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2. CYMBALARIA Medic. Phil. Bot. 2: 70. 1791. 
Perennial creeping or spreading herbs, with long-petioled, mostly lobed, palmately veined 
leaves, and solitary axillary white to violet flowers. Calyx 5-parted. Corolla irregular, 
2-lipped, short-spurred ; upper lip 2-lobed, lower lip 3-lobed; throat nearly or quite closed by 
the palate. Stamens 4, didynamous, ascending, included, the filaments filiform. Style very 
slender. Capsule dehiscent by 2 terminal 3-toothed pores. Seeds numerous, small. [From 
the Greek for cymbal. ] 
About 9 species, natives of the Old World, the following typical. 
1. Cymbalaria Cymbalaria (L.) Wettst. Kenil- 
worth or Coliseum Ivy. Fig. 3739. 
Antirrhinum Cymbalaria L. Sp. Pl. 612. 1753. 
Linaria Cymbalaria Mill. Gard. Dict. Ed. 8, no. 17. _ 1768. 
Cymbalaria Cymbalaria Wettst. in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pfl. 
Fam. 4: Abt. 3b, 58. 1891. 
Perennial, glabrous; stem trailing, branched, often 
rooting at the nodes, 3’-12’ long. Leaves slender-petioled, 
reniform-orbicular, palmately 3-5-veined, 3-5-lobed, 3’-1’ 
in diameter, the lobes broad and obtuse; petioles usually 
as long as the blade; flowers axillary, solitary, blue or 
lilac, 4-5” long; peduncles slender, recurved, shorter 
than the petioles; calyx-segments lanceolate, acute; 
palate yellowish; capsule globose, several-seeded; seeds 
rugose, wingless. 
Waste places and roadsides, adventive from Europe, On- 
tario to New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and in seaport 
ballast. Other English names are ivy-leaved toadflax, ivy- 
weed. Climbing or roving sailor. Aaron’s-beard. Wander- 
ing jew. Mother-of-thousands. Oxford-weed. Pennywort. 
June-Aug. 
3. KICKXIA Dumort. Fl. Belg. 35. 1827. 
[ELatiInomEs Wettst. in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pfl. Fam. 4: Abt. 3b, 58. 1801.] 
Mostly annual spreading or creeping herbs, with pinnately veined, short-petioled entire 
toothed or lobed leaves, and solitary axillary white yellow or variegated flowers. Calyx 
5-parted. Corolla irregular, spurred, 2-lipped, the throat closed by the palate. Stamens 4, 
didynamous, included; filaments filiform. Capsule subglobose, or ovoid, opening by I or 2 
terminal slits, pores or valves. Seeds numerous, ovoid, mostly rough or tubercled. [In 
honor of Jean Kickx, 1775-1831, professor in Brussels.] 
About 25 species, natives of the Old World. Type species: Antirrhinum Elatine L. 
Leaves ovate-orbicular, cordate or rounded at the base. 1. K. spuria. 
Leaves hastate. 2. K. Elatine. 
Antirrhinum spurium L. Sp. Pl. 613. 1753. 
Linaria spuria Mill. Gard. Dict. Ed. 8, no. 15. 1768. 
Kickxia spuria Dumont. Fl. Belg. 35. 1827. 
Elatinoides spuria Wettst. in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pfl. 
Fam. 4: Abt. 3b, 58. 1891. 
Annual, pubescent all over; stems prostrate, branched 
or simple, 3’-2° long. Leaves short-petioled, ovate- 
orbicular, entire, or sometimes dentate, mucronulate at 
the apex, cordate or rounded at the base, 4’-1’ in diam- 
eter; petioles 1”—2” long; flowers solitary in the axils, 
small; peduncles filiform, very pubescent, often much 
longer than the leaves; calyx-segments ovate, acute at 
the apex, cordate or rounded at the base, one-half as 
long as the corolla; corolla yellowish with a purple 
upper lip, the spur curved, about as long as the tube; 
capsule subglobose, shorter than the calyx; seeds ru- 
gose, not winged. 
In waste places and ballast, New York to North Caro- 
lina and Missouri. Adventive from Europe. This and the 
next called also cancerwort and female-fluellin. June- 
Sept. 
