F1QWORT FAMILY. Scrophulariaceae. 



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- 

 some though rather coarse, hairy and 

 Anfbrhinum sticky all over, with stout leafy stems, 

 glanduldsum from two to five feet tall, with branches 



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



? pr ! e ng . green leaves. The flowers are half an 



California 3 . 



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 



curl around nearby plants, but the stem is 

 Antirrhinum stout and erect, over two feet tall, smooth 

 Coulierifrnum below and hairy above, with smoot 

 White and lilac dark green leaves, and bears a Ion 

 Spring ^ crowded, one-sided cluster of pink buc 



and pretty white flowers. They are eac 

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

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

 color, though the general effect of the plant is rathe 

 striking. The anthers are bright yellow. This grows 

 the South. A. virga is a smooth plant, from two and a ha 

 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. 



468 



