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Lis. SYST. Didynamia, Angiotpermia. Calyx 5-parted, ob- 

 lique. Corolla personate ; tube ample, a little compressed, 

 saccate at the base, and furnished with 2 parallel and inter- 

 rupted lines of hairs inside beneath the palate ; lobes of the 

 upper lip erect, and often adpressed to the back by turns : 

 lower lip spreading, having the middle lobes smaller than the 

 lateral ones, with an ample bearded palate, which closes the 

 throat. Stamens compressed, rather hairy at the base, having 

 the sterile or fifth one very short or wanting. Stigma 2-lobed. 

 Capsule 2-celled, woody, ovate, or pear-formed, incurved at 

 top, opening by 3 holes, or an irregular foramen, under the top. 

 Seeds oblong, truncate, minute ; testa black, more or less en- 

 graven, or wrinkled. Perennial or annual, rarely suffruticose 

 plants. Stems or branches erect or procumbent. Leaves fea- 

 ther-nerved and entire, rarely palmate-nerved and lobed, sessile 

 or petiolate : lower leaves opposite, but sometimes 3 in a whorl : 

 superior ones usually alternate. Flowers showy, in terminal 

 racemes, or solitary and axillary. 



SECT. I. ASARI'NA (meaning unknown to us.) Tourn. inst. 

 171. t. 76. Chav. antirrh. p. 80. t. 3. f. 12. Leaves pal- 

 mate-nerved, lobed, opposite. Capsule membranous, sub-glo- 

 bose ; each cell opening by a broad, irregular foramen under 

 the apex. 



1 A. ASARI'NA (Lin. spec. 860.) plant clammy and villous ; 

 branches procumbent ; leaves opposite, on long petioles, 5- 

 nerved, 5-lobed, cordate, and crenated ; flowers axillary, soli- 

 tary ; calycine segments linear-lanceolate, acute, hairy. 2 . H. 

 Native of the South of France, Eastern and Central Pyrenees ; 

 near Montpelier, Cevennes, &c. Sims, bot. mag. 902. Oron- 

 tium Asarina, Pers. ench. 2. p. 159. Asarina cordifolia, Mo?nch, 

 meth. snppl. p. 172. Antirrh. asarinum, Lam. fl. fr. 2. p. 348. 

 Asarina procumbens, Mill. diet. edit. 8. no. 1. Asarina, Lob. 

 icon. t. 601. f. 2. Mor. hist. 3. p. 432. sect. 11. t. 21. f. 1. 

 Sabb. hort. rom. 3. t. 3. Asarina Lobelii, Dalech. hist. p. 915. 

 \aftaiKtirtroc, Diosc. 4. p. 126. Plant canescent. Corolla lj 

 inch long, white, sometimes tinged with red ; palate yellow ; 

 tube glabrous, compressed on the back, marked by purple 

 spots on the ventre, and bearded by yellow hairs inside. 



tsarina or Heart-leaved Snap Dragon. Fl. June, July. Clt. 

 1699. PI. trailing. 



SECT. II. ANTIRRHIXA'STRUM (from Antirrhinum and astrum, 

 an affixed signification, like.) Chav. antirrh. p. 81. Antirrhi- 

 num, Tourn. inst. p. 167. t. 75. Leaves pinnate-nerved, quite 

 entire : lower ones opposite, rarely 3 in a whorl : superior ones 

 for the most part alternate. Capsule woody, or chartaceous, 

 nearly pear-shaped, very oblique at the base, incurved at top, 

 and opening by 3 holes. 



1 . Lobes of calyx much shorter than the corolla. 



2 A. VOLLE (Lin. spec. p. 860.) villous ; branches procum- 

 bent, slender, clothed with woolly villi ; leaves opposite, petio- 

 late ; flowers few, at the tops of the branchlets ; calycine lobes 

 lanceolate, erect. 1. F. Native of the Pyrenees, on the con- 

 fines of Spain ; on rocks in the valley de La Segre, between 

 Bellwor and La Seo d'Urgel ; in the valley of Andorrea ; and 

 on the mountains of Granada. Lam. diet. 4. p. 366. exclusive 



!of the syn. of Tourn. Chav. antirrh. p. 81. Leaves clothed 

 with glandular and clammy hairs, 5-6 lines long, and 4-5 broad. 

 Corolla an inch long, whitish, with a yellow palate ; the upper 

 lip striped with purple. Capsule ovate-globose, pilose. 



Sq/if-leaved Snap Dragon. Fl. July, Oct. Clt. 1752. PI. 

 procumbent. 



3 A. SEMFERVI'RENS (Lapeyr. fl. pyr. 1. p. 7. t. 4. abr. p. 



354. Chav. antirrh. p. 82.) stem short, suffruticose, ascending, 

 branched ; leaves petiolate, opposite, elliptic, or oblong-ovate, 

 evergreen, rather downy ; flowers few, in loose racemes ; 

 calycine lobes lanceolate, acute, reflexed at top. ^ . F. Native 

 of the South of France ; of the Pyrenees, in calcareous places 

 near Gerdres ; in the valleys of Oo, and Venas, &c. ; and in 

 Portugal, near Oporto. A. roolle, St. Am. bouq. pyr. no. 151. 

 but not of Lin. A. meonanthum, Hofim. et Link, fl. port. 1. 

 p. 261. t. 51. Branches nodose. Leaves decussate: floral 

 ones usually alternate, all obtuse, and rather fleshy. Corolla 

 smaller than that of A. nolle, white, having the upper lip and 

 tube marked with purple, and the palate yellowish ; tube beset 

 with short hairs. The plant is usually rather downy in every 

 part, but sometimes entirely glabrous. 



Evergreen Snap Dragon. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1817. Shrub 

 1 to 3 feet. 



4 A. HISPA'SICUM (Chav. antirrh. p. 83.) villous ; branches 

 erect, rather woody, and branched again ; leaves oblong-lanceo- 

 late, contracted at the base, bluntish : lower ones opposite : 

 superior ones alternate, narrower ; bracteas linear-lanceolate, 

 much longer than the pedicels ; flowers in loose spikes ; caly- 

 cine segments oblong, acutish. I/. F. Native of Spain. 

 Antirrhinum Hispanicum villosum origani folio, Tourn. inst. p. 

 168. Plant clothed with glandular hairs. Calycine segments 

 reflexed a little at apex. Corolla hardly an inch long, purple, 

 with a golden yellow palate ; tube villous. Capsule small, 

 ovate-oblong, elongated, downy. 



Spanish Snap Dragon. PI. 1 to lj foot. 



5 A . LATIFOLIDM (D. C. cat. hort. monsp. 7. fl. fr. 5. p. 41 1 . 

 Chav. antirrh. p. 84. t. 3. f. 28.) caudex thick, twisted ; branches 

 ascending, or erect, villous ; leaves ovate, or ovate-lanceolate, 

 petiolate, broadly mucronate at apex, downy ; flowers race- 

 mose ; rachis villous ; lobes of calyx elliptic, pilose, ciliated. 

 Tf. . H. Native of the South of France ; in the Eastern 

 Pyrenees, near Villa Franca, and Saint Martin du Canigon ; 

 Nice ; near Arti, in Piedmont. Nocc. and Balb. fl. ticin. 1. p. 

 28. t. 42. A. diffusum, Bernh. A majus, /3, latifolium, Duby, 

 bot. gall. 1. p. 343. A. majus, var. a, Lin. spec. p. 858. Vill. 

 dauph. 2. p. 441. Willd. spec. 3. p. 256. D. C. fl. fr. 3. p. 

 593. Bertol. amoen. p. 382. Poll. fl. ver. 2. p. 336. Lob. 

 icon. 405. Bocc. mus. p. 49. t. 41. Barrel, icon. t. 655. A. 

 luteo flore, Bauh. pin. 211. Branches fistular, beset with 

 capitate pili. Leaves 1-2 inches long, and 6-10 lines broad, 

 obsoletely spotted with purple. Bracteas and pedicels pilose. 

 Corolla 1 to lj inch long, usually yellow, with a deeper coloured 

 palate ; tube villous, elongated, very gibbous at the base. 

 Capsule pilose, elongated. Seeds ovate, truncate at apex ; 

 testa foveolate. 



Var. /3, hybridum (Chav. antirrh. p. 84.) leaves longer ; flow- 

 ers purplish, or marked by purple lines ; lobes of calyx ovate- 

 elliptic. If. . H. Native of the Pyrenees, betwixt Rousse and 

 Rodome, &c. ; and of Portugal, near Lisbon. A. hybridum, 

 Benth. pi. pyr. p. 60. A. latifolium, ft, striatum, D. C. fl. fr. 

 5. p. 411. A. latifolium, Mill. diet. ed. 8. no. 4. fig. 1. t. 28. 

 Hoffm. et Link, fl. port. 1. p. 260. t. 50. exclusive of the syn. 

 of Tourn. This appears to be a hybrid between A, latifolium 

 and A. majus. 



Broad-leaned Snap Dragon. Fl. July, Oct. Clt. PI. 1 to 

 3 feet. 



6 A. MA'JCS (Lin. spec. p. 859. var. /3. Gaertn. fruct. 1. p. 

 249. Chav. antirrh. p. 86. t. 3. f. 26.) caudex thick, twisted ; 

 branches erect, usually branched again ; leaves oblong-lanceo- 

 late, attenuated at both ends, glabrous ; flowers racemose, ap- 

 proximate ; rachis pubescent ; lobes of calyx broad-ovate, 

 obtuse, clothed with glandular pili. y.. H- Native of South 

 and middle Europe, indigenous every where, generally upon old 



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