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SCROPHULARINE^E. V. RUSSELIA. VI. ANTIRRHINUM. 



ander Russel, M.D. F.R.S., author of a Natural History of 

 Aleppo. London, 1756. He died in 1768. There is a second 

 edition revised by his brother, Patrick Russel, M.D. F.R.S. 

 1794. Patrick Russel published a fine work upon serpents 

 collected on the coast of Coromandel.) Jacq. amer. p. 178. 

 t. 113. Schreb. gen. no. 1041. Juss. gen. p. 118. ed. Usteri, 

 p. 132. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 2. p. 358. 



LIN. SYST. Didynamia, Angiospermia. Calyx deeply 5- 

 parted ; segments acuminately subulate. Corolla tubular, 

 swollen, and widened at top ; limb bilabiate ; upper lip emar- 

 ginately 2-lobed : lower lip tripartite, segments nearly equal ; 

 palate convex, bearded. Stamens 4, didynamous, inclosed ; cells 

 of anthers spreading. Stigma undivided. Capsule inclosed in 

 the calyx, nearly globose, attenuately beaked, 2-celled, 2- 

 valved ; valves bipartible ; placentas central, at length free. 

 Seeds numerous, small. Shrubs or herbs with angular branches, 

 and opposite, or verticillate leaves. Corymbs and racemes axil- 

 lary. Flowers scarlet. 



1. Leaves opposite. Stems and branches quadrangular. 



1 R. SARMENTOSA (Jacq. amer. 178. t. 113. H. B. et Kunth, 

 nov. gen. amer. 2. p. 358.) stem and branches quadrangular, 

 glabrous ; leaves opposite, ovate, rounded at the base, rather 

 pilose above ; corymbs axillary, pedunculate, 3-5-flowered. tj . 

 S. Native of Cuba, near Guanavacoa, in shady places, and 

 about the Havannah. Leaves nearly sessile, crenately ser- 

 rated, 8 lines long, and 5 lines broad. Corolla flesh-coloured, 

 or fine red, about half an inch long. 



Sarmentose Russelia. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



2 R. MULTIFLORA (Sims, bot. mag. t. 1528.) stem quadran- 

 gular, glabrous ; leaves opposite, ovate, acuminated, serrately 

 crenated ; peduncles cymose, many-flowered, verticillate. fj . 

 S. Native of the mountainous tract between Vera Cruz and 

 Mexico. Racemes terminal, verticillate. Leaves glabrous. 

 Corollas scarlet. 



Many-flowered Russelia. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1812. Shrub 

 4 to 6 feet. 



3 R. ROTUNDIFOLIA (Cav. icon. 5. p. 9. t. 415. Pers. ench. 

 2. p. 164.) downy or tomentose ; stem and branches erect, te- 

 tragonal ; leaves opposite, sessile, cordate-roundish ; peduncles 

 racemose, subsecund, many-flowered. Tj . S. Native of 

 Mexico, near Acapulco. Corollas scarlet. Leaves crenately 

 serrated. 



Round-leaved Russelia. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



4 R. SYRING^FOLIA (Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnaea.G.p. 376.) 

 scandent, glabrous ; branches tetragonal : angles acute ; leaves 

 opposite, on short petioles, cordate-ovate, acuminated, acute, 

 mucronulate ; cymes terminal and axillary, many-flowered. Tj . 

 w . S. Native of Mexico at Papantla. Leaves 2j to 3 

 inches long. Branches and pedicels of cyme downy. Calyx 

 glabrous, with ovate, acuminated, acute, short segments. Co- 

 rolla 8 lines long, scarlet ; throat bearded. Capsule ovate, 

 acute. 



Syringa-leaved Russelia. Shrub climbing. 



5 R. FLORIBU'NDA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 2. p. 359.) 

 stem and branches quadrangular, glabrous ; leaves opposite, 

 ovate, cordate, smoothish ; corymbs axillary, sessile, many- 

 flowered, t . ? I/ . ? S. Native of Mexico, between the river 

 Papagallo and Venta de Tierra Colorado, at the altitude of 120 

 hexapods, Humb. et Bonpl. ; near Hacienda de la Laguna, 

 Schiede and Deppe. Leaves on short petioles, serrately cre- 

 nated, downy on the midrib beneath, 9-10 lines long, and 8-9 

 lines broad. Corymbs about the length of the leaves, downy, 

 sessile, ex Kunth, 1. c. ; pedunculate, ex Cham, et Schlecht, in 

 Linnsea, 5. p. 106. Corolla scarlet. Seeds minute, oblong, an- 

 gular, brown, a little wrinkled. 



Bundle-lowered Russelia. Fl. ? Clt. 1824. Shrub 4 to 6 

 feet. 



6 R. ALA'TA (Cham, et Schlecht, in Linnaea, 3. p. 3.) stem 

 quadrangular, winged, pilose ; leaves opposite, acuminated, run- 

 ning into the short, winged, ciliated petioles ; peduncles axillary, 

 solitary. 3. S. Native of tropical Brazil, Sello. Old stems 

 decumbent, rooting at the joints, from which rise erect branches 

 about 1 or 14 foot high. Wings of stem ciliated. Leaves 

 bluntly serrated, pilose beneath, 2j inches long, and If broad. 

 Limb of corolla ciliated. 



Winged-stemmed Russelia. 



PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



2. Leaves verticillate. Stem and branches many-angled. 



7 R. TERNIFOLIA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 2. p. 359.) 

 stem and branches 6-angled, hairy, or downy ; leaves 3 in a 

 whorl, obovate, or ovate, cuneated at the base, hairy above, and 

 pubescent beneath ; corymbs pedunculate, many-flowered. Tj . ? 

 7.? S. Native of Mexico, on the declivities of the burning 

 mount Jorulla, at the altitude of 450 hexapods. Leaves on 

 short petioles, coarsely serrate-toothed, 2 or Z\ inches long, 

 and 16-24 lines broad. Corolla scarlet. 



Tern-leaved Russelia. Fl. ? Clt. 1818. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



8 R. VERTICILLA'TA (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c. p. 360.) branches 

 somewhat 10-angled, glabrous ; leaves and corymbs verticillate. 

 Tj . S. Native of New Spain, in temperate places near Puente 

 de la Madre de Dios, at the altitude of 880 hexapods. Branches 

 verticillate. Floral leaves roundish-ovate, obtuse, cuneated at 

 the base, serrately crenated, hairy. Corollas scarlet. 



Whorled- leaved Russelia. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



9 R. EQUISETIFORMIS (Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnsea, 6. p. 

 377.) suffruticose ; branches twiggy, almost leafless, angular, 

 verticillate, or opposite ; flowers pedicellate at the tops of the 

 branches ; leaves elliptic, acute, coarsely serrated. Tj S. Na- 

 tive of Mexico, at Papantla. Stem 12-8-angled. Leaves 4 

 lines long, and one broad. Calycine segments triangular, acute. 

 Throat of corolla beardless. Corolla scarlet, 6 lines long. Ge- 

 nitals equal in length to the corolla. Capsule globose. 



Horsetail-formed Russelia. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



Cult. All the species are showy when in blossom. Any 

 light rich soil answers them ; and they are readily propagated 

 by cuttings, which strike root freely in heat under a hand-glass. 



Tribe II. 



ANTIRRHI'NE^E (this section agrees with the genus Antir- 

 rhinum in the characters given below.) Chav. antirrh. D. Don, 

 in edinb, phil. journ. 19. p. 110. Cajyx deeply 5-parted, im- 

 bricate in aestivation. Corolla tubular ; limb 5-lobed, personate 

 or ringent, bilabiate. Stamens 4, didynamous, sometimes with 

 the rudiment of a fifth. Cells of anthers distinct at apex. Stigma 

 2-lobed. Capsule crustaceous ; dissepiment undivided. Pla- 

 centas spongy, adnate. Seeds with a thick, spongy, corrugated, 

 or cellular testa. Albumen fleshy. Embryo almost the length 

 of the seed. Herbs or shrubs inhabiting the temperate 

 regions of the globe. Leaves opposite, or alternate. Flowers 

 disposed in terminal, spicate racemes, or axillary and solitary. 



VI. ANTIRRHrNUM (avSippirov, of Theophrastus and Di- 

 oscorides ; from avn, like ; and piv, rhin, a snout ; in allusion to 

 the form of the flowers ; hence also it is called in English 

 Snap-Dragon, and Calves' Snout.) Juss. gen. 120. ed. Usteri. 

 p. 134. Vent. tabl. 2. p. 362. D. C. fl. fr. p. 592. t. 3. 

 Gaertn. fruct. 1. p. 249. t. 53. Chav. mon. p. 79. Antirrhi- 

 num species, Lin. gen. no. 750. Schreb. gen. no. 1007. Lam. 

 ill. t. 531. f. 1 2. Antirrhinum and Asarina, Tourn. inst. p. 

 167. and 171. t. 75 et 76. Orontium, Pers. ench. 2. p. 158. 

 Ten. fl. neap. 2. p. 53, but not of Lin. 



