FIG-WORT TRIBE. 



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frequent. A small prostrate plant, with downy stem 

 and leaves ; solitary, axillary flowers, of which the upper 

 lip is deep purple, the lower, yellow. Fl. July Sep- 

 tember. Annual. 



LIN ARIA VULGARIS (Yellow Toad-flax), and LINARIA ELATIN^ (Sharp 

 pointed Fluellen, or Toad-flax). 



3. L. spur ia (Eound-leaved Toad-flax). Leaves egg- 

 shaped ; stem trailing. Corn-fields, not general. Re- 

 sembling the last so closely, that it might be mistaken 

 for a luxuriant specimen. The flowers are of the same 

 colour, but larger ; the leaves, however, are always 

 rounded at the base, not halbert-shaped. Fl. July 

 September. Annual. 



4. L. Cymbaldria (Ivy-leaved Toad-flax). Leaves 

 heart-shaped, 5-lobed, smooth ; stem creeping. On old 

 garden walls, common. Not a native species, but quite 



