294 SCROPHULARINE^E. [LixARiA. 



Sandy and gravelly cornfields, from N. Wales and York southd. ; Ireland, 

 rare ; Channel Islands ; (a native or colonist, Wats.) ; fl. July-Oct. Annual. 

 Branches 6-30 in., many from a very short stem, prostrate, very slender. 

 Leaves, radical and lower opposite, ovate ; cauline 5 1 ia., sometimes toothed 

 towards the very acute basal lobes. Peduncles capillary, longer than the 

 leaves, curved at the top. Sepals oblong-lanceolate. Corolla -~^ in., yellow ; 

 upper lip purple within. Copsule globose. Seeds much as in L. spu'ria. 

 DISTRIB. From Denmark southd., N. Africa, W. Asia, Himalaya; introd. 

 in N. America. 



SECTION 3. Linarias'trum, CJiav. Flowers racemed. Spur long or 

 short ; palate prominent. Capsule 4-10-valved at the top. 



3. Ii. vulga'ris, Mill. ; perennial, erect, almost glabrous, glaucous, 

 leaves linear or lanceolate, sepals ovate or lanceolate shorter than thespur 

 or capsule,, corolla yellow. 



Waste ground, from Elgin and the Clyde southd., rare in Scotland and 

 Ireland ; Channel Islands; fl. July-Oct. Rootstock creeping. Stem 1-2 ft., 

 stout or slender, leafy. Leaves 1-3 in., often whorled. Raceme dense-fld. ; 

 pedicels variable ; bracts linear. Corolla f-1 in. ; spur parallel to and as 

 long as the tube, acute. Capsule broadly oblong. Seeds scabrous, winged. 

 DISTRIB. Europe (Arctic), N. Asia ; introd. in N. America. A reputed 

 purgative and diuretic. A Peloria form occurs with regular flowers, 5 

 spurs and corolla-lobes, and 5 stamens. 



L. vulga'ris proper ; leaves obscurely 3-nerved, raceme glandular-pubescent, 

 sepals ovate-lanceolate. VAR. latifo'lia y Bab. (L. specio'sa, Ten.) ; leaves 

 3-nerved, raceme glabrous, bracts fbliaceous, sepals lanceolate, corolla 1^ in. 

 Isle of Wight, Kent. 



4. L. Pelisseria'na, Mill. ; annual, erect, glabrous, leaves linear, 

 sepals subulate shorter than the slender spur longer than the capsule, corolla 

 purple. 



Jersey ; fl. June- July. Small, 6-10 in., with short barren stolons at the base. 

 Leaves on the stolons oblong, J-| in., opposite and whorled in threes, 

 cauline j in., scattered, linear, obtuse. Raceme short, few-fld. ; bracts 

 longer than the pedicels. Corolla in. ; spur parallel to the tube, acute. 

 Capsule broad, 2-lobed. Seeds flat, winged, tubercled on one face, wing 

 fimbriate. DISTRIB. From Belgium southd., W. Asia. 



5. L. re'pens, Ait. ; perennial, creeping, glabrous, sepals lanceolate as 

 long as the spur shorter than the capsule, corolla violet. L.'stria'ta, DC. 

 Waste places, from Westmoreland and Mid. Wales southd., rare ; naturalized 



north of this ; Ireland, very rare ; Channel Islands ; fl. July-Sept. Eoot- 

 stock slender, creeping. Stems 1-3 ft., many, very slender, branched, leafy. 

 Leaves -l| in., whorled or scattered, linear-lanceolate. Racemes elongating ; 

 bracts very small. Corolla \ in. ; spur almost parallel to the tube, obtuse. 

 Capsule broad, compressed. Seeds angled, wrinkled transversely. DISTRIB. 

 W. Europe. L. se'pium, Allman, is a hybrid with L. vulya'ris. 



SECTION 4. Chsenorrhi num, DO. Flowers axillary or racemed. Spur 

 short ; palate depressed ; upper lip horizontal. 



