178 SCROPHULARIACEAE. Vor. IL. 
4. Linaria répens (L.) Mill. Pale- 
blue Toad-Flax. Fig. 3746. 
Antirrhinum repens L. Sp. Pl. 614. 1753. 
ao repens Mill. Gard. Dict. Ed. 8, no. 6. 
1768. 
L. striata DC, Fl. France, 3: 586. 1805. 
Glabrous, perennial by a horizontal or 
creeping rootstock; stem erect, or the base 
decumbent, 8-30’ high, usually branched, 
the branches slender. Leaves linear, en- 
tire, short-petioled or sessile, 4’-2’ long, 
1’-2” wide, narrowed to both ends, the 
lower crowded, sometimes whorled, the 
upper more scattered; flowers in slender 
terminal elongating racemes; pedicels 2’~ ° 
5” long; bracts narrowly linear, acute; 
corolla nearly white, but striped with blue 
or purple, about 6” long; spur short, conic; 
capsule subglobose; seeds wrinkled, wing- 
less. 
Newfoundland, and in ballast about the 
Atlantic seaports. Adventive from Europe. 
Summer. 
6. ANTIRRHINUM [Tourn.] L. Sp. Pl. 612. 1753. 
Annual or perennial herbs, with.alternate leaves, or the lower and those of sterile shoots 
opposite, and mostly large red purple yellow or white flowers, in terminal racemes, or soli- 
tary in the upper axils. Calyx 5-parted, the segments imbricated. Corolla irregular, gibbous, 
or saccate, but not spurred at the base, 2-lipped, the upper lip erect, 2-lobed, the lower spread- 
ing, 3-lobed, its base produced into a palate nearly or quite closing the throat. Stamens 4, 
didynamous, included; filaments filiform, or dilated at the summit. Style filiform. Capsule 
ovoid or globose, opening by chinks or pores below the summit. Seeds numerous, oblong, 
truncate, rugose or smooth, not winged. [Greek, nose-like.] 
About 40 species, natives of Europe, Asia and western North America. Besides the following 
introduced species, some 18 others inhabit the western United States. Type species: Antirrhinum 
majus L. : 
Flowers 1-14’ long; calyx-segments ovate, much shorter than the corolla, 1. A. majus. 
Flowers 5”-7” long; calyx-segments linear, as long as the corolla. 2. A, Orontium. 
1. Antirrhinum majus L. Great Snap- 
dragon. Lion’s-mouth. Fig. 3747. 
Antirrhinum majus L. Sp. Pl. 617. 1753. 
Perennial, glabrous below, usually more or 
less glandular-pubescent above; stem branched 
or simple, 1°-3° high. Leaves lanceolate, linear 
or oblong-lanceolate, entire, short-petioled, acute 
at both ends, rather firm, glabrous, 1’-3’ long, 
1-5” wide; flowers racemose, purplish-red (of 
a variety of colors in cultivated forms), 1’-13" 
long; pedicels rather stout, 3-6” long, erect in 
fruit; calyx-segments oval to ovate, obtuse, 2”’- 
3” long; capsule obliquely ovoid, 4”’-5” high, 
opening by 2 pores just below the summit or 
at length apically 2-valved, much longer than 
the calyx. 
_ In waste places, sparingly escaped from gardens 
in the Atlantic States. Adventive from Europe. 
Other English names are rabbit’s mouth, bonny rab- 
bits, calf-snout, dragon’s-, tiger’s-, dog’s- or toad’s- 
mouth, Bulldogs. Lion’s-snap. June—Sept. 
