SCROPHULARINE. VII. LIXARIA. 



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fr. 3. p. 539. Chav. antirrh. p. 148.) quite glabrous ; leaves 

 linear, flat, acute : lower ones and those of the surculi verticil- 

 late : superior ones alternate : flowers in loose racemes ; seg- 

 ments of the calyx linear, longer than the corolla. 0. H. Na- 

 tive of the South of France, about Montpelier ; Cevennes, near 

 Florae ; South of Italy ; Sicily ; Corsica ; Dalmatia ; in Syria, 

 near Aleppo ; Islands of Scio, and Cyprus ; and the Peloponne- 

 sus. Tenor, syll. p. 303. Ant. album, Lam. fl. fr. 2. p. 345. 

 L. alba, Mcench. meth. p. 521. Ant. Chalepense, Lin. spec, 

 p. 859. Sibth. et Smith, fl. graec. t. 592. Ant. osyris, Cyr. 

 pi. rar. 2. p. 22. t. 9. but not of Fisch. Linaria annua angus- 

 tifolia, flosculis albis longius caudatis, Triumph, obs. 87. t. 87. 

 f. 2. Tourn. inst. p. 171. Osvris alba, Lob. icon. t. 408. 

 Mor. hist. 2. p. 502. sect. 5. t. 35. f. 9. Riv. mon. irr. t. 80. 

 f. 2. Root white. Leaves 1-2 inches long. Flowers on 

 short pedicels. Corolla small, white ; spur slender, arched, 

 longer than the corolla ; palate yellowish, sometimes marked by 

 a few violet lines. Capsule dehiscing by 6 deep teeth. Seeds 

 subtriquetrous, truncate at apex, narrowed at the base, scrobi- 

 culate. 



Aleppo Toad-Flax. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1680. PL 1 to 

 1| foot. 



67 L. CAKADE'XSIS (Dum. Cours. hot. cult. ed. 1st. vol. 2. p. 

 96. Chav. antirrh. p. 149. Hook. bot. mag. t. 3474.) leaves 

 linear, remote, glabrous, usually alternate ; those of the surculi 

 broader, opposite, or 3 in a whorl ; raceme loose, slender, atte- 

 nuated upwards ; pedicels longer than the bracteas ; calycine 

 segments acute, downy. G- H. Native of North America, 

 from Canada to Florida ; and South America, in Brazil, Peru, 

 and Chili, &c. Ant. Canadense, Lin. spec. p. 861. Vent. eels, 

 t. 49. Ant. pauciflorum, Poepp. in herb. D. C. with whitish 

 flowers. Gron. virg. p. 94. Plant with a slender habit. 

 Leaves | to 1 inch, acute. Flowers distant, nutant. Pedicels 

 downy. Corolla pale violet ; lower lip deflexed ; palate white, 

 rather depressed ; spur subulate, arched, acute, length of co- 

 rolla. Capsule nearly globose, dehiscing by 6-8 teeth. Seeds 

 prismatically tetragonal, furrowed, truncate at both ends, brown. 



Canadian Toad-Flax. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1812. PI. 1 

 to 1J foot. 



68 L. PORPC'RZA (Mill. diet. ed. 8th. no. 5. Mcench. meth. 

 p. 522. Chav. antirrh. p. 150.) quite glabrous, branched, erect ; 

 leaves linear, or linear-lanceolate ; lower and surculine ones 4-9 

 in a whorl : superior ones 3 in a whorl, opposite or alternate ; 

 raceme elongated ; calycine seirments linear, acute, spreading a 

 little. $ . or If. . H. Native of the South of Europe ; at the 

 bottom of Mount Vesuvius ; Naples, in vineyards and on hills ; 

 South of Italy ; Sicily ; Greece ; Tunis, in fields ; Switzerland, 

 but probably migrated from gardens. L. purpurascens, Bernh. 

 mss. Horn. hort. hafn. 2. p. 573. Ant. purpureum, Lin. 

 spec. p. 853. Gaertn. fruct. 1. p. 249. t. 53. Curt. bot. mag. 

 t. 99. Sibth. et Smith, fl. graec. t. 589. Riv. mon. irr. 82. 

 Mor. hist. sect. 5. t. 12. f. 16. Barrel, icon. t. 1021. Linaria 

 purpurea major odorata, Tourn. inst. p. 170. Root fibrous. 

 Stems purplish-green, usually spotted with purple above. 

 Leaves glaucescent, about an inch long. Flowers in loose 

 racemes; pedicels 2-3 in a fascicle. Corolla purplish blue; 

 upper lip short ; spur arched, length of corolla ; palate bearded 

 with white hairs along the edges ; tube striped with purple. 

 Capsule compressed, emarginate at top. Seeds subprismatic, 

 corrugated, black. 



Purple-forcered Toad-Flax. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1694. 

 PI. 2 to 4 feet. 



69 L. STRIA'TA (D. C. fl. fr. 3. p. 586. and 5. p. 407. Chav. 

 antirrh. p. 152.) quite glabrous ; branches erect or ascending, 

 branched ; leaves usually linear, verticillate or alternate ; those 

 of the surculi 4-5 in a whorl ; flowers racemose ; calycine seg- 

 ments linear-lanceolate or linear, acute. 1L. H. Native of 



France, in waste fields ; Pyrenees ; Switzerland ; Piedmont ; 

 Dalmatia, &c. L. stricta, Horn. hort. hafn. 2. p. 675. ex 

 Rchb. pi. crit. 5. t. 610. but not of Guss. with a yellowish 

 corolla. Ant. striatum, Lam. fl. fr. 2. p. 343. diet. 4. p. 351. 

 exclusive of the syn. of Lin. Ant. repens, Lin. spec. p. 854. 

 Smith, fl. brit. 2. p. 658. engl. bot. 1253. Ant. purpureum, 

 Schkuhr, handb. t. 172. ex Rchb. but not of Lin. L. decum- 

 bens, Mcench. meth. 523. Orontium supinum, Villem. phyt. 

 1. p. 408. Root rhizomatose, creeping, branched, tubercled, 

 fibrous, yellowish. Leaves 1-2 inches long. Racemes loose. 

 Corolla whitish-grey, rarely yellowish, striated with violet ; 

 palate yellow, bearded ; spur blumish, much shorter than the 

 corolla. Capsule dehiscing by 6 valves at apex. Valves gene- 

 rally bifid. Seeds oblong, truncate, a little curved, keeled, 

 tubercled, blackish. 



Var. /3, Monspestvlana (Chav. antirrh. p. 152.) leaves nar- 

 row, for the most part alternate, crowded, erect. % . H. Na- 

 tive of France, about Marseilles and Montpelier, in arid places. 

 L. Monspessulana, Mill. diet. no. 6. Dum. Cours. bot. cult, 

 ed. 1 st, vol. 2. p. 95. Ant. repens, /3, Monspessulanum, Pers. 

 ench. 2. p. 166. exclusive of the syn. of Lam. Dill. elth. p. 

 198. t. 163. f. 197. Linaria capillaceo folio odora, Tourn. inst. 

 1 70. Corollas deeper coloured than the species, and the plant 

 much taller, and more erect. 



Var. y, trittit (Chav. antirrh. p. 152.) leaves stiff 1 , trique- 

 trous, acutely keeled on the back, and channelled in front ; 

 palate of corolla yellow ; and both lips dirty white, and lined 

 with violet. If. H. Native of Mauritania, near Termignon 

 and Lans-le-Bourg. 



Var. ?, galiotdet (Chav. antirrh. p. 152.) leaves 4-6 in a 

 whorl ; whorls sometimes distant and sometimes approximate. 

 V. H. Native of the Pyrenees, in low places, &c. Ant. gali- 

 oides, Lam. diet. 4. p. 351. Plant simple, or branched at 

 top. 



Slriated-ftowered Toad-Flax. Fl. July, Oct. a. England, /3. 

 and /. ? PI. 1 to 3 feet. 



70 L. CORIFOLIA (Desf. cor. inst. Tourn. p. 32. t. 22. 

 Chav. antirrh. 154.) quite glabrous ; leaves linear-subulate, 

 alternate ; those of the surculi subverticillate ; flowers race- 

 mose, on short pedicels; calycine segments linear, acute. 2i. 

 H. Native of Asia Minor. Linaria orientalis cori folio, flore 

 leucophoeo, Tourn. cor. inst. p. 9. Root fibrous, elongated. 

 Leaves 4-8 lines long. Corollas size of those of L. purpurea, 

 whitish-violet ; lobes of the upper lip narrow ; spur straight, 

 short, acute, slender. Capsule unknown. 



Corit-leated Toad-Flax. PI. 1 to li foot. 



* * * Style thickened at top ; stigma somertlutt emarginate. 

 Seed* discoid, mith ciliated edges. (Chav. antirrh. t. 5. 

 f. 30.) 



71 L. PELISSERIA'KA (D. C. fl. fr. S. p. 589. Chav. antirrh. 

 p. 154.) glabrous, nearly simple; leaves linear, usually alter- 

 nate ; those of the surculi ovate-lanceolate, 3-5 in a whorl ; 

 flowers subcapitate, crowded ; calycine segments linear, very 

 acute. Q. H. Native of the South and middle of France; 

 Eastern Pyrenees ; South of Italy, on dry hills ; Sicily ; Corsica, 

 and Sardinia ; Candia ; Greece ; about Constantinople ; Syria, and 

 Peloponnesus. Ait. hort. kew. ed. 2d. vol. 4. p. 14. Guss. prod, 

 fl. sic. 1. p. 164. Ant. Pelisserianum, Lin. spec. 855. Sibth. et 

 Smith, fl. graec. t. 591. Cup. paraph. 1. t. 229. Rafin. t. 101. 

 f. 1. ex Guss. Barrel, icon. 1162. Buxb. cent. 1. p. 25. f. 2. 

 Leaves beyond half an inch long. Corolla purplish-violet ; 

 palate white, with violet veins ; spur straight, long, acute. 

 Capsule emarginate at top, dehiscing by 6 teeth. 



far. J3, gracilis (Chav. antirrh. p. 155.) plant simple, very 

 slender; flowers smaller, and pale blue. Q. H. Native about 

 Montpelier and the Southern provinces of France, not far from 



