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LINARIA 



2177. Linaria bipartita. 

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AA. I'lant ertcl or marly go (somelimes decumbenl at 

 biist): Us. long. 

 11. FU. ijcltow. 

 3. vulgaris, Mill. (Anlirrli'iuum Liiiaria, Linn.). 

 To.vd-Flax. BrTTEH-AM>-K(:i;s. Vigorous porcniiial, 

 siirt^uling frpoly by uiKU'igiouiul 

 St.-:. anil in tiino forming large and 

 porsistcnt patchos: sts. .-itrict, nearly 

 or quite sini|)le, slightly glaucous, 

 jj. iy^'^'n WSf>' 1~'5 f'- high: Ivs. many, scattered, 

 »^?\. r.TJ^EiL «lP linear, somewhsit narrowed l)clo\v: 

 fls. in a terminal .•<i)icate raceme, 

 erect-spreading, with lianging nec- 

 tary si)ur, sulfur-yellow, hut orange 

 on the bearded palate. Ku. .\.(i. 

 l.'i : 4t)tt. — Extensively naturalized, 

 and commonly regarded as a bad 

 weed; but it infests chiefly waste 

 places, and although dillicult to 

 eradicate it does not spread very 

 rapidly. Now and then it a]ii)ears 

 as an ornamental i)lant. It is more 

 interesting to the general plant- 

 lover than to the g.irdener. A 

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

 III. 1S:,").")4. The pcloria forms 

 may have 'i spurs, or no spurs at 

 airiH.H. 1S.-)1:1.33). 



4. macedonica, Griseb. Ro- 

 bust perennial tpcrhaps some- 

 times annual) : 2-3 ft. high, 

 branching, grayish green: Ivs. 

 narrow-ovate or the upper ones 

 lanceolate, somewhat cordate 

 at the ba,se, 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. ilidmatica. Gn. 4.5: 110. 

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

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

 Hort., i.s 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. dalmitica, Mill. .Stout erect perennial, .3-4 ft., 

 forming a large clum[): Ivs. glaucous, oblong-lanceolato 

 to linear-lanceolate, acute: fls. largo, 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-flfl. forms belong. 



BB. FU. blue or purple (running to while in some case.s). 

 c. Perennial border planl'i- 



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 cur\'ed, sharp spur as long as the corolla. Alps. 

 F.,S. 20:2128. G.C. II, 14:10.5.— A pretty little .alpine, 

 blooming in .luly and Aug. Var. nana rdsea, Ilort., is 

 .said to be a dwarf and very distinct form. 



7. triomithdphora, W'illd. (Antirrhinum Iriornithdpho- 

 rum, Linn.;. Fig. 217X. Glaucous 2-3 ft. tall: Ivs. 

 ovate-lanceolat*!, in 3's or 4's: fls. about 3 in a wliorl 

 thence the name, bearing three. Iiirda), 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. H.M. .52.5. F.S. 

 22:2207. M.U. 3:100.— A handsome and interesting 

 plant, rarely s<!fm in Am(;rican gardens. 



8. ripens, .Mill. Erect, or decumbent at ba.se, bu.shy, 

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

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

 tered above :fl.s. not large, fragrant, in short racemes. 



forming a terminal panicle, nearly white but striped 

 with i)urplish veins; corolla less than '^in. long; spur 

 variable, u.sually short and conical. Eu. — 'I'lie L. repoia 

 alba of lists maj' belong here. L. rcpcns is sometimes 

 adventive in this country. 



'.). purpiirea, Mill. (Antirrli'iniini purpiin-uni, Linn.). 

 Erect, branched glabrous i)cremiial, 1-3 ft.: Ivs. linear 

 or lincar-lanccolale, mostly whorled: fls. bright i)urj)le, 

 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. origanifolia, DC. Perenni.al (sometimes described 

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

 ■short-stalked, the upper alternate and lower opposite: 

 fls. jiale i)urplc, rarely white, yellow in the throat, in a 

 slender loose raceme; calyx-lobes linear or lincar- 

 sjiatulate, villous. S. Eu. 



cc. Annrtal plaids uf the fl.-garden. 

 (Sec R. II. 1S9G, pp. 371-4.) 



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

 branching, with scattcreil or verticillate linear Ivs.: 

 fls. large, in a long racemose spike, violet-jjurple, 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 poi)ular in N. Amer. Var. alba, Ilort., h.as yel- 

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

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

 var. striata, Ilort. 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 

 whiti.sh palate, the spur long, 

 pointed, as long as the pedici^l 

 and usually hanging nearly par- 

 allel with the axis of the spike: 

 Ivs. many, linear, scattered or 

 whorled, hairy. Morocco. B.M. 

 59S3. A var. rosea, Hort., is men- 

 tioned, with deep carmine-rose fls. 



13. reticulata, Desf. Fls. pu- 

 bescent, purjjle, reticulated with 

 purple, the ijalate yellow or cop- 

 per-yellow, the spur pointed antl 

 shorter than the corolla and 

 pointing downward: spike short: 

 ivs. linear, scattered or verticil- 

 late. Portugal. ,I.F. 3:2(50.— An 

 old garden plant, but little known 

 in .\iner. Runs into two or three 

 forms. 



14. heterophylla, Desf. (L. 

 aparimndcs, Dietr.). Annual, 

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

 ear or lanceolate, somewhat 

 fle.shy, Ivs.: fls. straw-colored, 

 with a yellow palate, in spicate 

 r.acemes more or less branching 

 at b.ase; calyx-lobes linear and 

 obtuse or somewhat acute. Mo- 

 rocco, Sicily, etc. B.M. 0041. 

 Var. splendens, Hort., with vio- 

 let-bronze fls., is mentioned, pos- 

 sibly a hybrid. 



L. BTOURnonnHtii, Chav. (L. multi- 

 punctat:!. Hoffmfrg.). Low annual, 

 with yollow, black-spotlcd fls., oran(^e 

 on tho palate, and lanreolate or linear 

 lv8. : 5-S in. liifih. mostly uprifiht. 

 Spain. — h. cannilensin. Duni., is a weedy 

 native nlant. of no value to ttie gar- 

 thophora, an old-fashioned den. althouKh sometimes making a 

 plant, f X ' a) ron.^iderable slif)W in fields in spring: it 



2178. Linaria triorni- 



