ORDER SG. SCROPHULARIACB^E. 



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2 L. Canadensia Dumont, Lvs. scattered, erect, linear, obtuse: fls. racemed 

 st. simple ; scions procumbent ; fls. blue. Q) A small species in road-sides, tieldg, 

 Can. and U. S. St. very slender, near!}' simple, 6 to 12' high, smooth, furnished 

 with small, remote Ivs. A few leafy, prostrate or ascending shoots arc given off 

 from the base of the stem, having roundish, opposite or whorled Ivs. Fls. small, 

 in a loose raceme. Throat closed by the light blue palate. Spur filiform, as long 



the corolla, but in the very slender Southern variety much shorter or 0. Jn. 



Sept. 



3 L. vulgaris Mill. COMMON TOAD-FLAX. Lvs. linear-lanceolate, crowded ; spikes 

 terminal, fls. dense, imbricate; cal. smooth, shorter than the spur. ^ A very 

 showy plant, common by roadsides, K Eng. to Ky. and Ga. St. erect, smoothish, 

 1 to 2f. high, very leafy, and with numerous short, leafy branches. Cor. yel- 

 low, with a long spur, mouth closed with a prominent orange-colored palate. 

 Jl. Aug. Eur. 



0. PELORIA. Cor. regular or nearly so, ventricous, with 5 spurs and 5 stamens, 

 or with 3 spurs, Pouglikeepsie(W. S. Gerard), Chester Co., Pa. (Darlington.) 



4 L. triornith6phonim "Wilkl. THREE-BIRDS. Erect, spreading, smooth 

 and glaucous ; Ivs, all verticillate in 3s or 4s, broad-lanceolate, acute ; fls. interrupt- 

 edly racemous, generally verticillatc, on long pedicels. 1C A showy plant, 2 

 to 4f lii.^h, remarkable for the form and hue of tho corolla, which resembles three 

 little birds seated in the spur, f Eur. 



5 L. bipartita Willd. Glabrous, erect ; Ivs. linear, alternate; pedicels much 

 longer than the cal.; sep. lance-linear, acute, membranous at the ma-gin; cor. 

 upper lip deeply 2-parted ; spur slender, arcuate. A beautiful annual. Cor. 8 to 

 10" long, violet-blue, palate orange, f Barbary. 



6. ANTIRRHINUM, L. SNAP-DRAGON. (Gr. avrl, like, piv, a nose; 

 from a fancied resemblance.) Calyx 5-sepalccl; corolla gibbous (not 

 spurred) at base, the upper lip bifid, reflexed, lower trifid, closed by the 

 prominent palate; caps, valvclcss, dehiscent by 3 pores. European 

 herbs with the lower Ivs. opposite, the upper alternate. Inflorescence 

 as in Linaria. 



1 A. Majus L. Lvs. lanceolate, opposite ; fls. racemed ; sep. glandular-hairy, 

 lanceolate, obtuse, short.-~-1l An elegant and popular garden flower, 1 or 2f high. 

 Flowers large, pink-colored, t'.io lower lip white and tho mouth yellow, with a 

 gibbous prominence at base beneath. There are varieties with scarkt, scarlet 

 and white, and double flowers, f 



2 A. Orontitim, /?. GRAXDIFLORUM Chav. Glabrous or hairy above, spread- 

 ing; Ivs. oblong-lanceolate; fls. remote, rabsessile, upper ones subracemous; 

 aL segments equaling the corolla, and ovoid and very oblique capsule. @ A 

 showy garden plant, 1 2f high. Cor. C" long, rose-color or white, with purple 

 spots and veins, f 



7. MAURAN'DIA, Ort. (Xamcd for the lady of Dr. Maurandy of 



Carthagena.) Calyx 5-parted ; corolla tabular, gibbons r.t base ; palate 

 prominent or with 2 folds ; capsule ovoid-globous, bas^ oblique, cells 

 opening by many valve-like tcetli.- 2 Mexican herbs, with lung, flex- 

 uous branches, climbing or twining. 



1 M. sempervirens Ort. Glabrous; Ivs. cordate-hastate, angular; ped. 

 axillary. l-flo\vered; cal. segm. lanceolate, glabrous. An evergreen climber with 

 large, pale, violet-purple 11s. Cor. H' long, the throat open. f 



2 M. Barklayana LindL Glabrous except tho cal. ; Ivs. broadly triangu- 

 lar-cordate, or -hastate; cal. serjm. linear-lanceolate, clothed with I- nj, glandular 

 hairs. A beautiful climber. Corolla purpk-, oblique, rather larger than in No. 1. 



8. LOPHOSPER'fflUM, Don. (Gr. Ao0o?, a crest, trrrepf/o, seed; 

 from the character.) Calyx 5-parte<1, leafy ; corolla tube dilated up- 

 wards, throat open, between 2 hairy lines; capsule globular, subequal, 



