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4. AXARRmBfUiri, Desf. Anarrhinum. 



Calyx deeply o-cleft. Corolla tubular, bilabiate, not spurred at 

 base, with throat not closed by palate ; lobes of upper lip erect, at 

 length deflexed, those of lower spreading. Anthers kidney-shaped, 

 with confluent cells. Capsule globular, with equal cells, dehiscent by 

 a dorsal, oblong, 1-valved pore. Seeds ovoid, wingless, tubercled or 

 muricate — Perennial, erect herbs. 



1. A. Orientale, B'th. If .5 to .8, glabrous, root-stock woody, 

 with many, wand-like, leafy stems. Racemes spike-like, 

 terminal, loose, sometimes panicled. Lowest leaves Fig, 366. 

 petioled, obovate-oblong, entire or dentate ; cauline sessile, 

 linear-lanceolate to linear, .03 to .03 long, undivided or 

 3-sect. Bracts linear, the lower as long as flowers; 

 calyx-lobes glalrous, as long as pedicels ; corolla .005 

 long, white ; capsule .002 in diameter — Summer — 

 Common, expecially in mountains, throughout. 



2. A. pube§cen§, Fresen. If Arphaiji. 2f .6> 

 glandular-hairy, root-stock woody, with many, wand-like, 

 sparingly leafy stems. Racemes spike-like, terminal, 

 loose, sometimes panicled. Lowest leaves petioled, 

 ^uneate-spathulate, dentate or Idbed ; cauline linear, .02 to 

 .03 long, undivided or trisect. Bracts linear, scarcely 

 longer than calyx ; pedicels very short ; calyx-lobes ciliate, longer than 

 pedicels ; corolla .004 long, white ; capsule .0015 in diameter — May 

 and June — Rocks at base of Sinai. 



5. ANTaRRHINUM, L. Snap-Dragon. 



Calyx 5-parted, with nearly equal lobes. Corolla personate, sac- 

 cate at base, the upper lip erect, bifid or bipartite, the lower spread- 

 ing, trifid, the palate broad, closing the throat. Stamens 4, didyna- 

 mous, with two, oblong anther-ceHs. Capsules ovate or pear-shaped, 

 oblique, with unequal, many-seeded cells, the upper opening by one, 

 the lower by two, many-toothed pores. Seeds wingless — Annual and 

 perennial herbs. 

 * Annuals, with flattened seeds Jceeled at bach, dentate along inner margin. 



1. A. Orontium, L. Saisam. .5 to .8, stenis erect or spar- 

 ingly branched. Leaves short-petioled, oblong to linear-lanceolate, 

 and linear. Flowers solitary, axillary, almost sessile, forming an in- 

 terrupted, spike-like raceme ; calyx-lobes linear, as long as or longer 

 than .01 long purple corolla — Spring — Fields ; common throughout, 

 even to Sinai. 



Var. brevifolium, Post. Leaves .01 to .02 long. 

 * * Perennials often with woody base. Flowers solitary^ opposite, or 

 d in a whorl. Seeds obovate, pitted-crested. 



2. A. majns, L. 21 .6 to 1, tortuous, branching at base ; 

 branches straight, clensely leafy. Leaves linear-lanceolate to linear, 

 tapering at both ends. Racemes .3 to .3 long, axis glandular-hairy; 

 calyx glandular-hairy with ovate lobes ; corolla .03 long, five to six 

 times as long as calyx — Summer — Walls ; along coast ; Antileba- 

 non. 



