828 THE SCROPHULAIUA FAMILY, [Linarta* 



glabrous, except a few glandular hairs amongst the flowers. Leaves 

 crowded, linear, or narrow-lanceolate. Flowers large and yellow, form- 

 ing a short but handsome terminal panicle. Calyx small. Spur of the 

 corolla long and pointed ; the projecting palate of the lower lip of a 

 bright orange colour, completely closing the tube. Capsule large and 

 ovoid, with numerous rough seeds, surrounded by a narrow, scarious 

 border. 



In hedges, and on the borders of fields, in Europe and Russian Asia, 

 and has been carried out with European crops to other parts of the 

 world. Abundant all over the British Isles excepting the Scotch 

 Highlands, where it is more rare. Fl. summer and autumn. A singular 

 deformity, called Pdoria, occurs sometimes, in which the corollas 

 are regular,' with 5 spurs. Varieties are also occasionally found with 

 smaller flowers, either yellow or striped, and without the border to 

 the seeds. They are very rare, and supposed to be hybrids between 

 this and the following species. [There are two recognised British 

 forms, the common one, with faintly 3-nerved leaves, a glandular 

 raceme, and ovate-lanceolate calyx segments ; and var. latifolia, Bab., 

 with 3-nerved leaves, glabrous raceme, leafy bracts, and lanceolate 

 calyx segments.] 



2. L. repens, Ait. (fig. 735). Pale L. Rootstock slender, and 

 creeping to a considerable extent ; the stems erect or decumbent at the 

 base, from 8 or 10 inches to above 2 feet high, and glabrous. Leaves 

 crowded or whorled at the base of the stem, scattered in the upper 

 part. Flowers rather small, but pretty and slightly sweet-scented, 

 forming short racemes, usually arranged in a terminal panicle. Corolla 

 under 6 lines long, nearly white, but striped with bluish or purple 

 veins ; the spur usually very short and conical, but variable in length. 

 Seeds wrinkled, without any scarious border. 



In stony wastes, in southern and central Europe to the Caucasus, 

 scarcely extending into Germany. Rare in Britain, occurring here and 

 there in England and Ireland, or farther north only as a straggler from 

 gardens, where it was formerly cultivated. Fl. summer and autumn. 



3. L. Pelisseriana, Mill. (fig. 736). Pdisser'sL. An erect, gLabrous, 

 slender annual, scarcely branched, with very narrow linear leaves, few 

 and distant. Flowers small, in a short terminal raceme ; the corolla 

 purple, with dark veins, and a long slender-pointed spur. 



In bushy wastes, and pastures, in western and southern Europe, 

 along the Mediterranean region to the Caucasus, extending here and 

 there into central Europe, and has been gathered in the Isle of Jersey. 

 Fl. June. 



4. L. supina, Desf. (fig. 737). Supine L. Perennial stock short, 

 with numerous branches, seldom 6 inches long, decumbent at the base, 

 simple or nearly so, glabrous or with a slight glandular down. Leaves 

 linear ; the lower ones and thos of the barren stems whorled. Flowers 

 yellow, in a short terminal raceme, rather smaller than in L. vulgaris, 

 with a long, slender spur. Seeds nearly flat, with a scarious wing. 



In sandy or stony places, especially near the sea, in western Europe 

 and the west Mediterranean region. Very abundant in southern 

 France and Spain, extending up the western coast to the Channel, 

 and occasionally found in Devonshire and Cornwall on ballast heaps, 

 FL summer. 



