YELLOW TO\T>¥LAX.—Zinaria vulgaris. 



Class DiDYNAMiA. Order Angiospermia. Xat. Ord. ScRoruu- 



LARINE.E. — FiGWORT TrIBE. 



This showy flower is a very frequent one 

 on the rural landscape. The large sulphur- 

 coloured blossoms, raised on a stem one or 

 two feet in height, are very conspicuous in 

 hedo;es and on the borders of corn-fields. On 

 corn lands, as well as on pastures wdiere the 

 soil is sandy, it is often very troublesome to 

 the cultivator, its two-celled capsules being 

 very numerous, and containing many seeds, 

 which, during the later months of autumn, 

 are scattered far and wide by wind and rain. 

 Though paler in hue than many of the golden 

 flowers of August and September, yet it is 

 bright enough to give a yellow^ tint to the field 

 at that season. 



The blossoms are shaped like those of the 

 snapdragon of our old walh and ruins, except 

 that they are spurred at the base. Country 

 people call the Toadflax Butter and Eggs, 

 because of the deep yellow and pale sulphur 

 colour with which they are tingetl. 



