in. long, ovate-cordate, and 

 deeply lobed at the l)ase. It is of free slender growth, the young 

 shoots are pubescent, and having a slight reddish tinge. An 

 exceedingly attractive and effective species. 

 A. guatemalensis (Guatemala). Probably the same as A. 



A. insigne (remarkable).* fi. very numerous, borne in tufts along 

 the sides of long racemes or panicles, which terminate in branched 

 tendrils ; the calyx, which is the showy part of the flower, h.as five 

 membranous sepals, the three outer are of a beautiful rosy pink 

 colour, about lin. in length by rather less in breadth, cordate at 

 the base, oblong, rounded towards the apex ; the two inner sepals 

 about the same length as the outer ones, but much narrower, 

 falcate, lanceolate ; pedicels |in. long. l. broadly ovate oblong, 

 deeply cordate at the base, with two rounded lobes ; 4in. by 5in., 

 the upper ones smaller, supported on short terete downy stalks. 

 Stems slender, angular, pubescent. Columbia, 1876. 



A. leptopns (slender-stemmed), fl. numerous ; the outer three 

 sepals of a beautiful rose colour, the centre of a much deeper tint ; 

 racemes secund, bearing several coloured bracts as well as flowers, 

 and end in a branched tendril. L alternate, cordate, petiolate. 

 Stem slender, sub-pubescent. Mexico, 1868. 



ANTIGKAIVIiytE. See Scolopendrium. 



ANTIRRHINUM (from anti, like, and rhin, a nose or 

 snout ; alluding to the shape of the corolla). Snapdragon. 

 Ord. Scrophulariacece. Hardy herbaceous plants. Flowers 

 in terminal racemes, or solitary and axillary ; corolla per- 

 sonate ; tube ample, saccate at the base ; lobes of the 

 upper lip erect ; lower lip spreading, having the middle 

 lobes smaller than the lateral ones, with an ample bearded 

 palate, which closes the throat. Seed pod or capsule two- 



FIG. 113. Antirrhinum capsule, with Persistent Style. 



celled, upper cell bursting by one pore, lower by two many- 

 toothed pores. See Fig. 113. Leaves entire, rarely lobed. 

 The genus contains several very handsome species, suitable 

 for borders and the rockery, while innumerable varieties 

 have originated from 4. 7nn,/i/s, which are very popular, 

 and extremely useful for bedding purposes ; these may be 



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Fig. 114. Antirrhinum Asarina, showing Habit and Flower. 



increased by cuttings or seeds ; if it is desired to increase 

 certain colours or varieties, the former is the only sure 

 method to adopt. They should be taken in September, 



Antirrhinum — continued. 

 when they will readily root in a cold frame, or under a 

 hand glass, or they may be rapidly propagated in gentle 

 heat in spring. Seeds should be sown in July or August, 

 when they will produce good plants by the following season ; 

 or if sown in March in warmth, the plants will bloom late 

 in the same year. The " Tom Thumb " strain is especially 

 desirable for bedding, being very dwarf and free. All the 

 other species may be increased by cuttings and seeds treated 

 in the same wa.v. Light soil, well enriched with manure, is 

 most snitablo for all of them, especially for the varieties of 

 A. mnjus. 



Fig. 115. Flower-spike of Antirrhinum majus. 



A. angustifollum (narrow-leaved). Synonymous with A. skvhtm. 



A. Asarina (Asaiina).* fl. axillary, solitary ; corolla IJin. long, 

 white, .sometimes tinged with red ; palate yellow ; tube glabrous, 

 compressed on the hack, marked by purple spots, and bearded by 

 yellow hairs inside. June. /. opposite, on long petioles, five- 

 nerved, flve-lobed, cordate, and crenated. South France, &a., 

 1699. A greyish clammy procumbent plant, requiring a warm 

 position on the rockery. See Fig. 114. 



A. hlspanlcum (Spanish), fl. in loose spikes ; corolla hardly an 

 inch lung, purple, with a golden yellow palate; tube villous. 

 Summer. I. ol)lonK.lanceolate, contracted at the base, bluntish; 

 lower ones oppo-site ; superior ones alternate, narrower, h. 1ft. 

 Spain, 1878. SVN. A. latifolium. 



A. latifolinm (broad-leaved). Synonymous with A. hispanieum. 



