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aperture in the different species. Seeds: very many. Recep- 

 tacle*: reiiiibrni, solitary, affixed to the partition. ESSEN- 

 TIAL CHARACTER. Galix : five-leaved. Corolla: with the 

 base produced downwards, and nectariferous. Capsule: 



two-celled. The species are, 



* Leaves angular. 



1. Antirrhinum Cymbalaria ; Ivy-leaped Toadflax. Leaves 

 heart-shaped, five-lobed, alternate ; stalks procumbent. 

 Hoot perennial. A native of Italy, but is now become 

 common upon walls in and near London. The whole plant 

 is smooth, and has a disagreeable smell, varying a white 

 flower: it flowers from June until October; and is well 

 adapted to ornament rock-work, which if moist, it will soon 

 cover with a thick tapestry. When once established it is 

 hard to eradicate, and will thrive in any situation. 



2. Antirrhinum Pilosum ,- Hairy-leaved Toadflax. Leaves 

 kidney-shaped, hairy, alternate. Native of the Alps. 



3. Antirrhinum Elatine ; Sharp-pointed Toadflax, or 

 FlueUin. Leaves hastate, alternate ; stalks procumbent. 

 Kootannual, whitish : the whole plant is hairy, and varies with 

 blue arid yellow flowers. It grows wild in corn-fields in Italy, 

 Germany, France, Switzerland, and England, and flowers 

 with us from July till October. It is the bitterest plant of 

 the whole genus ; and the expressed juice, or distilled water, 

 is said to check foul old ulcers, disposing them to heal. It is 

 likewise a good medicine for internal bruises, the bloody 

 flux, and other haemorrhages, such as the overflowing of the 

 menses. The leaves bruised, and applied with barley-meal 

 to watery eyes that are hot and inflamed by defluxions of 

 the head, is said to be very efficacious. Cnlpeper informs us, 

 that this herb was originally named the Female Speedwell;' 

 and gravely adds, that it received its present name of FlueUin 

 from the gratitude of a Welsh gentleman whose nose it had 

 preserved from the dreadful ravages of the venereal disease. 

 But notwithstanding he avers, if taken inwardly it may cure 

 that disorder, its antivenereal virtues are entirely unknown 

 at the present day ; though he is probably correct, in call- 

 ing it a herb of a fine cooling and drying quality. The seeds 

 ripeu in autumn, and if sown or permitted to scatter at that 

 time, will produce an abundant crop. 



4. Antirrhinum Spurium ; Round-leaved Toadflax, or 

 FlueUin. Leaves ovate, alternate ; stalks procumbent. Grows 

 wild in the fields of Germany, England, France, and Italy. 



5. Antirrhinum Cirrhosum ; Tendrilled Toadflax. Leaves 

 hastate, alternate ; stems spreading ; petioles every where 

 tendrilled.- Annual ; and a native of Egypt. 



6. Antirrhinum ^Egyptiacum ; Egyptian Toadflax. Leaves 

 hastate, alternate ; stein erect, very branching ; peduncles 

 stiffish. Corolla yellow, with a purplish dotted palate. A 

 native of Egypt. 



** Leaves opposite. 



7. Antirrhinum Triphyllum; Three-leaved Toadflax. Leaves 

 ternate, ovate. An annual plant, with yellow flowers. Na- 

 tive of Spain and Portugal. It seldom ripens its seed in Eng- 

 land, where it flowers in July. The seeds should be sown in 

 spring, upon a warm dry border. Thin and weed them when 

 they come tip, which is all the culture they require. 



8. Antirrhinum Triornitbophorum. Leaves in fours, lan- 

 ceolate ; stem erect, branching, flowers pedunclcd. It has 

 large purple flowers. Native of Portugal and America. 



9. Antirrhinum Purpureum ; Purple Toadflax. Leaves 

 quaternate, linear ; flower-bearing stem erect, spiked. Root 

 perennial ; corolla all purple. Native of Italy, about Naples, 

 and :it the foot of Mount Vesuvius.flowcring from July till Sep- 

 tember. The seeds of this and the threee following species, if 

 permitted to scatter, will produce plenty of youngplants with- 



out any further care ; they prefer a dry soil, and when 

 placed upon an old wall, they will come up, and endure 

 longer than uppn the ground. They may also be increased 

 by parting the roots. 



10. Antirrhinum Versicolor; Spike-flowered Toadflax. 

 Leaves linear-lanceolate ; the lower ones ternate ; stem erect, 

 spiked. A native of the southern countries of Europe ; 

 resembling Common Toadflax. See the ninth species. 



11. Antirrhinum Repens ; Creeping Toadflax. Leaves 

 linear, crowded, below quaternate ; calices equalling the 

 capsule. It has a perennial root, and pale blue flowers, des- 

 titute of scent, which appear in July, and s?ed in autumn. 

 Native of France, Italy, and England, in Hertfordshire, and 

 about Henley in Oxfordshire. See the ninth species. 



12. Antirrhinum Monspessulanum ; Montpellier Toailflai. 

 Leaves linear, filiform, succulent, scattered, crowded; stem 

 erect ; spur shorter than the calix. Root perennial ; flowers 

 in loose spikes, of a pale blue colour, and sweet smell. 

 Found near Montpellier in the south of France, and in Eng- 

 land near Penryn in Cornwall. See the ninth species. 



13. Antirrhinum Sparteum ; Branching Toadflax. Leaves 

 awl-shaped, channelled, fleshy ; the lower ones ternate ; 

 stem panicled, and corollas yellow, very smooth, flowering 

 in May and June, and very common in a dry sandy soil 

 about Madrid. It may be sown in spring like other hardy 

 annuals, but will flower earlier if raised in the autumn. 



14. Antirrhinum Bipunctatum ; Dotted-Jlowered Toadflax. 

 Leaves linear, smooth ; the lower ones quaternate ; stem 

 erect, panicled ; flowers spike-headed. It is an annual plant, 

 growing wild in the corn-fields of France, Spain, and Italy ; 

 and producing a yellow flower in May and June. 



15. Antirrhinum Triste ; Dark-flowered Toadflax. Leaves 

 linear, scattered, the inferior ones opposite ; nectaries awl- 

 shaped ; flowers subsessile. Corolla very dark purple ; capi 

 sule shaped like the human skull. Native of Spain ; flower- 

 ing during most of the summer months. It is easily propa* 

 gated by cuttings, which if watered and shaded will soon take 

 root, and may be afterwards planted in pots filled with light 

 fresh undunged earth, which may have plenty of free air in 

 mild weather, but must be sheltered in winter. 



16. Antirrhinum Supinum ; Procumbent Toadflax. Leaves 

 subquaternate, linear; stalk diffused ; flowers racemed ; spur 

 straight. Native of sandy grounds in France and Spain. 



17. Antirrhinum Arvense ; Yellow Corn Toadflax. Leaves 

 sublinear, the lower ones quaternate ; calices hairy viscid ; 

 flowers spiked ; stem erect. It varies with flowers blue or 

 yellow. Grows in the sandy corn-fields of Italy, France, 

 Germany, or England. 



18. Antirrhinum Peliserianum ; fiolet-coloured Toadflax. 

 Stem-lcaveslinear, alternate ; root-leaves lanceolate, ternate; 

 flowers corymbed, purple, with a white palate, marked with 

 obscure purple veins. Native of France and Italy. Annual. 



19. Antirrhinum Saxatile ; Rock Toadflax. Leaves lan- 

 ceolate-linear, scattered, villose; the inferior quaternate; 

 stem decumbent; flowers spiked. Root perennial; corolla 

 yellow, with two orange spots on the palate. Native of Spain. 



20. Antirrhinum Viscosum ; Clawuny Snapdragon. Root- 

 leaves quaternate, lanceolate ; stem-leaves linear, alternate ; 

 caliecs villnsp, approximating the stem. 'Native of Spain. 



':\. Antirrhinum Multieaiile ; Many-stalked Toadflax. 

 Leaves quinatc, linear, fleshy ; flowers headed. There are 

 two varieties, one with a deep yellow, the other with a sul- 

 phur-coloiired (lower. Native of Sicily and the Levant. 



1'2. AntirrhiiHiniGlaucum. Leaves quaternate, awl -shaped, 

 fleshy : .stems erect ; (lowers spiked. An annual, with a yel- 

 low corolla. Native of the south of Europe aud the Lei-ant. 



