LINAEIA.] SCROPHULARINE^. 295 



6. Ii. mi'nor, Desf. ', leaves alternate linear oblong or lanceolate. 

 Cornfields in chalky and sandy soils, from Lanark and Berwick southd , local ; 

 Ireland, very rare; Channel Islands; (a colonist, Wats.) ; fl. May-Oct. 

 Annual, glandular-pubescent. Stem 6-18 in., slender ; branches ascending. 

 Leaves |-1 in. Peduncles axillary, longer than the leaves. Sepals linear- 

 oblong. Corolla scarcely exceeding the calyx, J in., pale purple ;. lower lip 

 whitish ; palate yellow ; spur short. Capsule gibbous at the base, cells 

 subequal, opening by ragged pores. Seeds truncate, furrowed* DISTKIB. 

 Europe, N. Africa. 



3. ANTIRRHI'NUM, Tournef. SNAPDRAGON. 



Annual or perennial herbs. Leaves entire, rarely lobed, lower opposite, 

 upper alternate. Flowers solitary and axillary, or racemose and bracteate. 

 Calyx 5 -partite. Corolla personate, tube saccate, compressed ; upper lip 

 erect ; lower spreading, mid-lobe smallest ; palate broad, bearded, closing 

 the throat. Stamens 4 fertile, 5th rudimentary or ; anther-cells oblong. 

 Stigma shortly 2-lobed. Capsule 2-celled, upper cell bursting by one pore, 

 lower by 2 many-toothed pores, rarely globose with. 1 pore to each cell. 

 Seeds minute, oblong, truncate, rugose or pitted. DISTBIB. Europe, W. 

 Asia ; species 25. ETYM. dj/ri'and piv, from the snout-like, flower. 



A. Oron'tium, L. ; low, annual or biennial, leaves linear-lanceolate, 

 raceme leafy or flowers axillary, sepals longer than the corolla. 

 Cornfields, from Cumberland southd. ; Ireland, very rare ; Channel Islands; 

 (a colonist, Wats.) ; fl. July Oct. Glabrous below, usually glandular-pubes- 

 cent above. Stem 6-18 in., much branched from the base. Leaves 1-2 in., 

 sessile, sometimes ciliate. JSracts leafy ; pedicels short, erect. Sepals ^-1 

 in., very narrow, spreading. Corolla J- in., rose-purple. Capsule in., 

 pubescent. Seeds compressed, one face concave, the other 1-ribbed, margin 

 thickened. DISTRIB. From Denmark southd., N. Africa, N. and W. Asia, 

 N.W. India ; introd. in N. America. 



A, MA' jus, L. ; tall, perennial, leaves lanceolate oblong or linear, raceme 



bracteate glandular-pubescent, sepals short. 



Old walls ; an alien ; fl. July-Sept. Erect, branched, shrubby and glabrous 

 below, above glandular-pubescent. Leaves 1-3 in., very variable. Racemes 

 dense-fld. ; bracts ovate, acuminate ; pedicels erect. Sepals unequal, very 

 obtuse. Corolla 1 in., purple, white, yellow, or crimson ; palate yellow, 

 spur hairy within. Capsule % in., glandular. Seeds ribbed, muricate. 

 DISTRIB. From Holland southd. ; introd. in N. America. Seeds yield oil in 

 Russia. Leaves, &c., bitter and stimulant. 



4. SCROPHULA'RIA, Tournef. FlG-wOKT. 



Herbs, often foetid. Leaves opposite, or the upper alternate, entire or 

 divided, often with pellucid dots. Floivers in panicled thrysoid cymes, 

 greenish-purple or yellow ; peduncles glandular-pubescent. Calyx 5-partite. 

 Corolla-tube oblong or ventricose ; lobes short, 4 upper erect, lowest spread- 

 ing. Stamens 4, declinate, 5th usually a scale ; anther-cells adnate to 



