338 Scrophularinece L inaria. 



Leaves glaucous, sessile, ovate, acute. Flowers racemose, very 

 near those of the preceding species, appearing in Summer. 

 South of Europe. 



L. Macroura is an allied glaucous perennial with yellow and 

 orange flowers, remarkable for the very long spur. It is a native 

 of the Crimea. 



3. L. triornithophora. A handsome though somewhat tender 

 perennial from Portugal, but which will flower well if treated 

 as an annual. It grows from 1 to 2 feet high, producing its 

 flowers where it will succeed as a perennial throughout the 

 Summer and Autumn. Leaves glabrous, ovate or lanceolate, 

 usually in whorls of threes, with a stalked flower from the axil 

 of each. Flowers large, purple, tinged with yellow on the 

 lower lip. 



4. L. alplna. A dwarf tufted perennial with small linear 

 or lanceolate glaucous leaves and terminal racemes of relatively 

 small lilac-blue flowers with an orange-red lower lip. A native 

 of the mountains of Europe, blooming in Summer. 



5. L. purpurea. A tall erect somewhat slender perennial 

 from 2 to 4 feet high. Leaves glaucous, linear, lower whorled. 

 Flowers in terminal bracteolate racemes, purple, rather small, 

 the spur as long as the tube, produced all the Summer. South 

 Europe. 



6. L. Cymbalaria. Mother-of-thousands. This is the creeping 

 perennial species with slender stems, miniature Ivy-like gla- 

 brous leaves, and small lilac-blue flowers tinged with yellow on 

 the lower lip, now become rather common on walls, old build- 

 ings, banks, etc. It is a European species, and frequent though 

 probably not indigenous, in Britain. It produces its flowers 

 in great profusion from May till September. 



7. L. bipartlta. An annual species about a foot high with 

 linear glaucous foliage and lilac-purple or pale violet flowers 

 tinged with yellow on the lower lip. There is also a pure 

 white and several other varieties. The specific name refers to 

 the 2-lobed upper lip of the corolla. A native of North 

 Africa. 



L. tristis is another annual species with yellow flowers having 

 a purple-brown mouth ; L. spdrtea has large bright yellow 

 flowers ; and L. saxdtilis is a trailing plant with yellow flowers. 

 There are many other very pretty species, both annual and 

 perennial, but the foregoing selection includes nearly all that 

 are desirable in the genus. 



