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namely, Antirrhinum Elatine L. and A. spuriwm L., which are 
familiarly known to British botanists under the names of Linari 
uotes the note of Pfeiffer, IC ll., pars 
altera (1874), 1117, “ Rectius Scrofularia, a .radice serofulis 
sanandis usitata (Etymologia graeca no uit).”’ 
he writes the name of the family “ Scrofulariacee.” 
Sibthorpia europea L., bo h 
is treated with much attention. The distribution of the plant 
South Devon it is stated, on the authority of Archer Briggs, to 
ascend to 90 meters; and in Kerry, according to H. C. Hart, to be 
found from the sea-level up to 510 m. It may be mentioned that 
in North Devon the species ranges between 30 and 180 m. alt. 
The genus was named by Linneus in 1751 in honour of Dr. 
Humphrey Sibthorp, who occupied the botanical chair at Oxford 
from 1747 to 1784, and on his retirement went to reside at 
expresses his thanks in a letter to Dr. ‘Sibthorp, dated Upsal, 
July 15, 1750: ‘ Pro alsine spuria tibi immensas grates habeo— 
quia eandem pro planta ficta ex hydrocotyle habuissem, nisi ipse 
vidissem et palpitassem pulchrum specimen quod in tui memoriam 
Acco! nneus names the plant, in memory of 
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