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6. L. mi'nor, Desf. ; leaves alternate linear oblong or lanceolate. 

 Cornfields in chalky and sandy soils, from Lanark and Berwick southd , local ; 

 Ireland, very rare; Channel Islands; (a colonist, Wats.) ; fl. May-Oct. — 

 Annual, glandular-pubescent. Stem 6-18 in. , slender ; branches ascending. 

 Leaves §-1 in. Peduncles axillary, longer than the leaves. Sepals linear- 

 oblong. Corolla scarcely exceeding the calyx, | in., pale purple ; lower lip 

 whitish ; palate yellow ; spur short. Capsule gibbous at the base, cells 

 subequal, opening by ragged pores. Seeds truncate, furrowed.— Disteib. 

 Europe, N. Africa. 



3. ANTIRRHINUM, Tournef. Snapdragon. 



Annual or perennial herbs. Leaves entire, rarely lobed, lower opposite, 

 upper alternate. Flowers solitary and axillary, or racemose and bracteate. 

 Calyx 5 -partite. Corolla personate, tube saccate, compressed ; upper lip 

 erect ; lower spreading, mid-lobe smallest ; palate broad, bearded, closing 

 the throat. Stamens 4 fertile, 5th rudimentary or ; anther-cells oblong. 

 Stigma shortly 2-lobed. Capsule 2-celled, upper cell bursting by one pore, 

 lower by 2 many-toothed pores, rarely globose with 1 pore to each cell. 

 Seeds minute, oblong, truncate, rugose or pitted. — Distrib. Europe, W. 

 Asia ; species 25. — Etym. avri and piv, from the snout-like flower. 



A. Oron'tium, L. ; low, annual or biennial, leaves linear-lanceolate, 

 raceme leafy or flowers axillary, sepals longer than the corolla. 

 Cornfields, from Cumberland southd. ; Ireland, very rare ; Channel Islands ; 

 (a colonist, Wats.) ; fl. July-Oct.— Glabrous below, usually glandular-pubes- 

 cent above. Stem 6-18 in., much branched from the base. Leaves 1-2 in., 

 sessile, sometimes ciliate. Bracts leafy ; pedicels short, erect. Sepals |-1 

 in., very narrow, spreading. Corolla §-§ in., rose-purple. Capsule \ in., 

 pubescent. Seeds compressed, one face concave, the other 1-ribbed, margin 

 thickened. — Distrib. From Denmark southd., N. Africa, N. and W". Asia, 

 N.W. India ; introd. in N. America. 



A. ma'jus, L. ; tall, perennial, leaves lanceolate oblong or linear, raceme 



bracteate glandular-pubescent, sepals short. 



Old walls ; an alien ; fl. July-Sept. — Erect, branched, shrubby and glabrous 

 below, above glandular-pubescent. Leaves 1-3 in., very variable. Racemes 

 dense-fld. ; bracts ovate, acuminate ; pedicels erect. Sepals unequal, very 

 obtuse. Corolla 1^ in., purple, white, yellow, or crimson ; palate yellow, 

 spur hairy within. Capsule § in., glandular. Seeds ribbed, muricate. — 

 Distrib. From Holland southd. ; introd. in N. America.— Seeds yield oil in 

 Russia. Leaves, &c, bitter and stimulant. 



4. SCROPHULA'RIA, Toumef. FlG-WORT. 



Herbs, often foetid. Leaves opposite, or the upper alternate, entire or 

 divided, often with pellucid dots. Flowers in panicled thrysoid cymes, 

 greenish- purple or yellow ; peduncles glandular-pubescent. Calyx 5-partite. 

 Corolla-tube oblong or ventricose ; lobes short, 4 upper erect, lowest spread- 

 ing. Stamens 4, decimate, 5th usually a scale ; anther-cells adnate to 



