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23. Antirrhinum Alpinum ; Alpine Toadflax. Leaves 

 quaternate, linear-lanceolate, sea-green ; stem diffuse; flow- 

 ers racemetl, with a straight spur. Root perennial; flowers 

 very elegant, of a fine violet purple colour, with a rich gold- 

 colour in the centre, and which blows most part of the 

 summer. The plant has a bitter disagreeable taste. Na- 

 tive of moist rocky places in the Alps. This beautiful flower 

 may be propagated by cuttings, as well as seeds, which it 

 does not produce plentifully in England. It succeeds best 

 in a pot or on rock-work, but requires some care. 



24. Antirrhinum Bicorne ; Horned Toadflax. Leaves 

 opposite, ovate-oblong, serrate ; stem erect ; flowers race- 

 med ; capsules two-horned. An annual; native of the Cape. 



25. Antirrhinum Villosum. All the leaves opposite, ovate, 

 >illose; stems simple ; flowers yellow, opposite, lateral. 

 Observed in Spain. Perennial. 



26. Antirrhinum Origanifolium. Leaves mostly opposite, 

 oblong; flowers alternate. Annual; growing wild upon the 

 Pyrenees, and near Marseilles. 



97. Antirrhinum Pinnatum. Leaves opposite, pinnatifid ; 

 .-tern erect; flowers racemed. Native of the Cape. 

 *** Leaves alternate. 



'28. Antirrhinum Minus ; Lesser Toadflax. Leaves mostly 

 alternate, lanceolate, obtuse ; stem very much branched, 

 diffuse. The corolla is small, the tube and upper lip violet, 

 the beard and chin whitish, and the throat closed with a 

 pile of orange hairs. Annual ; flowering from June till 

 September, and growing wild in corn-fields, dry pastures, 

 and upon walls in most parts of Europe. 



29. Antirrhinum Dalmaticum. Leaves alternate, heart- 

 shaped ; stem-clasping. The flowers, which are of a deep 

 yellow colour, appear in July, but seldom produce ripe seed 

 in England. Native of Crete and Armenia. It is propagated by 

 seed, sown early in the spring, upon a border of light earth, 

 removing them, when they come up, to pots of light sandy 

 earth placed in the shade, till they take root, and under a 

 hot-bed frame after October, to preserve them from the frost. 

 It will endure more ct>ld than the other species. 



30. Antirrhinum Hirtum ; Hairy Toadflax. Leaves lan- 

 ceolate, shaggy ; flowers spiked, the upper leaf of the calix 

 largest. Annual; having a pale yellowflower, with a few dark 

 stripes, and the chaps of a gold colour. Native of Spain. 



31. Antirrhinum Genistifolium ; Urown-leaved Toadflax. 

 Leaves lanceolate, acuminate ; panicle wand-like, flexuose ; 

 flowers bright yellow. Native of Siberia, Lower Austria, 

 Switzerland, Dauphiny, and Piedmont. 



32. Antirrhinum Junceum ; Rush-stalked Toadflax. Leaves 

 linear, alternate ; stem panicled, wand-like ; flowers racemed. 

 Discovered in Spain. 



33. Antirrhinum Linaria ; Common Yellow Toadflax, or 

 Culm-snout. Leaves lanceolate-linear, crowded ; stem erect; 

 spikes terminal, sessile ; flowers imbricate. Root perennial, 

 hard, woody, creeping; stems several, one to two feet high, 

 full of leaves, round and smooth ; leaves pointed, blueish, 

 growing without order ; flowers yellow, with orange palates, 

 in a thick terminal spike. It grows wild in most parts of 

 Europe upon banks by road-sides, and in dry pastures, flower- 

 ing from June till August. In Worcestershire it is called 

 Butter-and-Eggs, from the colour of its flowers It abounds 

 in an acrid oil, that is almost empyreumatic ; and when 

 inwardly given, excites nausea, purges, and increase of urine. 

 The fresh tops are used : an infusion of them works by urine, 

 and has been recommended by some in the jaundice, and 

 other diseases arising from obstructions in the viscera ; but 

 Hill says, We have so many English plants that excel in 

 this particular, and the taste of the infusion is so far from 



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agreeable, that it is not worth while to have recourse to it. 

 Withering prescribes an infusion of the leaves as both diu- 

 retic and purgative, and informs us that an ointment pre- 

 pared from them gives relief in the piles. A deeoction of 

 the whole pLuit, in all, purges briskly, operates by urine, 

 and is frequently found serviceable in the jaundice and in- 

 cipient dropsies. The juice of the leaves cleanses old ulcerous 

 sores. The plant is very apt to spread so as to become 

 troublesome, and therefore is seldom admitted into gardens. 

 The flowers however make a pretty appearance, and are well 

 worth retaining in pots. 



34. Antirrhinum Linifolium. Leaves lanceolate, three- 

 nerved ; flowers racemed ; peduncles distant, shorter than 

 the bracte. Corolla yellow ; spur the length of the flower. 

 It is perennial, and found upon the sea-coasts of Italy. 



35. Antirrhinum Chalepense ; White-flowered Toadflax. 

 Leaves linear-lanceolate, alternate ; flowers in racemes, 

 white ; calix longer than the corolla ; stem erect. An annual, 

 flowering in July, and ripening seed in autumn. Native of 

 Sicily, Italy, and France. 



36. Antirrhinum Reflexum. Leaves ovate, smooth; pe- 

 duncles axillary, fruit-bearing, elongate, recurved ; stem pro- 

 cumbent. Rootannual; corolla white, withayellowmouth. 

 It flowers in May and June ; and is common in vineyards and 

 gardens about Messina; and has been found in Barbary. 



37. Antirrhinum Pedunculatum. Leaves linear, remote ; 

 flowers panicled ; peduncles longer than the leaf, stiff, and 

 upright. Corollas yellow, streaked with blue. Found in 

 Spain. 



38. Antirrhinum Lagopodioides. Leaves scattered, soft, 

 recurved at the tip ; spikes ovate, villose. Native of Siberia. 



39. Antirrhinum Aphyllum. A very singular plant, having 

 no appearance of an herb, but resembling a Moss, no part of 

 it producing any leaves. Found near the Cape. 



**** Corollas gaping, or tailless. 



40. Antirrhinum Majus ; Great Toadflax, or Snap-dragon. 

 Corollas tailless ; flowers in spikes ; calices rounded. Stem a 

 foot, eighteen inches, two, and even threefeet high. There are 

 several varieties of this species, and the differences in the 

 colour of the flowers are endless ; the most common are 

 red, yellow, purple, white ; red with white or yellow mouths ; 

 white and red ; yellow and red ; yellow and white ; purple 

 and white ; purple, with yellow mouths, and scarlet dotted 

 with gold colour. Found in the southern countries of Eu- 

 rope, growing in hedges, and on rocks and ruins. In Eng- 

 land it flowers during June and July, and grows on walls, 

 Dover cliffs, between Northfleet and Gravesend, &c. In 

 Russia they express an oil from the seeds of this plant, which 

 is little inferior to oil of olives. All the varieties of Snap- 

 dragon are raised from seed sown in April or May upon a 

 dry soil, and transplanting them to large borders in July, 

 where they will flower in the following spring. Any of the 

 sorts may be continued by parting the roots, or by planting 

 cuttings in the summer months, which will easily take root. 

 They resist the cold of winter well, require little attention, 

 and are pretty ornaments, well worthy of admittance into 

 every garden. Whenever these plants are intended for rocky 

 barren soils, or to grow upon walls, sow the seed early in 

 March, where they are designed to remain ; and all the 

 further trouble they require is merely to keep them free from 

 weeds : they will begin to flower in July, and continue till 

 the frost prevents them. They will continue two or three 

 years, and are rarely hurt by frost. 



41. Antirrhinum Orontium ; Small Toadflax. Corollas 

 tailless ; flowers subspiked ; calices longer than the corolla. 

 Stem seldom more than a foot high ; corollas a pale purple ; 



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