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decumbent at the base, simple or nearly so, glabrous or with a slight glan- 

 dular down. Leaves linear ; the lower ones and those of the barren stems 

 whorled. Flowers yellow, in a short terminal raceme, rather smaller than 

 in the common L., with a long, slender spur. Seeds nearly flat, with a scari- 

 ous wing. 



In sandy or stony places, especially near the sea, in western Europe and 

 the west Mediterranean region. Very abundant in southern France and 

 Spain, extending up the western coast to the Channel, and occasionally 

 found in Devonshire and Cornwall. Fl. summer. 



5. Iiesser liinaria, Iiinaria minor, Desf. 

 (Eng. Bot. t. 2014.) 



A much branched, erect annual, 3 or 4 inches high, with a slight glandu- 

 lar down. Leaves, although hnear, yet broader and more obtuse than in 

 any of the preceding species, and narrowed at the base. Flowers very small, 

 on long anUary peduncles ; the coroUa scarcely exceeding the calyx, of a 

 pale purple or violet colour, with a short blunt spur. Seeds small, not 

 bordered. 



In waste and cultivated places, in temperate and southern Eiirope, ex- 

 tending northward far into Scandinavia and eastward to the Caucasus. In 

 Britain, not imfrequent as a weed of cultivation in southern England, more 

 rare in the north, in Ireland, and in Scotland. Fl. svmmer. 



6. Ivy Iiinaria. Iiinaria Cirmbalaria, Mill. 

 {Antirrhinum, Eng. Bot. t. 502.) 



A perfectly glabrous, trailing perennial, with slender stems, often rooting 

 at the nodes. Leaves stalked, broad, almost reniform, broadly 5-lobed, 

 rather thick, and faintly marked with 3 or 5 palmate veins. Flowers small, 

 solitary, on recurved axillary peduncles, of a pale lilac, with a rather short 

 spur ; the palate yellowish, closing the tube. Capsule nearly globular, con- 

 taining several warted but not winged seeds. 



On rocks, old walls, and stony places, in the Mediterranean region, and 

 now naturalized in many parts of central and even northern Europe. In 

 Britain, perfectly established in several coimties of England and Ireland. 

 FL the whole season. 



7. Round-leaved Iiinaria. Iiinaria spuria, MiH 



{Antirrhinum, Eng. Bot. t. 691.) 



A very hairy annual, with slender, bmnching, prostrate stems, 2 or 3 

 inches to a foot or more long. Leaves nearly sessile, broadly ovate or orbi- 

 cular. Flowers solitary, on hairy peduncles, in the axils of the upper 

 smaller leaves. Sepals ovate or broadly lanceolate. Corolla very small, 

 yellowish, with a purple upper hp ; the spur slender and reciurved. Seeds 

 warted, without wings. 



In waste and stony places, in the Mediterranean region, and as a weed of 

 cultivation in central Europe, but not extending so far north as the pointed L. 

 In Britain, only in cultivated places, in southern and central England. Fl. 

 ■ the whole season. 



8. Pointed Iiinaria. Iiinaria Elatine, Desf. 

 {Antirrhinum, Eng. Bot. t. 692.) 

 A prostrate annual, vrith the stem and leaves hairy, but less so than in 



