SCROPHULARINE.E. VII. LINARIA. 



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Cordate-leaved Snap-Dragon. PI. 



12 A. ITA'LICUM (Mill. diet. ed. 7th. no. 5.) V-. H. Na- 

 tive of Italy. This is nothing but a variety of A. majus. 



Italian Snap-Dragon. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



13 A. OSY'RIS (Raeusch. Fisch. ex Steud. nom. ex Chav. 

 antirrh. p. 181.) Q. H. This is probably a variety of A. 

 Orontium. 



Osyris Snap-Dragon. PI. 1 foot. 



14 A. VARIA'BILE (Link, ex Steud. nom. ex Chav. antirrh. p. 

 181.) A. multibracteatum, Brot. ex Steud. This is probably 

 a variety of A. Orontium. 



Variable Snap-Dragon. PI. 1 foot. 



N.B. A. porcinum, Lour. coch. 2. p. 467. A. aquaticum, 

 Lour. 1. c., and A. papilionaceum, Burm. fl. irid. p. 131. t. 39. 

 f. 2. certainly do not belong to this genus, and it is difficult to 

 say what they really are. 



Cult. All the species of Snap-Dragon are showy, and worth 

 cultivating for ornamenting flower-borders and rock-work. The 

 species are readily increased, either by cuttings of the young 

 branches or by seeds. The 4 first species will require protec- 

 tion in winter, by placing them in a frame or greenhouse. A. 

 Orontium, being an annual plant, the seeds only require to be 

 sown in the open ground in spring. 



VII. LINA'RIA (from \ivov, linon, flax ; similarity in the 

 leaves.) Vent. tabl. 2. p. 360. Juss. gen. p. 120. edit. 

 Usteri, p. 134. D. C. fl. fr. 3. p. 582. Chav. antirrh. p. 91. 

 Linaria and Elatine, Moench. meth. p. 522. and 524. Antir- 

 rhinum, Lin. gen., Lam. ill. t. 531. f. 3 4. and other authors. 

 Elatine, Dill. nov. gen. p. 116. t. 6. but not of Lin. Linaria 

 species, Tourn. inst. p. 168. 



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

 Corolla personate, almost like that of Antirrhinum, but furnished 

 with a spur at the base ; tube short, inflated ; palate more or 

 less bearded, usually prominent at the throat, but sometimes de- 

 pressed, and not closing the throat ; lobes of upper lip plicate at 

 the base, often reflexed ; lobes of the lower lip spreading, or a 

 little deflexed : the middle lobe of the lower lip generally the 

 smallest. The rudiment of the fifth stamen very small or want- 

 ing. Capsule ovate or spherical, a little compressed, 2-celled ; 

 each cell more or less drawn out into 3-5 valves, or dehiscing 

 by a single operculum or one valve. Seeds egg-shaped, or some- 

 what prismatic, or compressed and discoid, girded by a mem- 

 branous margin. Annual or perennial plants, very rarely small 

 shrubs. Roots of the perennial kinds rhizomatose. Leaves 

 alternate, verticillate, or opposite, quite entire, or lobed. Flow- 

 ers beautiful, racemose, or spicately racemose at the tops of the 

 branches, or solitary and axillary. 



SECT. I. CH/ENORRHINUM (from -^aiva, chaino, to gape ; and 

 ftv, rhin, a snout ; the palate of the flower is depressed, there- 

 fore the throat appears wider than in those of other sections.) 

 B.C. fl. fr. 5. p. 410. Duby. bot. gall. 1. p. 343.' Chav. 

 antirrh. p. 9:2. Corolla having the palate more or less depressed ; 

 the upper lip drawn out in front, not erect ; spur shorter than 

 the corolla. Seeds oblong-ovoid, truncate ; testa furrowed 

 lengthwise, or foveolate or echinated. Herbs usually clothed 

 with pili. Leaves opposite and alternate, quite entire. Flowers 

 axillary, or loosely racemose. 



I. Capsule chartaceous ; superior cell usually much larger 

 than the other, dehiscing by one valve at apex ; the lower cell 

 dehiscing slowly by a transverse chink towards the base, or 

 altogether indehiscent. Chav. antirrh. t. 5. f. 8. 



1 L. TENE'LLA (D. C. fl. fr. 5. p. 410. Chav. antirrh. p. 92.) 

 villous ; branches procumbent, slender ; leaves cordate-ovate, 



opposite, acute : floral ones alternate ; calycine segments linear, 

 acutish. Q. H. Native of Spain, in the province of Valentia, 

 near the top of Mount Ayora, in shady humid places, where it 

 is generally hidden by other plants. Leaves distant, 3-4 lines 

 long. Flowers axillary ; pedicels capillary, much longer than 

 the leaves. Corolla white, with a short, blunt, bent spur, and 

 rounded, quite entire lobes. Seeds oblong ; testa furrowed. 

 Slender Toad-Flax. PI. procumbent. 



2 L. VILLOSA (D. C. fl. fr. 5. p. 410. Chav. antirrh. p. 93.) 

 villous ; leaves ovate or orbicular, obtuse, on short petioles, all 

 opposite ; flowers opposite, on long pedicels ; calycine segments 

 linear-oblong, somewhat spatulate. If. F. Native of Spain, 

 about Gibraltar ; and near Vejez de la Frontera, not far from 

 Gibraltar. Ait. hort. kew. ed. 2. vol.4, p. 15. L. muralis, 

 Saltzm. in herb. D. C. Ant. oppositiflorum, Poir. suppl. 4. p. 23. 

 Ant. serpyllifolium, Pourr. in herb. Desf. Ant. villosum, Lin. 

 spec. p. 852. Linaria Hispanica nummulariac folio villoso, 

 Tourn. inst. p. 169. Barrel, icon. t. 597. Branches diffuse, 

 clothed with simple, spreading hairs, woody at the base, 5-10 

 inches high. Leaves villous. Pedicels hairy, 2 or 3 times 

 longer than the leaves. Corolla white or pale blue, marked by 

 more intense lines ; lobes emarginate at top ; spur straight, 

 widened above the base. Capsule downy, ovate. Seeds ob- 

 long, truncate at top ; testa furrowed lengthwise. 



Villous Toad-Flax. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1786. PI. diffuse. 



3 L. ORIGANIFOLIA (D. C. fl. fr. 3. p. 591. exclusive of the 

 syn. of Magn. Chav. antirrh. p. 94. t. 6.) pubescent or gla- 

 brous ; leaves oblong or obovate, on short petioles : lower ones 

 opposite : upper ones alternate ; flowers alternate, distant ; caly- 

 cine segments linear, or linear-spatulate, villous. Tf.. F. Na- 

 tive of the South of France, on walls and rocks ; in the Pyre- 

 nees ; about Narbonne ; on old walls near Bagneres-de-Luchon ; 

 in Sicily ; in Portugal, on La Serra d'Arrabida, and on Monte 

 Junto, among high rocks and in calcareous places. Ait. hort. kew. 

 ed. 2d. vol. 4. p. 15. Benth. cat. pi. pyr. p. 96. exclusive of var. 

 rubrifolia. Ant. origanifolium, Lin. spec. 852. Linaria saxa- 

 tilis serpyllifolia, Tourn. inst. p. 169. This is a very polymor- 

 phous plant. Branches branched, ascending or procumbent. 

 Flowers in the axils of the superior leaves, distant, forming a 

 loose raceme. Calyx beset with glandular hairs. Corolla like 

 the preceding, but smaller, bluish-violet, rarely white ; throat 

 yellow ; lobes emarginate, striped with red. Seeds oblong, 

 ovate, truncate at top ; testa furrowed lengthwise. 



Var. j3, grand'iflbra (Benth. cat. pi. pyr. p. 96. Chav. an- 

 tirrh. p. 94.) plant more villous and larger ; flowers larger. 

 IJ. F. Native of the higher Pyrenees, at Font de Comps, 

 Crabere, &c. Ant. villosum, Lapeyr. fl. pyr. p. 353. but not of 

 Lin. 



Var. /, crassifblia (Chav. antirrb. p. 94.) leaves ovate, 

 acutish, quite glabrous, thickish ; flowers large, y.. F. Na- 

 tive of Spain, on the mountains. L. crassifolta, D. C. fl. fr. 5. 

 p. 410. Anarrhinum crassifolium, Willd. spec. 3. p. 261. 

 Pers. ench. 2. p. 159. Ant. crassifolium, Cav. icon. 2. p. 11. 

 t. 114. Barrel, icon. t. 1313. 



Marjoram-leaved Toad-Flax. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1785. 

 PI. ascending. 



4 L. FLEXUOSA (Desf. fl. all. 2. p. 47. t. 139. Chav. antirrh. 

 p. 95.) quite glabrous ; branches filiform, flexuous, interwoven, 

 procumbent ; leaves petiolate, spatulately-elliptic or oblong : 

 lower ones usually opposite : upper ones alternate ; flowers dis- 

 tant ; pedicels twice or thrice as long as the leaves ; calycine 

 segments linear, bluntish. If.. F. Native of Barbary, in fis- 

 sures of rocks on Mount Hamamelif, near Tunis. Ant. flexud- 

 sum, Willd. spec. 3. p. 250. Plant prostrate, diffuse. Corolla 

 like that of L. minor, but longer, small, bluish ; tube a little 

 elongated ; spur obtuse, recurved ; lobes entire. Cells of cap- 



