CL. XIV.] DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPEHMIA. 259 



variety occurs with a regular five-cleft, five-spurred corolla. Perennial : 

 flowers in June and July : grows in hedges, and at the edges of fields : 

 common. Eng. Bot. vol. x. pi. 658. Var. vol. iv. pi. 260. Eng.Fl. 

 vol. iii. p. 134. 910. 



6. L. minor. Least Toad-flax. Leaves lance-shaped, obtuse, downy, 

 alternate ; stems much branched, spreading ; calyx longer than the spur. 



Whole plant downy and clammy : stem from six to twelve inches 



high : flowers small, on long solitary, axillar stalks : tube, upper lip and 

 spur purplish, lower lip white, with yellow palate. Annual : flowers 

 from June to September : grows in sandy fields in England : rare. 

 Eng. Bot. vol. xxviii. pi. 2014. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 135. 911. 



28. ANTIRRHI'NUM. SNAP-DRAGON. 



Calyx of one leaf, with five deep, oblong, permanent segments, 

 the two lower more distant from each other. Corolla gaping ; 

 tumid at the base ; upper lip cleft; lower lip three-lobed, with an 

 elevated palate closing the mouth, and hollow beneath. Filaments 

 concealed by the upper lip ; anthers approaching each other. 

 Germen egg-shaped. Style thread-shaped ; stigma obtuse. Cap- 

 sule egg-shaped, oblique, two-celled. Seeds numerous, roundish. 

 Name, from anti, line, and rhin, a nose. 307. 



1. A. mtijus. Great Snap-dragon. Corolla with a rounded prominence 

 at the base ; flowers in a dense cluster ; leaves lance-shaped ; segments of 



the calyx egg-shaped, obtuse. Stem branched, leafy, downy, and 



clammy : leaves opposite or alternate, acute, recurved, smooth: flowers 

 large, rose-coloured, with a large yellow palate, white in front. Peren- 

 nial : flowers in June and July : grows on old walls : frequent, but is not 

 indigenous. Eng. Bot. vol. ii. pi. 129. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 135. 912. 



2. A. Orontium. Small Snap-dragon. Corolla with scarcely any promi- 

 nence at the base ; flowers loosely spiked ; calyx finger-shaped, longer 



than the corolla. Stem about a foot high, branched, leafy: leaves 



lance-shaped, somewhat stalked, alternate : flowers axillar, nearly sessile : 

 corolla rose-coloured, with a yellow palate. Annual : flowers in July 

 and August : grows in dry sandy fields in England : frequent. Eng. 

 Bot. vol. xvii. pi. 1155. Eg. Fl. vol. iii. p. 136. 913. 



29. SCROPHULA'RIA. FIGWORT. 



Calyx of one leaf, with five rounded, somewhat unequal, mar- 

 ginal segments, much shorter than the corolla. Corolla tubular, 

 unequal, reversed ; tube egg-shaped, large, inflated ; limb very 

 small, divided into five deep segments, the upper short, slightly 

 notched, reflected, two lateral ones spreading, two lower largest, 

 erect, often accompanied by a small internal lobe. Filaments 

 declining, nearly as long as the corolla; anthers terminal, two- 

 celled. Germen egg-shaped. Style simple, as long as the sta- 

 mens ; stigma simple. Capsule egg-shaped or globular, pointed, 

 two-celled, two-valved ; the partition formed by the edge of the 

 valves turned in. Seeds numerous, small, attached to a globose 

 central receptacle. Named from the resemblance of the roots to 

 scrofulous tumours. 308. 



