FIG WORT FAMILY. Scrophularlaccae. 



There are many kinds of Antirrhinum, natives of Europe, 

 Asia, and western North America;" herbs; the lower leaves 

 often opposite, and the upper ones alternate; the sepals 

 five; the corolla two-lipped, swollen at the base on the 

 lower side, but with no spur, the palate nearly closing the 

 throat; the stamens four. The name is from the Greek, 

 meaning "nose-like," because the shape of the flowers 

 suggests the snout of an animal. 



This is a conspicuous perennial, hand- 



S0me thou S h rathcr coarse, hairy and 

 AnirMnum stick y a11 ovcr > with stout leaf Y stems, 



glanduldsum from two to five feet tall, with branches 



Pink, purple but no tendrils, and soft, rather dark 



p " g Q . green leaves. The flowers are half an 



inch long; the corolla pink with a yellow 

 palate, and they are crowded in fine, long, one-sided 

 clusters. This is common in the South and looks a good 

 deal like some of the cultivated kinds; when its flowers are 

 pinched from the sides they open their mouths in the same 

 funny way. 



This has tendril-like pedicels, which 

 White Snap- curl aroun( j nea rby plants, but the stem is 

 dragon 



Antirrhinum stout and erect, over two feet tall, smooth 

 Coulteri&num below and hairy above, with smooth, 

 White and lilac dark green leaves, and bears a long, 



crowded, one-sided cluster of pink buds 



and pretty white flowers. They are each 

 about half an inch long, with hairy calyxes, and the corollas 

 are prettily tinged with lilac or pink, but are too pale in 

 color, though the general effect of the plant is rather 

 striking. The anthers are bright yellow. This grows in 

 the South. A . mrga is a smooth plant, from two and a half 

 to five feet tall, with many wand-like stems, springing 

 from a perennial base, and reddish-purple flowers, about 

 half an inch long, forming a long, rather one-sided cluster. 

 This grows in the chaparral, on ridges of the Coast Ranges, 

 blooming in June, but is not common. 



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