ORDER 86. SCROPIIULARIACE^E. 



2 L. Canadensis Dumont. Lvs. scattered, erect, linear, obtuse: fls. racemed 

 st simple ; scions procumbent ; fls. blue. A small species in road-sides, fields, 

 Can. and U. S. St. very slender, nearly simple, 6 to 12' high, smooth, rarnished 

 with small, remote Ivs. A few leafy, prostrate or ascending shoots are given off 

 fronrtho base of the stem, having roundish, opposite or whorled Ivs. Fls. small, 

 in a loose raceme. Throat closed by the light blue palate. Spur filiform, as long 

 the corolla, but in the very slender Southern variety much shorter or Jn. _ 

 Sept 



3 L. vulgaris Mill. COMMON TOAD-FLAX. Lvs. linear-lanceolate, crowded ; spikes 

 terminal, fls. dense, imbricate; cal. smooth, shorter than the spur. _ If A very 

 showy plant, common by roadsides, N. Eng. to Ky. and Ga. St. erect, smootkish, 

 1 to 2f. high, very leafy, and with numerous short, leafy branches. Cor. yel- 

 low, with a long spur, mouth closed with a prominent orange- colored palate. 

 JL Au g<i Eur. 



/?. PELORIA. Cor. regular or nearly so, ventricous, with 5 spurs and 5 stamens, 

 or with 3 spurs. Poughkeepsie (W. S. Gerard), Chester Co., Pa. (Darliugton.) 



4 L. triornith6phorum Willd. THREE-BIRDS. Erect, spreading, smootfa 

 and glaucous ; Ivs. all vtrticillate in 3s or 4s, broad-lanceolate, acute ; fls. interrupt- 

 edly racemous, generally verticillate, on long pedicels. If A showy plant, 2 

 to 4f huh, remarkable for the form and hue of the corolla, which resembles three 

 little birds seated in the spur, -j- Eur. 



5 L. bipartita "Willd. Glabrous, erect; Ivs. linear, alternate; pedicels much. 

 longer than the cal. ; scp. lance-linear, acute, membranous at the margin ; cor. 

 upper lip deeply 2-parted; spur slender, arcuate. A beautiful annual. Cor. 8 to 

 10" long, violet-blue, palate orange, f Barbary. 



6. ANTIRRHINUM, L. SNAP-DRAGON. (Gr. avri, like, /5n>, a nose; 

 from a fancied resemblance.) Calyx 5-scpaled; corolla gibbous (not 

 spurred) at base, the upper lip bifid, reflexed, lower trifid, closed by the 

 prominent palate; caps, valveless, dehiscent by 3 pores. European 

 kerbs with the lower Ivs. opposite, the upper alternate. Inflorescence 

 as in Linaria. 



1 A. Ma jus L. Lvs. lanceolate, opposite ; fls. racemed ; sep. glandular-hairy, 

 lanceolate, obtuse, short. If An elegant and popular garden flower, 1 or 2f high. 

 1'lowers large, pink-colored, the lower lip white and tho mouth yellow, with a 

 gibbous prominence at base beneath. There are varieties with scarlet, scarlet 

 and white, and double flowers, f 



2 A. Orontium, /?. GRANDIFLORTTM Chav. Glabrous or hairy above, spread- 

 ing; Ivs. oblong-lanceolate; fls. remote, subsessile, upper ones subracemous; 

 0.1. segments equaling the corolla, and ovoid and very oblique capsule. A 

 showy garden plant, 1 2f high. Cor. G" long, rose-color or white, with purple 

 spots and veins, f 



7. MAURAN'DIA, Ort. (Named for the lady of Dr. Maurandy of 

 Carthagena.) Calyx 5-parted ; corolla tubular, gibbous at base ; palate 

 prominent or with 2 folds ; capsule ovoid-globous, base oblique, cells 

 opening by many valve-like teeth. 11 Mexican herbs, with long, flex- 

 uous branches, climbing or twining. 



1 M. sempervireris Ort. Glabrous; Ivs. cordate-hastate, angular; ped. 

 axillary, l-flo\vered; cal. segm. lanceolate, glabrous. An evergreen climber with 

 large, pale, violet-purple fls. Cor. !' long, the throat open, f 



2 M. Barklayana LindL Glabrous except the cal. ; Ivs. broadly triangu- 

 lar-cordate. or hastate; cal. segm. linear-lanceolate, clothed with long, glandular 

 hairs. A beautiful climber. Corolla purple, oblique, rather larger than in No. 1. 



8. LOPHOSPER'MUM, Don. (Gr. Ao^o^ a crest, oneppa, seed; 

 'from the character.) Calyx 5-parted, leafy ; corolla tube dilated up- 

 wards, throat open, between 2 hairy lines ; capsule globular, subequal, 



