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SCROPHULARINE^E. VI. ANTIRRHINUM. 



walls ; also of Barbary, about Algiers, and near Mustapha-Pacha 

 frequent ; and in Persia. In Britain on old walls, as about 

 London, and other places, but probably an escape from gardens. 

 Smith, engl. bot. t. 129. Schkuhr, handb. 2. p. 193. t. 172. 

 A. grandifl6rum, Stok. bot. mat. med. 3. p. 384. A. murale, 

 Sal. prod. p. 100. Orontium majus, Pers. ench. 2. p. 158. 

 Bauh. hist. 3. p. 162. with a figure. Riv. mon. irr. t. 82. f. 1. 

 Lob. icon. t. 404. f. 2. Besl. hort. eyst. 1. t. 9, 10. Branches 

 glabrous, rarely downy. Leaves 1-3 inches long : upper ones 

 narrower. Rachis leafless, beset with glandular hairs, as well 

 as the calyxes. Corolla 1-2 inches long, purple, red, scarlet, or 

 white, or variegated with these colours ; palate yellow at top, 

 very prominent ; tube downy outside. Capsule downy, oblique 

 at the base, incurved at apex. Seeds oblong, ovate. This is a 

 very polymorphous plant, varying considerably in habit, and 

 much in the colour of the flowers. There is also a variety 

 with double flowers. The leaves in some varieties are vari- 

 egated. 



Far. ft, angustifblium (Chav. antirrh. p. 86.) leaves very nar- 

 row, often revolute, sometimes approximate by threes ; corolla 

 large, purple. If. . H. Native upon walls about Constantino- 

 ple. A majus, Oliv. et Brug. herb. mus. par. 



Var. y, Montevidense ; leaves long, all opposite, dark green ; 

 flowers usually white, or yellow, and not so much crowded. 

 y.. H. Native of Monte Video. A. montevidense, Hort. 

 berol. This does not appear to be more than a slight variety of 

 the species. 



Greater, or Common Snap Dragon. Fl. June, Oct. Britain. 

 PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



7 A. TORTUOSUM (Bosc, mss. Lam. diet. 4. p. 365. Chav. 

 antirrh. p. 87.) plant altogether glabrous ; branches erect or 

 ascending, flexuous, twisted at the base ; leaves linear, acute, 

 opposite, or 3 in a whorl ; flowers racemosely spicate, approxi- 

 mating by threes and fours, the raceme is therefore interrupted ; 

 lobes of calyx oblong-ovate, obtuse. I/ . H. Native of Italy, 

 on rocks, and in waste places by the sea side, as near Rome ; 

 also in the South of France, near Frejus ; and of Sicily. Guss. 

 fl. sic. 2. p. 169. exclusive of many synonymes. Ten. syll. p. 

 304. Orontium Siculum, ft. tortnosum, Pers. ench. 2. p. 158. 

 A. capitatum, Presl. del. prag. p. 74. Sabb. hort. rom. 3. t. 2. 

 Barrel, icon. 638. Leaves 1 -nerved, 2 inches long, attenuated 

 at both ends : upper ones very narrow. Corolla the largest of 

 the genus, purple ; tube short ; upper lip large. Capsule 

 smaller than that of the preceding, and glabrous. This species 

 is often confounded with A. Siculum, but appears to be more 

 nearly allied to A. majus. 



Twisted-branched Snap Dragon. Fl. June, Oct. Clt. ? PI. 

 1 to 1| foot. 



8 A. SI'CULUM (Ucria pi. and Lin. op, addenda, no. 17. 

 Chav. antirrh. p. 88. t. 3. f. 24.) branches erect, flexuous, 

 downy at top, and branched ; branchlets diffuse ; leaves linear- 

 lanceolate or linear, opposite, alternate, or 3 in a whorl, nar- 

 rowed into the petioles at the base ; flowers in loose racemes ; 

 lobes of calyx lanceolate, acute, downy. 1. H. Native of 

 Sicily, on walls, and in waste places about Palermo and Ragaza ; 

 of Calabria, on walls about Reggio and Trucoli, &c. Mill. diet, 

 no. 6. Pers. ench. 2. p. 158. exclusive of var. ft. Guss. pi. 

 rar. p. 253. fl. sic. 2. p. 170. Tenor, syll. p. 304. A. angus- 

 tifolium, Poir. suppl. 4. p. 27. Branches woody. Leaves 1 to 

 1| inches long. Flowers solitary, twin, or 3 in a whorl. Co- 

 rolla hardly an inch long, white or yellowish, rarely purple ; 

 tube rather pilose ; lobes of the upper lip, and the middle lobe 

 of the lower lip emarginate. Capsule downy. Seeds oblong, 

 subquadrangular. 



Var. ft, glandulbsum (Chav. antirrh. p. 88.) leaves broader; 

 branches and calyxes beset with glandular hairs ; corollas yel- 



lowish. 1}.. H. Native of Sicily, Gussone. A. Siculum, var. 

 y. Guss. fl. sic. t. 309. f. 2. 



Var. y, elatum (Chav. antirrh. p. 88.) plant taller and firmer; 

 corolla purplish-yellow. 11. H. Native of Spain and the 

 Archipelago. A. angustifolium, D'Urv. enum. pi. arch. no. 

 549. exclusive of the syn. of Lam. et Bocc. A. satureiscfolio, 

 Vaill. herb. A. Hispanicum, altissimum, angustissimo folio, 

 Tourn. inst. p. 168. 



Sicilian Snap Dragon. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1804. PL 1 

 to 2 feet. 



2. Segments of the calyx exceeding the corolla, or about 

 equal in length to it. 



9 A. ORONTIUM (Lin. spec. 860. Chav. antirrh. p. 89. t. 3. 

 f. 18. and 19.) stem glabrous, erect or ascending, branched; 

 leaves oblong-lanceolate or linear, acutish, attenuated at both 

 ends, glabrous ; flowers distant ; calycine segments linear-lan- 

 ceolate, large, and as if they were digitately pilose. Q. H. Na- 

 tive almost throughout Europe, along way sides and in waste 

 fields and vineyards ; of Barbary, abundant about Algiers ; 

 islands of Madeira, and Scio ; Virginia, ex i'ursh, but probably 

 introduced from Europe ; in Britain it is to be found in corn- 

 fields, on a light soil ; but hardly indigenous. Curt. fl. lond. 

 fasc. 4. t. 45. Gsertn. fruct. 1. p. 249. t. 53. Lam. ill. t. 531. 

 f. 2. Smith, engl. bot. 17. t. 1155. Schkuhr, handb. 2. p. 

 193. t. 173. A. humile, Salisb. prod. p. 98. Orontium ar- 

 vense, Pers. ench. 2. p. 158. Barrel, icon. t. 651. and 652. 

 Rivin. mon. irr. t. 83. f. 2. Mor. hist. sect. 5. t. 14. f. 5. 

 Besl. hort. eyst. 1. p. 9. f. 3. Lob. icon t. 405. f. 2. Avrip- 

 pivov, Theoph. hist. pi. 9. p. 23. Stem glabrous or pilose. 

 Leaves 1-3-nerved, 2 inches long. Flowers axillary, distant. 

 Corolla rose-coloured or white, striped with purple ; tube fur- 

 nished with a few glandular hairs ; palate veined with purple. 

 Capsule pilose. Seeds irregularly ovate, cuneiform, keeled on 

 the back, and concave in front. 



Var. ft, 1'ndicum (Chav. antirrh. p. 90.) leaves narrower ; 

 flowers reddish, smaller ; bracteas and floral leaves very long, 

 spreading a little. Q. H. Native of India, in the province of 

 Delhi. A. I'ndicum, Royle, mss. 



Var. y, grandiflbrum (Chav. 1. c. t. 4.) flowers larger, paler, 

 and more approximate ; leaves broader ; plant firmer and more 

 glabrous ; corolla almost the length of the calyx, whitish, 

 marked with purple or rose-coloured veins. O- H. Native of 

 Portugal, in fields. A. calycinum, Lam. diet. 4. p. 365. Brot, 

 fl. lus. 1. p. 100. Hoffni. et Link, fl. port. p. 262. t. 52. A. 

 Orontium, ft, album, Roth, fl. germ. ed. 1st. vol. 2d. p. 65. 

 Orontium calycinum, Pers. ench. 2. p. 158. A. Jamaicense, 

 Fisch. et Hort. A. elegans, Tenore, viag. in abbruz. 1830. p. 

 35. syll. p. 304. Barrel, icon. 656. A. arvense majus, flore 

 albo, Tourn. inst. p. 168. Sabb. hort. rom. 3. t. 1. 



Orontium Snap-Dragon, or Calves'-Snout. Fl. June, Sept. 

 Britain; ft. 1810. PI. | to 1 foot. 



10 A. RYTIDOCA'RPUM (Fisch. et Meyer, in ind. sem. hort. 

 petrop. 1836. p. 27.) annual, rather pilose; leaves oblong or 

 linear ; flowers distant, nearly sessile ; calycine segments linear, 

 longer than the corolla ; seeds prismatic, wrinkled on all sides. 

 O- H. Native of Caucasus, on the Talusch Mountains, in 

 corn-fields. Corollas small, bluish. Capsule nearly globose. 

 Seeds black, subtetragonally prismatic. This comes nearer to 

 Ant. Orontium than any other, but is very distinct. 



Wrinkled-fruited Snap-Dragon. Clt. 1836. PI. | to 1 foot. 



f- Species doubtful, or not sufficiently known. 



11 A. CORDA V TUM (De Buch. besch. der. can. ins. ex Chav. 

 antirrh. p. 181.) Native of the Canary Islands. We know 

 nothing of this plant but the name. 



