Antirrhinum.'] Lxii. scrophulaeiace-^ 



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Road-sides and waste places, in many parts of England and Scot- 

 land, but nowhere general, and always in doubtfully wild situations. 

 1^, 4 — 6. — Very different from all the precedinir, and, as Sir James 

 E, Smith has well observed, exhibiting a great affinity with the pretty 

 American genus Calceolaria, Styles and stamens^ which latter arise 

 from the base of the yellow corolla^ protruded from its very con 

 tracted mouth. 



8. Digitalis Linn. Foxglove or Folks-glove* 



CaL in 5 deep segments. Cor. campanulate, inflated be- 

 neath ; limb obliquely 4 — 5-lobed, unequal. Caps, ovate^ 

 S'Celled, many-seeded, 2-valved, septicldal. — Name : digitale^ 

 the finger of a glove^ -which its flowers resemble. Hence, Fox- 

 glove in English, and doigts de la Vierge^ gants de Notre DamCj 

 &c., in French; meuran-nam-han-sith^ in Gaelic. 



1. J), purpurea L. {purple -F.) ; sepals ovate-oblong acute 

 3-nerved downy, corolla obtuse scabrous externally, upper lip 

 scarcely divided, lower one with ovate rounded segments, leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate crenate or serrate downy. E. B, t. 1297. 



Dry banks, pastures, walls, &e., in hilly and especially in sub- 

 alpuie and rocky coimtries ; almost imknown In the more eastern 

 parts of England, such as Norfolk and Suffolk. 2jL, 5 — 8. — The 

 most stately and beautiful of our herbaceous plants ; and one that 

 has obtained great reputation as a medicine. Three to four feet high. 

 Leaves large, veiny. Spikes very long, of numerous, drooping, purple 

 (or rarely white), Jloicers, spotted within. Dr. Eromfield found a 

 curious var, with a spurred corolla in the Isle of Wight. 



9. Ais'TiRRHiNUM Ltun. Snapdragon. 



CaL 5-partite. Cor. personate, gibbous at the base (no 

 evident spur) ; its jnoutli closed by a projecting palate. Caps. 

 2 -celled, oblique, opening by 2 — 3 pores at the extremity. 

 i!^ame : am^ in comparison with^ piv^ a nose^ mvffier^ or mask; 

 from the appearance of the flowers. 



1. A. '^majus L. {great S.) ; leaves lanceolate alternate those 

 of the branches opposite, flowers spiked, segments of the caly: 

 ovate obtuse much shorter than the corolla, upper lip of corolla 

 bifid. E.B.t. 129. 



Old walls and chalk-hills, frequently the outcast of neighbouring 

 gardens. If.. 7 — 9. — One to two feet high. Flowers very large, 

 mostly purplish-red, but often varying to white. 



2. A. Orontlum L. (lesser S.) ; leaves mostly alternate linear- 

 lanceolate, spikes very few-flowered lax, segments of the calyx 

 linear longer than the corolla. F. B. t. 1155. 



Corn-fields in a dry soil, In many parts, especially of the east and 

 south of England. ©. 7 — 10. — Floivers purple, remarkable for 

 the great length of the calyx -segments, particularly after flowering. 



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