178 DIDYNAML\ ANGIOSPERMIA. Ajitirrhinum. 



whorled. Stem panicled. Calyx smooth, the length 

 of the spur. E. B. 1253. 



Chalky hanhs. Between Ewelme and Swincombe. Sb. Shooter's 

 Hill. Pangbourn, Berks. R. W. In a clay pit, near a lane, 

 leading off the Theale road, Berks, to Mr. Wilder' s, Purley. 

 R. W. On a chalk hill, Henley. Dillen. and Sm. 



Per. July. 



Stems numerous, erect, branched. Herbage smooth, glaucous. 

 Ls. entire, stalkless, narrow. FL in terminal spikes. Fl.-stem 

 stiff, upright, Fl. in some states of the atmosphere, fragrant. 

 Cor. spur, and lower lip whitish, upper lip, and tube striped 

 with greyish blue. Spur conical, shorter than the Jl.-stcdk. 

 A var. has been found near Southamj^ton, with fi. like those of 



Ant. Linaria, var. Peloria. 



A. Linaria.^ Common Yelloiv T. Leaves linear-spear- 

 shaped, crowded. Stem erect. Spikes terminal. 

 Flowers tiled. Calyx smooth, shorter than the spur. 

 E. B. 658. C. 1. 47- Linaria lutea vulgaris. G. 

 E. 550. 



Hedges, borders of fields on gravel. * Sm. Stanton Harcourt. 

 Southleigh. Dorchester. Sb. Near Summer Town. Near 

 Stonesfield. Bx. 



Per. August. 



Stems erect, two f., leafy, scarcely branched. Ls. entire, spread- 

 ing, little glaucous. Spike erect, many-flow^ered. Bract, spear- 

 shaped. Cor. large, bright yellow, handsome, masqued, with 

 downy, orange coloured mouth. Spur awl-shaped, five times as 

 long as the cal. 

 A deformed var. found with regular, tubular blossoms, mouth 



closed and pursed vip, five eqvial stamens, with two to five spurs, 



termed Peloria. E. B. 260. C. 6. 41. §. : its roots planted in a 



barren soil, return to Ant. Linaria, but the seeds of Peloria sown 



in a rich soil preserve the monstrous appearance of the var. Willd. 



Other species of Ant. liable to the transformation. 



Ls. in infusion diuretic, purgative : in ointment with lard, mixed 



with the yolk of an e^^ for pain in haemorrhoids. The expressed 



juice mixed with milk, poison to flies. 



A small glass of the distilled water, with a drachm of the bark 



of Sambucus 'Ebulus in powder, powerfully diuretic in dropsical 



cases. C. 



A. minus. Least Sn. Leaves spear-shaped, blunt, 

 downy, mostly alternate. Stem much branched, spread- 

 ing. Calyx longer than the spur. E. B. 2014. C. 

 5. 41. A minimum repens. G. E. 549. 



> From the leaves resembling linum, flax . 



