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a thin, powdery bon and yellow (sometimes white) flowers, in a 
pyramidal panicle. It is said to hybridize or cross-breed with the com- 
mon Mullein, thus eataniet some remarkable varieties. 
2. LINA’RIA, Tournef. Toap-riax 
(Latin, Linum, flax ; from the resemblance of the leaves.] 
Calyz 5-parted. Corolla with the limb personate, the upper lip bifid 
with the lobes folded back—the lower lip trifid, closing the throat by 
i ated, spurred at base. Stamens yn- 
1. L. vulga’ris, Mi em sack simple ; 
leaves lance- Saee acne alternate, numerous ; 
ia imbricated, i iin’ raceme ; spur 
of the corolla acute, oe as long as the "tube. 
mMon Linarta. Toad-flax. Ranstead-weed- 
Butter and Eggs. 
Fy. Muflier linaire. Germ. Das Flachskraut. 
Span. Linaria. 
Plant smooth and somewhat glaucous. Root perennial, 
creeping, subligneous. Stem 1-2 or 3 feet Aigh, slender, 
r te, ? ib 
ng i 
patches. nclien long, narrow, irregularly scat- 
tered on the stem, but very numerous. Flowe rs peduncu- 
late, in a dense bracteate raceme—the peduncles shorter 
than the bracts. Corolla pale greenish-yellow, smooth — 
he . 
shorter than the longest stamens ; stigma obliqu 10k y trun- 
- le ovoid oblong, thin, smooth, dpnaer | than the 
calyx. Sods with a dilated orbicular mar gin, roughish- 
in tre. 
Pastures, fence-rows, &c.: introduced. Native of Europe. 
Fi. June- September. ” Fr. August - October. 
Obs. This is extensively naturalized,—a 
has become a vile nuisance in our pastures and 
one 
of its common names. It inclines to form ase ches, by means 
povaraaarad as far as it extends, takes inst ete po 
iii facta Vel 5 &: he. Toad tax (Linaia vulgaris. 
