CLXXVI. 



LINARIA VULGARIS. 



Common Toad-flax. 



Class XIV. Didynamia. — Order II. Angiospermia. 



Nat. Ord. ScROPHULARINEjE. 



Gen. Char. Calyx five-parted. Corolla personate, 

 spurred at the base, the mouth closed by a projecting 

 palate. Capsule ventricose, two-celled, opening by 

 valves or teeth. 



Spec. Char. Stem erect. Leaves linear-lanceolate, scat- 

 tered, crowded. Racemes terminal. Flowers imbricated. 

 Calyx glabrous, shorter than the spur. 



SYNONYMES. 



r Linaria vulgaris lutea, flore majore. Bauh. Pin. 212. 

 I Linaria vulgaris lutea. Ger. Em. 550. Raii Syn. 281. 

 j Linaria vulgaris nostras. Park. Theatr. 458. 



Latin ■{ Osyris, sive Linaria. Fuchs. Hist. 532. c. 210. 



Antirrhinum Linaria. Lin. Sp. PI. 858. ¥1. iii. p. 134. 

 Eng. Bot. t. 658. 

 ^Linaria vulgaris. Maench. Meth. 528. 

 French .... Linaire ; Linaire commun. 

 Ital., Span., -i 



and Port. \ Linaria ' 

 German . . Flachskraut ; Gemein gelbe Flachskraut ; Waldflachs ; Lein- 



kraut. 

 Dutch .... Vlaskruid ; Wild Vlas. ♦ 

 Danish. . . . Vild torsksmand. 

 Swedish . . Fluysbloraster. 

 Polish .... Lennek panny maigi. 

 Jiuss Dikol len. 



Description. — The root is perennial, woody, tortuous, creep- 

 ing, whitish, and fibrous. The stem is erect, cylindrical, gla- 



