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SCROPHULARINEjE. VII. LINARIA. 



Hieres. L. Pelisseriana, ft, D. C. et Guss. 1. c. Ant. gracile, 

 Pers. ench. 2. p. 156. Ant. Pelisserianum, Mont. Font, ex 

 Pers. 



Felisser's Toad-Flax. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1640. PI. 1 

 foot. 



4. Leaves quite glabrous, linear, linear-oblong, or nearly 

 lanceolate : loner ones verticillate : upper ones alternate. 

 Flowers small, usually subcapitate at the tops of the branches. 

 Corolla hardly more than S lines long, with the spur. Erect 

 herbs. 



* Calyx glabrous. Seeds ovate or oblong. 



72 L. MINUTIFLORA (Meyer, verz. pflanz. p. 109.) quite gla- 

 brous, glaucous ; leaves oblong, acutish, verticillate or alter- 

 nate ; flowers subspicate ; calycine segments linear-oblong, 

 acutish ; corolla yellowish, small, hardly longer than the caly- 

 cine segments ; spur very short, conical, straight ; seeds oblong, 

 full of impressed dots. Q. H. Native of Caucasus, near 

 Baku. 



Minute-jtoivered Toad-Flax. PL 1 foot ? 



73 L. AL'BIFRONS (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 793. Chav. antirrh. 

 p. 156.) glaucous ; leaves nearly lanceolate : lower ones 3-4 in 

 a whorl : superior ones alternate ; flowers subcapitate ; calycine 

 segments linear-oblong, obtuse. Q. H. Native of Greece, in 

 the Island of Rhodes. Ant. albifrons, Sibth. et Smith, fl. grsec. t. 

 588. Leaves an inch long. Corolla white ? a little longer than the 

 calyx ; spur very short, curved. Capsule opening by 6 small 

 valves. Seeds obliquely ovoid ; testa alveolate, blackish. 



White-faced Toad-Flax. PL J to 1 foot. 



* * Calyx downy. Seeds discoid, marginate ; disc smooth. 



74 L. MICRA'NTHA (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 794. Chav. ant. p. 

 156.) glaucous; lower leaves oblong-lanceolate, 3-4 in a whorl : 

 superior ones alternate ; flowers spicately racemose ; calycine 

 segments linear-subspatulate, ciliated. O- H. Native of Spain, 

 in cultivated fields of Real Retire ; Sardinia, and Corsica ; 

 Algiers ; Island of Rhodes ; Levant ; Caucasus, near Baku, and 

 between Baku and Sallian. Ant. micranthum, Cav. icon. 1. p. 

 51. t. 69. f. 3. Willd. spec. 3. p. 246. Sibth. et Smith, fl. 

 grsec. t. 587. L. parviflora, Desf. fl. all. 2. p. 44. t. 137. 

 Spreng. syst. 2. p. 793. Ant. parviflorum, Willd. spec. 3. p. 

 245. Pers. ench. 2. p. 156, but not of Jacq. Plant sometimes 

 furnished with surculi. Leaves somewhat 3-nerved, acute, an 

 inch long. Flowers small. Calyx clothed with glandular 

 down. Corolla pale blue ; palate white ; spur incurved. Cap- 

 sule opening by 6 valves. Seeds somewhat kidney-shaped, sur- 

 rounded by a broad margin. 



Small-flowered Toad-Flax. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1820. PL 

 \ to | foot. 



75 L. ARVE'NSIS (Desf. fl. atl. 2. p. 45. D. C. fl. fr. 3. p. 588. 

 Chav. antirrh. p. 157.) erect, branched or simple, downy at top ; 

 leaves linear, bluntish, glaucous : lower ones 4 in a whorl : 

 upper ones usually alternate ; flowers disposed in capitate 

 racemes ; bracteas deflexed ; calycine segments linear-oblong, 

 acutish, clothed with clammy down, as well as the pedicels. 

 . H. Native of Europe, in sandy fields, particularly in the 

 south ; southern provinces of France, Sicily, Italy, Greece, 

 Peloponnesus, Levant, Barbary. L. carnosa, Mcench. meth. p. 

 523. Ant. arvense, Lin. spec. p. 855. ? Schkuhr, handb. f. 

 172. Linaria arvensis, caerulea erecta, Bauh. pin. p. 213. 

 Tourn. inst. 170. Dill. elth. 199. t. 163. f. 198. Herb glau- 

 cescent, downy at top, and often furnished with surculi at the 

 base. Leaves glabrous, 6-12 lines long, reflexed, and revolute : 

 lower ones 4-6 in a whorl. Corolla small, blue ; spur curved, 

 slender ; palate smoothish. 



Far. ft, simplex (Chav. antirrh. p. 157.) flowers subcapitate; 

 corolla yellow, sometimes elegantly striped with purple, a little 



larger than the species ; spur usually straight. 0. H. Native 

 of the South of France, frequent; Lucania, Calabria, Spain, 

 Sardinia ; near Smyrna, and about Constantinople ; Caucasus, 

 about Baku ; Barbary. L. simplex, D. C. fl. fr. 3. p. 588. L. 

 arvensis, var. Desf. fl. atl. 2. p. 45. Ant. simplex, Willd. spec. 

 3. p. 243. Tenore, fl. neap. 2. p. 50. but not of Link. Ant. 

 parviflorum, Jacq. icon. rar. 3. t. 499. but not of Desf. under 

 Linaria. Ant. arvense, Lin. spec. p. 855. var. ft, et y, Sibth. 

 et Smith, fl. graec. t. 590. var. ft. Cupan. pamph. 2. t. 159. 

 Raf. t. 92. f. 2. Column, ecphr. p. 299 and 300. icone. Clus. 

 hist. p. 321. icon. 



Corn Toad-Flax. Fl. July, Aug. Clt.? ft. 1816. PL 1 

 to 2 feet. 



5. Leaves narrow, linear, linear-lanceolate, or nearly lance- 

 olate, small: loner ones usually 4 in a whorl: superior ones 

 alternate. Flomers usually capilalely racemose at the tops of the 

 branches, fen ; bracteas usually deflexed. Commonly procum- 

 bent and diffuse herbs, furnished nith numerous stem-formed 

 branches. 



* Seeds discoid, girded by broad, membranous margins ; 

 disk smooth. 



76 L. MARGINALIA (Desf. in act. soc. par. 1. p. 36. t. 7. fl. 

 atl. 2. p. 43. Chav. antirrh. p. 159.) glabrous; leaves linear- 

 lanceolate, or linear, glaucous : lower ones verticillate, the rest 

 alternate ; bracteas deflexed ; segments of the calyx linear- 

 oblong, acutish, quite glabrous. I/ . H. Native on Mount 

 Atlas, in the fissures of rocks near Tlemsen. Ant. marginatum, 

 Lam. diet. 4. p. 355. Willd. spec. 3. p. 248. Branches decum- 

 bent. Lower leaves 4-6 in a whorl, 1 to 1 5 inch long. Flow- 

 ers on short pedicels. Corolla of a yellowish rust colour, stri- 

 ated, size of those of L. vulgaris ; palate marked by 2 dark pur- 

 ple spots, bearded with white hairs on the lower margin ; spur 

 longer than the corolla, straight, acute. Seeds convex on one 

 side, and concave on the other. 



Margined-seeded Toad-Flax. PL decumbent. 



77 L. TRISTIS (Mill. diet. ed. 8th. no. 8. fig. 2. t. 166. Chav. 

 antirrh. p. 160.) glaucous, downy at top ; leaves linear, or linear- 

 oblong : lower ones 3-4 in a whorl : upper ones opposite, or 

 alternate ; flowers approximate, sometimes nearly opposite ; 

 bracteas deflexed ; calycine segments linear-subspatulate, obtuse, 

 downy. If. F. Native near Gibraltar. Ant. triste, Lin. syst. 

 465. Lam. diet. 4. p. 354. Curt. bot. mag. t. 74 Mart. 

 hist. pi. rar. dec. 35. f. 2. Dill. elth. 201. t. 264. f. 199. 

 Leaves glabrous, obtuse. Corolla size of those of L. vulgaris, 

 nearly the colour of those of Lotus jacobts us, and all the shades 

 from that to yellow ; spur thick, striated, arched at the base, 

 about equal in length to the corolla ; palate brown at the base, 

 or yellow ; citron coloured at apex, bearded. 



Var. ft. tenuifdlia (Chav. antirrh. p. 160.) leaves very narrow ; 

 flowers crowded, a little smaller ; corolla sometimes purplish. 

 I/ . H. Native along with the species. Ant. aerugineum, Gouan. 

 ill. p. 38. Linaria tenuifolia aeruginei coloris, Bauh. pin. p. 

 212. Tourn. inst. p. 170. Linaria Hispanica II., Clus. hist, 

 p. 320. 



,SW-flowered Toad-Flax. FL July, Aug. Clt. 1722. PL 

 decumbent. 



78 L. SUPI'NA (Desf. fl. all. 2. p. 44. D. C. fl. fr. 3. p. 588. 

 Chav. antirrh. p. 160.) diffuse, procumbent, or ascending ; 

 leaves linear, obtuse : lower ones 4-5 in a whorl : superior ones 

 alternate ; calycine segments linear, or linear subspatulate, pu- 

 bescent, if.. F. Native of the south and middle of France, 

 in sandy places ; Piedmont ; Italy and Spain ; Barbary. Ant. 

 simplex, Link, in Schrad. journ. 1799. vol. 2. p. 300. but not of 

 Willd. Ant. bipunctatum, Thuill. fl. par. ed. 2. p. 311, but not 

 of Lin. nor Cav. L. filiformis, Mcench. meth. p. 523, but not 

 of Poir. under Ant. L. Thuilleri, Merat, fl. par. ed. 3d. vol. 



