1884 



LINARIA 



LINARIA 



2177. Linaria bipartita. 



CXK) 



AA. Plant erect or nearly so (sometimes decumbent at 

 base): Ivs. long. 

 B. Fls. yellow. 



3. vulgaris, Mill. (Antirrhinum Linaria, Linn.). 

 TOAD-FLAX. BUTTER-AND-EGGS. Vigorous perennial, 

 spreading freely by underground 

 sts. and in time forming large and 

 persistent patches: sts. strict, nearly 

 or quite simple, slightly glaucous, 

 1-3 ft. high: Ivs. many, scattered, 

 linear, somewhat narrowed below: 

 fls. in a terminal spicate raceme, 

 erect-spreading, with hanging nec- 

 tary spur, sulfur-yellow, but orange 

 on the bearded palate. Eu. A.G. 

 13 : 469. Extensively naturalized, 

 and commonly regarded as a bad 

 weed; but it infests chiefly waste 

 places, and although difficult to 

 eradicate it does not spread very 

 rapidly. Now and then it appears 

 as an ornamental plant. It is more 

 interesting to the general plant- 

 lover than to the gardener. A 

 double-fld. form is figured in G.C. 

 III. 18:554. The peloria forms 

 may have 5 spurs, or no spurs at 

 all (R.H. 1851:433). 



4. macedonica, Griseb. Ro- 

 bust perennial (perhaps some- 

 times annual): 2-3 ft. high, 

 branching, grayish green: Ivs. 

 narrow-ovate or the upper ones 

 lanceolate, somewhat cordate 

 at the base, nearly or quite 

 sessile, entire : fls. bright yellow, with deeper color on the 

 palate, in long wand-like terminal racemes. Macedonia; 

 perhaps a broad-lvd. form of L. dalmatica. Gn. 45 : 110. 

 J.H. III. 30:469. A good hardy plant, bearing its 

 snapdragon-like fls. most of the season. Var. speciosa, 

 Hort., is a showy form or strain with large lemon- 

 yellow fls. bearing an orange-yellow mark on lower 

 lip : 2-3 ft. : blooms the first year from early-sown seeds, 

 giving excellent cut-bloom. 



5. dalmatica, Mill. Stout erect perennial, 3-4 ft., 

 forming a large clump: Ivs. glaucous, oblong-lanceolate 

 to linear-lanceolate, acute: fls. large, bright yellow, 

 borne at the tops of the branches in a long loose spike; 

 spur straight, much exceeded by the corolla. S. E. Eu. 

 It is probably to this species or to the last (No. 4) that 

 L. hybrida and other garden yellow-fld. forms belong. 



BB. Fls. blue or purple (running to white in some cases}. 

 c. Perennial border plants. 



6. alpina, Mill. Compact-tufted plants, 6 in. or less 

 high, with weak and spreading fl.-sts.: Ivs. linear or 

 lanceolate, mostly in 4's: fls. in short racemes or heads, 

 blue with an orange-colored palate, the straight or 

 slightly curved, sharp spur as long as the corolla. Alps. 

 F.S. 20:2128. G.C. II. 14:105. A pretty little alpine, 

 blooming in July and Aug. Var. nana rbsea, Hort., is 

 said to be a dwarf and very distinct form. 



7. triornith6phora, Willd. (Antirrhinum triornithdpho- 

 rum, Linn.). Fig. 2178. Glaucous, 2-3 ft. tall: Ivs. 

 ovate-lanceolate, in 3's or 4's: fls. about 3 in a whorl 

 (hence the name, bearing three birds), rather large, slen- 

 der-stalked, violet- and purple-striped, with orange 

 palate, about 1 in. long, the spur inflated above and 

 exceeding the lobes. Spain, Portugal. B.M. 525. F.S. 

 22:2297. H.U. 3:100. A handsome and interesting 

 plant, rarely seen in American gardens. 



8. repens, Mill. Erect, or decumbent at base, bushy, 

 1-2 ft. or more, glabrous, with slender creeping root- 

 stock: Ivs. whorled or crowded near the base but scat- 

 tered above: fls. not large, fragrant, in short racemes, 



forming a terminal panicle, nearly white but striped 

 with purplish veins; corolla less than ^m. long; spur 

 variable, usually short and conical. Eu. The L. repens 

 alba of lists may belong here. L. repens is sometimes 

 adventive in this country. 



9. purpftrea, Mill. (Antirrhinum purpureum, Linn.). 

 Erect, branched glabrous perennial, 1-3 ft. : Ivs. linear 

 or linear-lanceolate, mostly whorled: fls. bright purple, 

 in long racemes, the throat bearded with white hairs, 

 the tube striped; spur about the length of corolla, 

 curved; calyx-lobes linear-acute. S. Eu. B.M. 99. 



10. origanifdlia, DC. Perennial (sometimes described 

 as annual), ascending, 8-10 in.: Ivs. oblong or obovate, 

 short-stalked, the upper alternate and lower opposite: 

 fls. pale purple, rarely white, yellow in the throat, in a 

 slender loose raceme; calyx-lobes linear or linear- 

 spatulate, villous. S. Eu. 



cc. Annual plants of the fl.-garden. 

 (See R. H. 1896, pp. 371-4.) 



11. bipartita, Willd. Fig. 2177. A foot high, erect, 

 branching, with scattered or verticillate linear Ivs.: 

 fls. large, in a long racemose spike, violet-purple, with 

 the palate orange-colored above and whitish toward 

 the base, the spur curved, about as long as the corolla, 

 standing oblique or horizontal; upper lip parted. 

 Portugal, N. Afr. Old-time annual, but it has never 

 been popular in N. Amer. Var. alba, Hort., has yel- 

 lowish white fls. Gn. 74, p. 203. Var. splendida, 

 Hort., has handsome deep purple fls. There is also a 

 var. striata, Hort. The Excelsior forms probably 

 belong here or with No. 12. 



12. maroccana , Hook, f . 

 Plant annual : spike much shorter 

 and denser than in L. bipartita: 

 fls. bright violet or rose, with a 

 whitish palate, the spur long, 

 pointed, as long as the pedicel 

 and usually hanging nearly par- 

 allel with the axis of the spike: 

 Ivs. many, linear, scattered or 

 whorled, hairy. Morocco. B.M. 

 5983. A yar. rdsea, Hort., is men- 

 tioned, with deep carmine-rose fls. 



13. reticulata, Desf. Fls. pu- 

 bescent, purple, reticulated with 

 purple, the palate yellow or cop- 

 per-yellow, the spur pointed and 

 shorter than the corolla and 

 pointing downward: spike short: 

 Ivs. linear, scattered or verticil- 

 late. Portugal. J.F.3:260. An 

 old garden plant, but little known 

 in Amer. Runs into two or three 

 forms. 



14. heterophylla, Desf. (L. 

 aparinoides, D i e t r . ) . Annual, 

 erect, 2-3 ft., with scattered lin- 

 ear or lanceolate, somewhat 

 fleshy, Ivs.: fls. straw-colored, 

 with a yellow palate, in spicate 

 racemes more or less branching 

 at base; calyx-lobes linear and 

 obtuse or somewhat acute. Mo- 

 rocco, Sicily, etc. B.M. 6041. 

 Var. splendens, Hort., with vio- 

 let-bronze fls., is mentioned, pos- 

 sibly a hybrid. 



L. Broussonn&tii, Chav. (L. multi- 

 punctata, Hoffmgg.). Low annual, 

 with yellow, black-spotted fls., orange 

 on the palate, and lanceolate or linear 

 Ivs. : 5-8 in. h i g h, mostly upright. 

 _. ... . Spain. L. canadtnsis, Dum.,is aweedy 

 2178. Lmana tnorni- native plant, of no value to the gar- 

 thophora, an old-fashioned den, although sometimes making a 

 plant. ( X V?> considerable show in fields in spring: it 



