238 DIDYNAMIA — ANGIOSPERMIA. [Liiiaria. 



Moist pastures and heaths, common. FL July. 11. — Stems 3 — 5 

 inches long. Lower leaves pinnatifid, the rest pinnated with deeply 

 sei rated pinna;. Flowers larire, handsome, pale rose-coloured ; they 

 are occasionally found with a salver-shaped, 6-cleft regular coiollu, and 

 6 stamens, 4 long and 2 short. Mr F. J. White sends white-flowered 

 specimens from between the King's House and Fort William ; and such 

 are found not uncommonly in the West Highlands. 



28. Antirrhinum. Linn. Snapdragon. 



1. A.*mdjus, Li. (great S?iapdragon) ; leaves lanceolate alter- 

 nate those of the branches opposite, flowers spiked, segments 

 of the calyx ovate obtuse. E. Sot. t. 129. 



Old walls and chalk-hills, frequently originating from neighbouring 

 gardens. Fl. July, Aug. 11- — One to two feet high. Flowers yery 

 large, mostly purplish-red, but often varying to white. 



2. A. Orotitium, L. (lesser Snapdragon); leaves mostly alter- 

 nate linear-lanceolate, spikes very few-flowered lax, segments 

 of the calyx longer than the corolla. E. Bot. t. 1155. 



Corn-fields in a dry soil, in many parts, especially of the east and 

 south, of England, i^?. July, Aug. 0. — i^Yojfers purple, remarkable for 

 the great length of the calyx-segments, particularly after flowering. 



29. LiNARiA. Juss. Toadflax. 



1. \j.* Cymhaldria, Mill. (Ivy -leaved Toadflax) ; leaves cor- ^ 

 date 5-lobed alternate glabrous, stems trailing. — Antirrhinum 1 

 Cymbalaria, L. — E. Bot. t. 502. 



On old walls, in many places ; the outcast of gardens. Fl. all the 

 summer. If-. — Stem very long, filiform. Leaves petioled, often purple 

 beneath. Flowers small, )>ale blue, or purplish. 



2. L. spuria. Mill, (round-leaved Toadjiax) ; leaves ovate 

 downy mostly alternate, branches trailing, cor. with a subulate 

 curved spur. — Antirrhinum spurium, L. — E. Bot. t. 691. 



Sandy corn-fields, mostly confined to the east and south-east of Eng- 

 land. Abundant in many parts of Norfolk and Suftblk. Fl. July — 

 Sept. 0. — Flowers small, yellowish ; upper lip purple. Cal, large. 



3. L. Eldtine, Desf. (sharp-pointed Fluellen or Toadjiax) ; 

 leaves broadly hastate acute, lowermost ovate opposite, branches 

 trailing hairy, cor. with a subulate straight spur. — Aidirrhinum 

 Elatine, L. — E. Bot. t. 692. 



Corn-fields in a dry, gravelly or chalky soil, England. Fl. July — 

 Sept. 0. — Similar to the last, yet distinct; smaller in all its parts. 

 Miss Warren pointed out to me the distinction in the spur. 



4. L. repens, A\i. (creeping pale-blue Toadjiax); leaves linear 

 whorled or scattered, stem erect panicled, calyx glabrous the 

 length of the spur, (corolla striated.) — Antirrhi?iuni repens^ L, 

 E. Bot. t. 1253. 



Chalky banks and rocky places near the sea, rare ; principally in the 

 south of England and Ireland. Near Colzean, Ayrshire, and near Mus- 

 selburgh, Scotland. Fl. July— Sept. 1^.— Stems erect, 1 to \\ foot 

 high, slender, branched. Leaves somewhat whorled below, but there 

 soon dying away. Flowers in panicled racanes, bluish ; palate yellow. 



