FIGWORT FAMILY. Scrophulariaceae. 
There are many kinds of Antirrhinum, natives of Europe, 
Asia, and western North America; herbs; the lower leaves 
often opposite, and the upper ones alternate; the sepals 
five; the corolla two-lipped, swollen at the base on the 
lower side, but with no spur, the palate nearly closing the 
throat; the stamens four. The name is from the Greek, 
meaning “‘nose-like,’’ because the shape of the flowers _ 
suggests the snout of an animal. 
This is a conspicuous perennial, hand- 
ae some though rather coarse, hairy and 
PS sticky all over, with stout leafy stems, 
- glandulésum from two to five feet tall, with branches 
Pink, purple but no tendrils, and soft, rather dark 
Spring 
green leaves. The flowers are half an 
inch long, the corolla pink with a yellow 
palate, and they are crowded in fine, long, one-sided 
clusters. This is common in the South and looks a good 
deal like some of the cultivated kinds; when its flowers are 
pinched from the sides they open their mouths in the same 
funny way. 
California 
This has tendril-like pedicels, which 
curl around nearby plants, but the stem is 
dragon 
ce stout and erect, over two feet tall, smooth 
Coulterianum below and hairy above, with smooth, 
White and lilac dark green leaves, and bears a long, 
sae crowded, one-sided cluster of pink buds 
California 
White Snap- 
about half an inch long, with hairy calyxes, and the corollas 
are prettily tinged with lilac or pink, but are too pale in 
color, though the general effect of the plant is rather 
striking. The anthers are bright yellow. This grows in 
the South. A. virgad isa smooth plant, from two and a half 
to five feet tall, with many wand-like stems, springing 
from a perennial base, and reddish-purple flowers, about 
half an inch long, forming a long, rather one-sided cluster. 
This grows in the chaparral, on ridges of the Coast Ranges, 
blooming in June, but is not common. 
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and pretty white flowers. They are each 

