Antirrhinum linaria. Common yellow 



ToadFlax. 



ANTIRRHINUM Linncei Gen. PL Didynamia Angiospermia. 



Rail Syn. Gen. 18. Herbje fructu sicc© singulari flore monopetalo. 

 ANTIRRHINUM Linaria foliis lanceolato-linearibus confertis, caule ere£to, fpicis terminalibus feffilibus, 



fioribus imbricatis. Linn. Syft. Vegetab. p. 466. Fl. Suecic. 217. 



ANTIRRHINUM foliis linearibus adfcendentibus congeftis, caule ere&o fpicato. Mailer, hi/l. V. 1. p. 145. 



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LINARIA vulgaris lutea flore majore. Bauhin pin. p. 212. 



LINARIA lutea vulgaris. Gerard emac. 550. vulgaris noftras. Parkin/on 458. Rail Syn. p. *28i. Hud/on 

 Fl. Angl. p. 238. Scopoli Fl. Carniol. p: 442; 



RADIX perennis, alba, dura, lignofa, per terram rep- ? ROOT perennial, white, hard and woody, creeping 

 tando immenfum fe propagans. | under the earth, and propagating itfelf very 



£ much. 



CAULES plemmque plures ex eadem radice, eretli, | STALKS : generally feveral arife from the fame root, 

 pedales aut cubitales, foliofiffimi, teretes, laeves. | upright, from one to two feet high, very full 



t of leaves, round and fmooth. 



FOLIA linearis., acuta, conferta, fparfa, glauca. | LEAVES linear, pointed, growing very thick together 



¥ on the ftalk without any regular order, fmooth, 



* and of a blueifh colour. 



FLORES lutei, palato croceo, in fummis caulibus in % FLOWERS yellow, with the palate of an orange or 

 fpicas denfas imbricatim congefti. | fafFron colour, placed one over another in thick 



I fpikes on the top of the Stalks. 



CALYX: Perianthium quinquepartitum, breve, per- t CALYX: a Perianthium divided into five fegments 

 fiftens, laciniis ovato-lanceolatis, fuperiore csete- J *h°/t and continuing, the fegments oval and 



ris paulo longiore, duabus inferioribus magis % pointed, the upper one a little longer than the 



dehiscentibus, fig. 1. | reft, the two inferior ones gaping wideft, fig. 1. 



COROLLA monopetala ringens, lutea, fig. 3. Tubus \ COROLLA monopetalous, ringent, and yellow, Jig. 3 ; 

 brevis ; Limbus bilabiatus, fig. 4. Labium t the Tube fhort; the Limb compofed of two 



fuperius bifidum, laciniis primum deflexis, poftea t Lips, /^ 4 ; the upper Lip bifid, the fegments 



reftexis conniventibus, fig. 5 ; Labium infierius I firft. bending down, afterwards turned back and 



trifidum, laciniis obtufis, intermedio breviore | clofmg together, fig. 5 ; the lower Lip trifid, 



minore, fig. 6 ; Faux claufa Palato pro- % the fegments obtufe, the middle one fhorteft 



minente, bifido, croceo, ad bafin villofo,j%. 7. | ^nd leaft, fig. 6 ; the Mouth clofed by a Pa- 



I late prominent, bifid, of a fafFron colour, 



I and villous at bottom, fig. y. 



STAMINA: Filamenta quatuor, alba, fub labio fu- * STAMINA: four white Filaments, inclofed under 



periori inclufa, quorum duo breviora, ad balin | the upper lip of the Corolla, two of which are 



villofa, fig. 9; Anthers flavae, conniventes, t Ihorter than the other two, at bottom villous, 



fig. 10. J fig. 9; Anthers yellow, flightly connected 



& together, fig. 10. 



PISTILLUM: Germen fubrotundum, Stylus filifor- t PISTILLUM • Germen roundiih, Style filiform and 



mis, albus ; Stigma obtufum. I white; Stigmata obtufe. 



PERlCARPIUM : Capsula ovato-cylindracea, bilocu- f SEED-VESSEL a Capsule of an oval and cylindrical 

 laris, apice in plures lacinias dehifcens, fig. 14, | Ihape, having two cavities, and fplitting at top 



15, 16. ^ into feveral d'ivifions, fig. 14, 15, 16. 



SEMINA numerofa, nigra, plana, medio extuberantia, ¥ SEEDS numerous, black, flat, protuberant in the mid- 

 fig. 17. ' T &e,fig. 17. 



Mr. Ray in his Hifioria Plantarum has collected the Authorities of feveral writers who fpeak highly of the me- 

 dical virtues of this Plant. At the fame time that we by no means believe in all the Virtues which are attributed 

 to many plauts by the old Authors, we would be carefull of rejecting all their accounts, particularly when there 

 is fome reafon to think they may be founded in Truth, the mention of them may at leaft ferve to excite fuch of the 

 Faculty as have proper opportunities to give them a fair trial, and either reject them entirely, or bring them more 

 generally into practice. 



According to fome it opperates both by Stool and Urine, and fo much by the latter, as to acquire among the 

 Germans the name of Harnkrout. A fmall Glafs of the diftilled Water mixed with a drachm of the bark of the 

 Ebulus or Water Elder in powder, powerfully provokes Urine, and is recommended in Dropfical Cafes. The diftilled 

 water or juice of the Plant put in the Eyes, takes away the rednefs and inflamation of them, as Tragus afferts 

 from his own long obfervation and experience. Made into an Ointment with lard and mixed with the yolk of Egg, 

 it takes away the violent pain arifing from the Piles. 



The flowers of this plant are frequently found double with two or more Spurs, and a lingular variety of it which. 

 Linnjeus calls Peloria, is faid by Mr. Hudson to grow about Clapham in Surry, this rare monftrofity we mail not 

 fail to figure. 



In its common ftate, the Toad Flax grows very common on banks by the road fides, which it decorates not a 

 little by its lingular and beautiful Flowers. It may with the greateft eafe be cultivated in Gardens, and raifed either 

 from Seeds or Roots ; the Seed is ripe at the latter end of September, 



