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SCROPHULARINE.E. VII. LINAIUA. 



viscosum, Curt. bot. mag. t. 368. Ant. hirtum, Lin. syst. p. 

 446. spec. p. 857. Jacq. icon. rar. 1. p. 12. t. 117. Hoffm. 

 et Link, fl. port. p. 246. Plant clothed with clammy, glandular 

 hairs. Leaves half stem-clasping, 1-2 inches long. Corolla 

 yellow, showy, marked by green stripes, 9-14 lines long, with 

 the spur, which is straight, and equal in length to the corolla ; 

 palate fulvous. Capsule opening by 6 small valves at apex. 

 Seeds compressed, sub-discoid, obscurely triquetrous; testa grey, 

 scrobiculate. 



Hairy Toad-Flax. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1759. PI. J to lj 

 foot. 



32 L. CAVANILLE'SU (Chav. antirrh. p. 117.) villous, erect ; 

 leaves ovate, subpetiolate, usually 3 in a whorl ; flowers crowded ; 

 calycine segments oblong, contracted at the base : superior one 

 the longest. Q. H. Native of Spain, on the shady mountains 

 of la Cova Alta, near Albayda and Palomera. Ant. triphyl- 

 lum, Cav. icon. 2. p. 61. t. 179, exclusive of all the synonymes. 

 Linaria Hispanica trifolia latifolia villosa, Tourn. inst. p. 169. 

 Branches branched at top, clothed with capitate or glandular 

 hairs, like the rest of the plant. Leaves \ inch long and more, 

 3-nerved, bluntish. Flowers crowded into a spike-formed 

 raceme. Corolla almost like that of the preceding, pale yellow ; 

 spur a little incurved ; superior lip whitish, marked with brown 

 lines. Capsule downy, opening by 6 teeth at apex. Seed 

 almost similar to those of the last. 



Cavanillests Toad-Flax. Fl. April, July. PI. 1 foot. 



33 L. TRIPHY'LLA (Mill. diet. ed. 8. no. 2. Desf. fl. atl. 2. 

 p. 40. Chav. ant. p. 118.) quite glabrous, glaucous, erect, or 

 ascending ; leaves ovate and elliptic, usually 3 in a whorl ; 

 flowers disposed in dense, spicate racemes ; calycine segments 

 oblong, or ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, shorter than the capsule. 

 0. H. Native of Italy, Calabria, Spain, Portugal, Sicily, Cor- 

 sica, France, &c. Tenore, syll. p. 303. L. glabrata, H. B. et 

 Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 2. p. 362. L. neglecta, Clarke and 

 Guss. pi. sic. rar. p. 249. fl. sic. t. 305. f. 1. Tenore, syll. p. 

 303. Ant. tricolor, Hort. Ant. triphyllum, Lin. spec. 2. p. 

 85. Lam. fl. fr. 2. p. 344. Gaertn. fruct. 1. p. 249. t. 53. 

 Curt. bot. mag. 324. Viv. fl. libyc. 33. Tenore, fl. neap. 2. p. 

 49. Sabb. hort. rom. 3. t. 4. Plukn. t. 96. f. 4. Barrel, pi. 



rar. p. 44. t. 22. Mor. hist. sect. 5. t. 12. f. 2 Cup. pamph. 



2. t. 57. Clus. hist. 1. p. 320. icone. Lob. icon. 408. Clus. 

 hisp. 351. icon. Linaria triphylla minor lutea, Bauh. pin. 212. 

 Tourn. inst. p. 169. Lower leaves an inch long, obtuse, or 

 acutish : upper ones smaller, 3 in a whorl, opposite, or alternate, 

 attenuated at both ends. Upper segment of calyx rather the 

 largest. Corolla variegated with three colours, blue, white, and 

 yellow ; spur arched, almost the length of the corolla : upper 

 lip pale purplish blue, lower one smaller and whitish ; the 

 palate yellow ; the spur blue, or violaceous, acute. Capsule 

 furrowed, opening by 6 valves at apex. Seeds prismatic, sub- 

 triquetrous, angular ; testa brown, reticulately excavated. 



Far. /3, ccerulea (Chav. antirrh. p. 118.) corollas nearly all 

 blue; leaves narrower; plant more slender. 0. H. Linaria 

 tripbyllos caerulea, Bauh. pin. p. 212. Tourn. inst. p. 169. 

 Mor. hist. sect. 5. t. 12. f. 23. Linaria neglecta, var. /3, Guss. 

 icon. fl. sic. t. 305. f. 2. 



Far. y, Peloria (Rcem. arch. bot. 1. p. 125.) corollas shaped 

 like those of Peloria, var. of L. vulgaris. 



Three-leaved Toad-Flax. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1596. PI. 

 1 to 2 feet. 



34 L. VIRGA'TA (Desf. fl. atl. 2. p. 41. t. 135. Chav. antirrh. 

 p. 119.) glabrous, glaucescent ; branches erect, simple, twiggy ; 

 lower leaves ovate, 3 in a whorl : superior ones ovate-lanceo- 

 late, generally alternate ; flowers disposed in spicate racemes ; 

 calycine segments linear, very acute, exceeding the capsule. Q. 

 H. Native of Numidia, Poir. ; in corn-fields of Algiers, Desf. ; 



1 



in fields near Tripoli ; and in the Great Syrtus, Viv. Ant. vir- 

 gatum, Poir. itin. 2. p. 192. Lam. ill. t. 531. f. 4. Viv. fl. 

 libyc. p. 33. Branches erect, or decumbent. Leaves mucro- 

 nulate, 5-9 lines long. Bracteas and calyxes hairy. Corolla 

 blue ; spur subulate, twice as long as the corolla : upper lip 

 elongated. Capsule opening by 6 teeth at apex. Seeds subtri- 

 quetrous, angular ; testa brown, scrobiculate. 



Twiggy Toad-Flax. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1817. PI. \ to 

 1 foot. 



35 L. REFLE'XA (Desf. fl. atl. 2. p. 42. D. C. fl. fr. 3. p. 

 585. Chav. antirrh. p. 119.) glabrous, procumbent; leaves 

 ovate, acute, glaucous : lower ones 3 in a whorl : superior ones 

 alternate ; flowers in loose racemes ; pedicels longer than the 

 leaves, reflexed after flowering ; calycine segments sub-lanceo- 

 late, acute. . H. Native of Corsica, Sicily, Sardinia, Italy, 

 Tunis, in corn-fields. Guss. prod. fl. sic. p. 162. Tenore, 

 syll. p. 303. L. rhegina, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 792. Ant. pros- 

 tratum, Cyr. in herb. Moricand. Ant. reflexum, Lin. syst. p. 

 557. spec. p. 857. All. misc. taur. 2. p. 205. t. 1. Sibth. et 

 Smith, fl. grsec. t. 593. Corolla pale blue, rarely white ; palate 

 yellow ; spur straight, twice or thrice as long as the corolla, 

 subulate, acute ; upper lip erect, elongated. Capsule dehiscing 

 by 6 valves at apex. Seeds subreniform ; testa brown, pitted. 



Rejlexed-yedicelled Toad-Flax. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1810. 

 PI. procumbent. 



36 L. PEDUNCULA'TA (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 797. Chav. antirrh. 

 p. 120.) quite glabrous, ascending; lower leaves ovate-lance- 

 olate, obtuse, 3 in a whorl, and opposite : middle and upper 

 ones oblong, alternate ; flowers on long pedicels ; pedicels at 

 length firm, not reflexed ; calycine segments linear-oblong, 

 obtuse, shorter than the capsule. . H. Native of Spain, 

 as about La Torre Gorda, Malaga : Gibraltar, &c. L. 

 transtagana, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 792, exclusive of the syn. of 

 Link. Ant. spartium, Saltzm. exsic. in herb. D. C, et Gay, 

 but not of Lin. Ant. pedunculatum, Lin. spec. 2. p. 857. 

 Lam. diet. 4. p. 363. Branches woody at the base, and often 

 without leaves ; young branches leafy and decumbent. Leaves 

 3-4 lines long, like those of Polygbnum aviculare. Corolla 

 blue, marked with deeper veins, size of those of L. origanifolia ; 

 palate yellow ; spur straight, subulate, shorter than the corolla. 

 Capsule opening by 6 small valves at apex. Seeds reniform ; 

 testa black, muricated. Flowers loose. 



Pedunculate-flowered Toad-Flax. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1810. 

 PI. I to 1 foot. 



37 L. FLA'VA (Desf. fl. atl. 2. p. 42. t. 1 36. D. C. fl. fr. 3. 

 p. 729. Chav. antirrh. p. 121.) glabrous, erect; lower leaves 

 ovate, or ovate-oblong, 3 in a whorl : superior ones oblong- 

 linear, alternate : flowers terminal, few, on short pedicels ; 

 calycine segments broadly linear, obtuse, shorter than the cap- 

 sule. . H. Native of Barbary, in corn-fields near La 

 Calle ; Numidia ; Sardinia ; Corsica, in sand by the sea near 

 Ajaccio ; and of Spain. Ant. flavum, Poir. itin. 2. p. 191. 

 Lam. diet. 4. p. 358. Lower leaves 4-6 lines long : superior 

 ones smaller, all obtuse and glaucous. Corolla small, deep yel- 

 low ; spur acute, about equal in length to the corolla. Capsule 

 opening by 6 small valves. Seeds subreniform ; testa black, 

 pitted. 



Yellow-flowered Toad-Flax. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. 

 PI. l to 1 foot. 



38 L. CRETA'CEA (Fisch. exsic. in herb. D. C. Spreng. 

 syst. 2. p. 791. Chav. antirrh. p. 122.) glabrous ; leaves ovate, 

 acutish, glaucescent : lower ones 3 in a whorl : superior ones 

 opposite and alternate ; flowers spicately racemose, few ; caly- 

 cine segments linear-lanceolate, acute, very short. Q. H. 

 Native in cretaceous places at the river Don. Branches branched 

 at top. Leaves crowded, 4-6 lines long : upper ones smaller. 



