%2^' DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA 



If this effed really follows, it is more probably ow- 

 ing to the poverty of the foil where the plants 

 grow, than to any particular quality in the plants 

 themfclves. 



ANTIRRHINUM. Gen. pi. 750. 



Col. 5-phyllus, Corolla bafis deorfum prominens, 

 nedarifera. Caps. 2-locularis. 



* Foliis aliernis floribus calcaratis. 

 "tnaria i. ANTIRRHINUM foliis lanceolato-linearibus con- 

 fertis, caule erefto, fpicis terminalibus fefTilibus, 

 floribus imbricatis. Sp. pi. 858. Ger. em. S^^- f- 

 I. Rivin. t. 83. Blackivell t. 115 J 



Common yellow Toad-flax Anglis. 



On the borders of corn-fields in many places, as in 

 Strath-Tay^ and between Dunketd and Blair., &c. 

 n. VIII. 



The fl:alk is 3 or 4 feet high, and often branch'd. 

 The leaves fmooth and glaucous : the flowers 

 are yellow, and grow in fpikes, at the tops of 

 the fl:alk and branches. The palate of the Corolla 

 is hairy and qrange-color'd. 

 3 peloria. There is a variety of this plant Ibmetimes found, 

 the Corolla having from two to five fpurs, and the 

 limb aflTuming a regular pentapetalous appear- 

 ance J but this is only a monftrous luxuriance, 

 as is evident from both kinds being upon the 

 fame plant, (vid.fig. Am^n. acad. I. 282. /. 3.) 



An ointment made of the leaves ftands recommend- 

 ed as a cure for the piles. 



This is the only fpecies of Antirrhinwm that I ob- 

 ferv'd growing wild in Scotland. ^Q^Q- 



