520 



SCROPHULARINE&. VII. LINARIA. 



Oed. fl. dan. t. 913. Labr. et Heg. icon. helv. 5. t. 1. Cym- 

 balaria spuria, Baumg. trans. 2. p. 209. Hall. helv. no. 341. 

 Linaria segetum nummulariae folio villoso, Tourn. inst. 1. p. 

 169. Bauh. hist. 3. p. 372. f. 1 Tabern. 2. t. 413. f. 1. 

 Mor. hist. sect. 5. t. 14. f. 27. Plant a foot or more long, 

 clothed with spreading articulated hairs. Branches usually pro- 

 cumbent. Leaves 1-3 inches long. Corolla yellow ; upper lip 

 dark purple ; spur incurved. Capsule downy. Seeds ovoid, 

 compressed ; testa foveolate. 



Var. (3, dentata (Chav. antirrh. p. 106.) lower leaves, and 

 sometimes also the upper ones toothed; flowers larger ; plant 

 firmer, erectish. 0. H. Native of France and Switzerland, 

 rather frequent. 



Var. y, microphylla (Chav. 1. c. t. 8.) leaves much smaller, 

 roundish, woolly. Q. H. Native about Montpelier. Peloria 

 comm. gcett. 1. p. 351. t. 15. f. 4. Stcehel, in act. helv. 2. p. 

 25. t. 4. 



Spurious Toad-Flax. Fl. June, Sept. England. PI. pros. 



18 L. ELA'TINE (Mill. diet. ed. 8. no. 16. Chav. antirrh. p. 

 107.) pilose ; leaves usually ovate-hastate, mucronulate at top, 

 alternate : lower ones sometimes opposite, and often denticu- 

 lated ; pedicels longer than the leaves ; calycine segments 

 lanceolate, very acute. 0. H. Native of Europe, North of 

 Africa, frequent in corn-fields ; and of the Island of Madeira. 

 It is also to be found in North America, but has, most proba- 

 bly, been introduced from Europe. D. C. fl. fr. 3. p. 584. 

 Tenore, syll. p. 302. L. commutata, Bernh. in Reichb. pi. crit. 

 19. t. 815. f. 1101. Ant. elatinoides, Tenore, fl. nap. 2. p. 48. 

 Ant. auriculatum, Lam. fl. fr. 2. p. 339. Cymbalaria Elatine. 

 Baumg. trans. 2. p. 208. Elatine hastata, Moench, meth. p. 

 524. Gray. brit. pi. 2. p. 321. Ant. Elatine, Lin. spec. p. 

 851. Oed. fl. dan. t. 426. Bull. herb. t. 245. Smith, engl. 

 bot. 10. t. 692. Gaud. fl. helv. 3. p. 147. but not of Sibth, 

 herb. Hall. hist. no. 340. Linaria segetum nummulariae folio 

 anrito et villoso, flore luteo, Tourn. inst. 1. p. 169. Mor. hist. 

 2. sect. 5. t. 14. f. 28. Lob. icon. 470. Blackw. herb. t. 170. 

 EXarivj), Diosc. 4. p. 40. This species comes very near the 

 preceding, but it is readily distinguished by its slender habit, 

 and the usually smaller hastate leaves, with acute auricles ; and 

 in the segments of the calyx being less cordate at the base. The 

 flowers are the same, but sometimes bluish. 



Var. /3, ccerulea (Chav. antirrh. p. 107.) flowers blue, larger ; 

 leaves broader, usually toothed. 0. H. Native of Egypt and 

 Mauritania. Linaria segetum nummulariae folio aurito et vil- 

 loso, flore cseruleo, Tourn. inst. p. 169. Elatine folio acumi- 

 nato, flore caeruleo, Bauh. pin. 253. Magn. bot. p. 89. 



Var. y, Sieberi (Chav. 1. c.) very villous ; leaves smaller, usu- 

 ally cordate-ovate, not hastate : calycine segments narrower. 

 . H. Native of Candia. ? L. Elatine, Sieb. in herb. Gay. 

 L. Sieberi, Rchb. fl. germ. sect. 2. p. 374. 



Var. I, hambsa (Chav. 1. c. p. 108.) flowers pale blue, larger; 

 spur hooked ; calycine segments almost linear. . H. Native 

 of the Island Ischia, on rocks ; and of Calabria and Camaria. 

 Ant. hamosum, Passy, in herb. D. C. et Merat. 



Var. t, peloria (Chav. 1. c.) flowers shape of those of L. vul- 

 garis, var.pelbria. 0. H. Hegets, in descript. L. spuria, in 

 icon. helv. 5. no. 1. 



Elatine, or Halbert-leaved Toad-Flax. Fl. June, Nov. 

 Britain. PI. trailing. 



19 L. GR^'CA (Chav. antirrh. p. 108.) villous ; lower leaves 

 ovate-oblong, or ovate, opposite : superior ones ovate-lanceo- 

 late, hastate, alternate, on short petioles ; pedicels capillary, 

 mucli longer than the leaves ; segments of calyx linear, very 

 acute, hardly exceeding the capsule. . H. Native of the 

 Grecian Islands, and the neighbouring continent ; Corsica and 

 Sardinia. Ant. Grse'cum, Bory, et Chaub. fl. pelop. no. 796. 



t. 21. L. Elatine, D. Urv. enum. p. 74. Sibth. et Smith, fl. 

 graec. icone. but not of Mill. Branches slender at first, erect- 

 ish, but at length prostrate, nearly simple. Pedicels stiff, bent, 

 or twisted at apex, quite glabrous. Corolla downy, citron co- 

 loured ; spur arched, at length straight, rather longer than the 

 corolla. Capsule glabrous. Testa of seeds brown, granularly 

 tubercled. 



Grecian Toad-Flax. Fl. July, Oct. PI. prostrate. 



20 L. CIRRHO'SA (Willd. enum. p. 689. D. C. fl. fr. 5. p. 

 407. Chav. antirrh. p. 109.) pilose, very slender ; leaves lan- 

 ceolate, or linear-lanceolate, hastate, alternate, petiolate ; pedi- 

 cels longer than the leaves, here and there twisted like tendrils ; 

 calycine segments linear-lanceolate, acute, shorter than the cap- 

 sule. . H. Native of the South of France, in corn fields ; 

 in Camaria ; Stoechades ; Corsica, near Ajaccio ; and on the 

 mountains about Bola ; Island of Ischia, in hedges ; Candia ; 

 and Egypt. Ten. syll. p. 302. Elatine tenuis, Moench, meth. 

 suppl. 171. Ant. cirrhosum, Lin. mant. 249. Jacq. hort. vind. 

 t. 82. Tenore, fl. neap. 2. p. 49. Linaria supina villosa, folio 

 sagittate, Till. pis. t. 32. f. 2. Habit of plant slender, pros- 

 trate. Corolla small, bluish ; palate white, marked with purple 

 dots ; spur almost straight, shorter than the corolla. Capsule 

 downy. Seeds ovate-truncate ; testa black, tubercular. 



Tendrilled Toad-Flax. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1771. PL 

 prostrate. 



21 L. ALSINSFO'LIA (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 729. Chav. antirrh. 

 p. 110.) leaves quite entire, downy: lower ones ovate, opposite, 

 on long petioles : superior ones ovate-cordate, mucronate, peti- 

 olate ; pedicels shorter than the petioles ; calycine segments 

 linear-lnnceolate, very acute, with membranous edges. 0. H. 

 Native of the small Islands between Corsica and Sardinia ; and 

 on the north-west shore of Sardinia ; and in the desert near the 

 Red Sea. Ant. alsinifolium, Viv. fl. cors. p. 10. The whole 

 herb is clothed with short white glandular hairs. Branches 

 erectish. Lower leaves 1 inch long. Calyx villous, ciliated. 

 Corolla small, yellow, with a straight, short, acute spur. Cap- 

 sule smoothish. Seeds roundish ; testa brown, granularly tuber- 

 cled. 



Chickrveed-leaved Toad-flax. PI. 1 foot. 



22 L. ^EGYPTI'ACA (Dum. Cours. bot. cult. ed. 1st. t. 11. p. 

 92. Chav. antirrh. p. 110.) suffruticose, downy ; leaves altern- 

 ate, ovate, usually tricuspidate, petiolate ; pedicels bent at top, 

 at length ending each in a spine ; calycine segments linear- 

 lanceolate, acute. Jj . F. Native of Egypt, in arid places 

 near Cairo ; and on the mountains of Cyrenaica. Ait. hort. 

 kew. ed. 2d. vol. 4. p. 11. Del. fl. aegypt. p. 95. t. 92. Ant. 

 spinescens, Viv. fl. libyc. p. 22. t. 27. f. 2. L. spinescens, 

 Spreng. syst. 2. p. 789. Ant. jEgyptiacum, Lin. syst. p. 464. 

 Lam. diet. 4. p. 350. Forsk. aegypt. p. 112. EX&vr], Diosc. 

 ex Sibth. The branches rise from the neck of the plant the 

 first year, but afterwards the neck becomes the form of a cau- 

 dex, and twisted; branches 1-3 feet long. Leaves glaucous, 

 2-3 lines long. Corolla small, yellowish ; spur blue, hooked. 

 Capsule downy. Seeds small ; testa granulately tubercled. 

 The L. spinescens of Viv. is only the old state of L. jEgyptiaca. 



Egyptian Toad-Flax. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1771. Shrub 

 trailing. 



23 L. FRUTICO'SA (Desf. fl. all. 2. p. 39. t. 133. Chav. 

 antirrh. p. 111.) stem suffruticose, villous, branched; leaves 

 alternate, petiolate, ovate-oblong, acutish, downy, rarely fur- 

 nished with one or two teeth at the base : superior ones entire ; 

 pedicels shorter than the leaves, erect ; calycine segments nar- 

 row, acute. Jj . F. Native of Barbary, on calcareous moun- 

 tains near Cafsa. Ant. fruticosum, Willd. spec. 3. p. 237. 

 Pers. ench. 2. p. 155. Stem woody, thick, twisted; branches 

 erect, villous. Leaves acutish, or obtuse, 3-4 lines long. Pedi- 



