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Near St. Ouen's Pond, Jersey ; fl. June-July. Small, 6-10 in., with short 

 barren stolons at the base. Leaves on the stolons oblong, | ^ in., opposite 

 and whorled in threes ; cauline f in., scattered, linear, obtuse. Raceme short, 

 few-flowered ; bracts longer than the pedicels. Corolla f in. ; spur in a 

 line with the tube, acute. Capsule broad, 2-lobed. Seeds flat, winged, 

 tubercled on one face, wing fimbriate. DISTKIB. Europe from Belgium 

 southwards, W. Asia. 



5. L. re pens, Ait. ; perennial, creeping, glabrous, sepals lanceolate as 

 long as the spur shorter than the capsule, corolla violet. L. striata, DC. 

 Waste places, from Westmoreland, Oxford, and Gloucester southwards, rare ; 



naturalized north of this and in Scotland ; S. and E. of Ireland, very rare ; 

 fl. July-Sept. Rootstock slender, creeping. Stems 1-3 ft., many, very 

 slender, branched, leafy. Leaves f-l|in., whorled or scattered, narrowly 

 linear-lanceolate. Racemes elongating ; bracts very small. Corolla \ in. ; 

 spur almost in a line with the tube, obtuse. Capsule broad, compressed. 

 N"/.* angled, wrinkled transversely. DISTRIB. Europe, excl. Turkey and 

 Greece. A hybrid (L. sepium, Allman.) occurs between this and L. fiuffaffVh 



SECTION 4. Chsenorrhi'num, DC. Flowers axillary or racemed. Spur 

 short ; palate depressed ; upper lip horizontal. 



6. Ii. mi nor, Desf. ; leaves alternate linear or oblong-lanceolate. 

 Cornfields in chalky and sandy soils, from Lanark and Roxburgh southwards, 



but local ; S. and E. of Ireland, very rare ; a colonist, Watson; fl. May- 

 Oct. Annual, glandular-pubescent. Stem 6-18 in., slender ; branches as- 

 cending. Leaves -1 in. Peduncles axillary, longer than the leaves. Sepals 

 linear-oblong. Corolla scarcely exceeding the calyx, J in., pale purple ; 

 lower lip whitish ; palate yellow ; spur short. Capsule gibbous at the base, 

 cells subequal, opening by ragged pores. Seeds truncate, furrowed. Dis- 

 TKIB. Europe (excl. Turkey), N. Africa. 



3. ANTIRRHi'NUM, Tournef. SNAPDRAGON. 

 Annual or perennial herbs. Leaves entire, rarely lobed, lower opposite, 



upper alternate. Flowers solitary and axillary, or racemose and bracteate. 



O///./J 5-partite. Corolla personate, tube saccate, compressed ; upper lip 



erect ; lower spreading, mid-lobe smallest ; palate broad, bearded, closing 



the throat. Stamens 4 fertile, 5th rudimentary or ; anther-cells oblong. 



Stigma shortly 2-lobed. Capsule 2-celled, upper cell bursting by one pore, 



lower by 2 many-toothed pores, rarely globose with 1 pore to each cell. 



Seeds minute, oblong, truncate, ragose or pitted. DISTRIB. Europe, W. 



Asia ; species 11. ETYM. dvrt and plv, from the snout-like flower. 



1. A. Oron'tium, L. ; low, annual or biennial, leaves linear- lanceolate, 



raceme leafy or flowers axillary, sepals longer than the corolla. 



Cornfields, from Norfolk and Anglesea southwards ; very rare in Ireland ; a 

 colonist, Watson; fl. July-Oct. Glabrous below, usually glandular-pubes- 

 cent above. Stem 6-18 in., much branched from the base. Leaves 1-2 in., 

 sessile, sometimes ciliate. Bracts leafy ; pedicels short, erect. Sepals ^-lin., 

 very narrow, spreading. Corolla ^-^in., rose-purple. Capsule ^in., pubescent. 

 Seeds compressed, concave on one face, 1-ribbed on the other, margin 

 thickened. DISTRIB. Europe from Denmark southwards, N. Africa, Siberia, 

 W. Asia to N.W. India; introd. in N. America. 



