153 PLANTS OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



S. MaryJandica. L. Stem 3 or 4 feet high, square, not sharp 

 on the corners, rather smooth, with large, opposite, and heart- 

 shaped leaves, and small, roundish, capsule-like flowers on branch- 

 ing flower-stalks, and of a brownish color within. The form of 

 its calyx, like a globose cup open at the top, is very peculiar. 

 Grows along woods and in fields ; June. 



Antirrhinum. L. 13. 2. Snap-Dragon. 

 From the Greek, similar to a nose, from the snout-like form of 

 the flowers ; a genus of about 70 species, chiefly indigenous to 

 the South of Europe, and the opposite shores of Africa ; 2 spe- 

 cies natives of this State, and some others introduced. 



A. elatine, L., and A. Canadense, L. Flax Snap-Dragon, or 

 Toad-flax, scarcely deserve a notice here ; small, mere weeds, 

 bluish- white and blue flowers ; July. 



A. linaria. L. Flax-like. Has a foliage much like that of 

 flax, with many yellow spurred flow r ers in a spike. It was cul- 

 tivated as an ornamental flower ; being hardy, it soon became 

 naturalized about gardens, and spread into the fields ; a showy 

 plant, 2 feet high. In some of the States, it has become a very 

 troublesome weed ; blossoms from June to October. 



A. triornithophorum. L. Three Birds. (Greek, bearing 

 three birds.) So named from the flowers, which are clustered 

 in threes, like three little birds on one stem ; is cultivated for its 

 beauty. 



A. majus. L. Garden Snap-Dragon . Presents several va- 

 rieties, the scarlet, spotted, two-colored, and common, all which 

 are beautiful flowers. 



Mimulus. L. 13. 2. Monkey Flower. 



From the Greek, for an ape or monkey, as the flowers are 

 thought to resemble the head and mouth of that animal ; rather 

 handsome plants ; a small genus, of which 4 species belong to 

 this country and 2 to ]New England. 



