GENUS 5. 



FIGWORT FAMILY. 



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i. Linaria Linaria (L.) Karst. Ranstead. Butter-and-Eggs. Fig. 3743. 



Antirrhinum Linaria L. Sp. PI. 616. 1753. 

 Linaria vulgaris Hill, Brit. Herb. 108. 1756. 

 Linaria Linaria Karst. Deutsch. Fl. 947. 188083. 



Perennial by short rootstocks, pale green and slightly 

 glaucous; stems slender, erect, very leafy, glabrous, or 

 sparingly glandular-pubescent above, simple or with 

 few erect branches, i-3 high. Leaves linear, sessile, 

 entire, acute at both ends, mostly alternate, i'-ii' long, 

 i"-ii" wide; flowers densely racemose, light yellow, 

 i'-il' long, the spur of the erect corolla somewhat 

 darker, the palate orange-colored ; pedicels 2"-^" long, 

 nearly erect; calyx-segments oblong, acutish, about li" 

 long; spur subulate, nearly as long as the body of the 

 corolla; middle lobe of the lower lip shorter than the 

 other two; capsule ovoid, the seeds rugose, winged. 



In fields and waste places, Newfoundland to Oregon, 

 Virginia and New Mexico. Naturalized from Europe. 

 Native also of Asia. June-Oct. Brideweed. Flaxweed. 



Eggs and bacon. Yellow toad-flax. Impudent lawyer. Jacob's-ladder. 



Rancid. Wild flax or tobacco. Devil's flax. Snap-dragon. Devil's- 



flower. Dead men's bones. Bread and butter. Continental weed. 



Gallwort. Rabbit-flower. Widely distributed in temperate regions as 



a weed. 



Linaria genistaefdlia (L.) Mill., found many years ago at the 

 northern part of New York Island, and admitted into the first edi- 

 tion of this work, has not recently been collected in America. 



2. Linaria supina Desf. Supine Linaria. Fig. 3744. 



Linaria supina Desf. Fl. Atlant. 2: 44. 1800. 



Perennial by short rootstocks, bright green; stems few or 

 numerous, decumbent, 4'-o/ long, glabrous or slightly glandular- 

 pubescent. Leaves linear-spatulate to narrowly linear, the lower 

 ones whorled, the upper alternate, mostly 5"-is" long; flowers 

 few together in short racemes, nearly similar to those of L. 

 Linaria, but smaller; capsule globose or ovoid-globose. 



Waste places and ballast, northern Atlantic seaboard. Naturalized 

 from Europe. 



3. Linaria canadensis (L.) Dumort. Blue or Wild Toad-Flax. Fig. 3745. 



Antirrhinum canadense L. Sp. PI. 618. 1753. 

 Linaria canadensis Dumont, Bot. Cult. 2: 96. 1802. 



Biennial or annual, glabrous, green, sometimes 

 fleshy ; flowering stems erect or ascending, very 

 slender, simple, or branched, 4'-2i high, the sterile 

 shoots spreading or procumbent, very leafy. Leaves 

 linear or linear-oblong, 4"-: 5" long, \"-\" wide, 

 entire, sessile, those of the sterile shoots, or some 

 of them, usually opposite ; flowers 3"-4" long, in 

 slender long racemes ; pedicels 2"-$" long, erect and 

 appressed in fruit, minutely bracted at the base; 

 calyx-segments lanceolate, acute or acuminate, about 

 as long as the capsule; spur of the corolla filiform, 

 curved, as long as the tube or longer ; palate a white 

 convex 2-ridged projection; capsule opening by 2 

 apical valves, each valve becoming 3-toothed; seeds 

 angled, wingless. 



In dry soil, Nova Scotia to Florida, west to Minne- 

 sota, Oregon, Texas and California. Also in Central 

 and South America. A dwarf form with no corolla is frequent. May-Sept. 



