338 Scrophularinee—Linaria. 
Leaves glaucous, sessile, ovate, acute. Flowers racemose, very 
near those of the preceding species, appearing in Summer. 
South of Europe. 
LI. Macroira is an allied glaucous perennial with yellow and 
orange flowers, remarkable for the very longspur. It isa native 
of the Crimea. 
3. L. triornithéphora.—a handsome though somewhat tender 
perennial from Portugal, but which will flower well if treated 
asan annual. It grows from 1 to 2 feet high, producing its 
flowers where it will succeed as a perennial throughout the 
Summer and Autumn. Leaves glabrous, ovate or lanceolate, 
usually in whorls of threes, with a stalked flower from the axil 
of cach. Flowers large, purple, tinged with yellow on the 
lower lip. 
4. LD. alpina.—A dwarf tufted perennial with small linear 
or lanceolate glaucous leaves and terminal racemes of relatively 
small lilac-blue flowers with an orange-red lower lip. A native 
of the mountains of Europe, blooming in Summer. 
5. DL. purpirea.—a tall erect somewhat slender perennial 
from 2 to 4 feet high. Leaves glaucous, linear, lower whorled. 
Flowers in terminal bracteolate racemes, purple, rather small, 
the spur as long as the tube, produced all the Summer. South 
Europe. 
6. L. Cymbaliria. Mother-of-thousands.—This is the creeping 
perennial species with slender stems, miniature Ivy-like gla- 
hrous leaves, and small lilac-blue flowers tinged with yellow on 
the lower lip, now become rather common on walls, old build- 
ings, banks, ete. It is a European species, and frequent though 
probably not indigenous, in Britain. It produces its flowers 
in great profusion from May till September. 
7. DL. bipartiia.—An annual species about a foot high with 
linear glaucous foliage and lilac-purple or pale violet flowers 
tinged with yellow on the lower lip. There is also a pure 
white and several other varieties. The specific name refers to 
the 2-lobed upper lip of the corolla. A native of North 
Africa. 
L. tristis is another annual specics with yellow flowers having 
a purple-brown mouth; L. spdrtea has large bright yellow 
flowers; and L. sawdtilis is a trailing plant with yellow flowers. 
There are many other very pretty species, both annual and 
perennial, but the foregoing selection includes nearly all that 
are desirable in the genus. 
