Voi,. III.] 



FIGWORT FAMILY. 



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4. Linaria repens (L.) Mill. Pale- 

 blue Toad-Flax. (Fig. 3239.) 



Antirrhinum repens L- Sp. PI. 614. 1753. 

 Linaria repens Mill. Gard. Diet. Ed. 8. 



no. 6. 1768. 

 Linaria striata DC. Fl. France, 3: 586. 



1805. 



Glabrous, perennial by a horizontal 

 or creeping rootstock; stem erect, or 

 the base decumbent, 8 / -30 / high, usu- 

 ally branched, the branches slender. 

 Leaves linear, entire, short-petioled or 

 sessile, ^4 / -2 / long, i // -2 // wide, nar- 

 rowed to both ends, the lower crowded, 

 sometimes whorled, the upper more 

 scattered; flowers in slender terminal 

 elongating racemes; pedicels 2 // -5 // 

 long; bracts narrowly linear, acute; 

 corolla nearly white, but striped with 

 blue or purple, about 6 //r long; spur 

 short, conic; capsule subglobose; seeds 

 wrinkled, wingless. 



Newfoundland, and in ballast about the 

 Atlantic seaports. Adventive from Europe. 

 Summer. 



5. ANTIRRHINUM L. Sp. PI. 612. 1753. 



Annual or perennial herbs, with alternate leaves, or the lower and those of sterile shoots 

 opposite, and mostly large red purple yellow or white flowers, in terminal racemes, or soli- 

 tary in the upper axils. Calyx 5-parted, the segments imbricated. Corolla irregular, gib- 

 bous, or saccate, but not spurred at the base, 2-lipped, the upper lip erect, 2-lobed, the lower 

 spreading, 3-lobed, its base produced into a palate nearly or quite closing the throat. Sta- 

 mens 4, didynamous, included; filaments filiform, or dilated at the summit. Style filiform. 

 Capsule ovoid or globose, opening by chinks or pores below the summit. Seeds numerous, 

 oblong, truncate, rugose or smooth, not winged. [Greek, nose-like] 



About 40 species, natives of Europe, Asia and western North America. Besides the following 

 introduced species, some 18 others inhabit the western United States. 



Flowers i'-i'A' long; cal3'x-segments ovate, much shorter than the corolla. 

 Flowers 5"~7" long; calyx-segments linear, as long as the corolla. 



1. A. majus. 



2. A. Orontium. 



i. Antirrhinum majus L. Great Snap- 

 Lion' s-mouth. (Fig. 3240.) 



dragon. 



Antirrhinum majus L- Sp. PI. 617. 1753. 



Perennial, glabrous below, usually more or 

 less glandular-pubescent above; stem branched 

 or simple, i-3 high. Leaves lanceolate, lin- 

 ear or oblong-lanceolate, entire, short-peti- 

 oled, acute at both ends, rather firm, glabrous, 

 i / -3 / long, i // -5 // wide; flowers racemose, pur- 

 plish-red (of a variety of colors in cultivated 

 forms), i'-i^' long; pedicels rather stout, 3"- 

 6 // long, erect in fruit; calyx-segments oval to 

 ovate, obtuse, 2 // ~3 // long; capsule obliquely 

 ovoid, 4 // -5 // high, opening by 2 pores just be- 

 low the summit or at length apically 2-valved, 

 much longer than the calyx. 



In waste places, sparingly escaped from gar- 

 dens in the Atlantic States. Adventive from Eu- 

 rope. Other English names are Rabbit's Mouth, 

 Bonny Rabbits, Calf-snout, Dragon's- Tiger's- 

 Dog's- or Toad's-mouth, Bulldogs. June-Sept. 



