CL. XIV.] DIDYNAMIA AXGIOSPERMIA. 259 



palate. A variety occurs with a regular five-cleft, five-spurred 

 corolla. Perennial : flowers in June and July : grows in hedges, 

 and at the edges of fields : common. Eng. Bot. vol. x. pi. 658. Var. 

 vol. iv. pi. 260. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 134. 910. 



6. L. minor. Least Toad-flax. Leaves lance- shaped, obtuse, 

 downy, alternate ; stems much branched, spreading ; calyx longer 



than the spur. Whole plant downy and clammy : stem from six 



to twelve inches high : flowers small, on long solitary, axillar stalks : 

 tube, upper lip and spur purplish, lower lip white, with yellow palate. 

 Annual : flowers from June to September : grows in sandy fields in 

 England: rare. Eng. Bot.vol. xxviii. pi. 2014. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. 

 p. 135. 911. 



28. ANTIKRHI'NUM. SNAP-DRAGON. 



Calyx of one leaf, with five deep, oblong, permanent seg- 

 ments, the two lower more distant from each other. Corolla 

 gaping ; tumid at the base ; upper lip cleft ; lower lip three- 

 lobed, with an elevated palate closing the mouth, and hollow 

 beneath. Filaments concealed by the upper lip ; anthers ap- 

 proaching each other. Germen egg-shaped. Style thread- 

 shaped; stigma obtuse. Capsule egg-shaped, oblique, two-celled. 

 Seeds numerous, roundish. Name, from anti, line, and rhin, a 

 nose. 307. 



1. A.mdjus. Great Snap-dragon. Corolla with a rounded promi- 

 nence at the base ; flowers in a dense cluster ; leaves lance-shaped ; 



segments of the calyx egg-shaped, obtuse. Stem branched, leafy, 



downy, and clammy : leaves opposite or alternate, acute, recurved, 

 smooth : flowers large, rose-coloured, with a large yellow palate, 

 white in front. Perennial : flowers in June and July : grows on 

 old walls : frequent, but is not indigenous. Eng. Bot. vol. ii. pi. 

 129. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 135. 912. 



2. A. Orontium. Small Snap-dragon. Corolla with scarcely any 

 prominence at the base ; flowers loosely spiked ; calyx finger- 

 shaped, longer than the[corolla. Stem about a foot high, branched, 

 leafy : leaves lance-shaped, somewhat stalked, alternate : flowers 

 axillar, nearly sessile : corolla rose-coloured, with a yellow palate. 

 Annual : flowers in July and August : grows in dry sandy fields in 

 England : frequent. Eng. Bot. vol. xvii. pi. 1155. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. 

 p. 136. 913. 



29. SCROPHULA'KIA. FIGWORT. 



Calyx of one leaf, with five rounded, somewhat unequal, mar- 

 ginal segments, much shorter than the corolla. Corolla tubular,, 

 unequal, reversed ; tube egg-shaped, large, inflated ; limb very" 

 small, divided into five deep segments, the upper short, slightly 

 notched, reflected, two lateral ones spreading, two lower largest, 

 erect, often accompanied by a small internal lobe. Filaments 

 declining, nearly as long as the corolla ; anthers terminal, two- 

 celled. Germen egg-shaped. Style simple, as long as the 

 stamens ; stigma simple. Capsule egg-shaped or globular, 

 pointed, two-celled, two-valved ; the partition formed by the 

 edge of the valves turned in. Seeds numerous, small, attached 

 to a globose central receptacle. Named from the resemblance 

 of the roots to scrofulous tumours. 308. 



