Antirrhinum Orontium. Small Snapdragon. 



ANTIRRHINUM Lin. Gen. PL Didynamia Angiospermia. 



CaL 5-phyllus. Corolla bafis deorfum promlriens, nectanfera, 

 Capjuld, 2-locularis. 



Rati Syn. Gen. 18. Herbje fructu sicco singular i flore monopetalo. 



ANTIRRHINUM Orontium corollis ecaudatis, floribus fubfpicatis, calycibus corolla longioribus. Lin. 

 Syji. Vegetab. p. 466. Sp. PL p. 860. Fl. Suec. n. 559. 



ANTIRRHINUM foliis ellipticis obtufis, floribus fparfis, calycibus fubulatis longiffimis, calcare bre= 



viffima. Haller. Hift. n. 334. 



ANTIRRHINUM Orontium. Scopoli FL Cam. m 774. 



ANTIRRHINUM anguftifolium fylveftre. Bauh. Hiji. III. 464; 



ANTIRRHINUM arvenfe majus. Bauh. pin. 212. 



ANTIRRHINUM fylveftre medium. Parkin/. 1334. Rati Syn. p. * 2 8 3 . The lefc wild Calf's Snout 



or Snapdragon. Hud/on. FL Angl. ed. 2. p. 274. 



RADIX annua, fimplex, rigida, albida, fibrofa, fibris | ROOT annual, fimple, ftifF, whitifh, fibrous, fibres 



paucis, patentibus. | few and fpreading. 



CAULIS fpithamasus, aut pedalis, fimplex feu ramofus, % STALK from a fpan to a foot in height, fimple or 

 eredus, teres, pilofus, pilis patentibus, fub- | branched, upright, round, hairy, the hairs 



vifcidis. f fpreading and fomewhat vifcid. 



FOLIA ima oppofita, fubconnata, fuperiora alterna, li- | LEAVES of a fhape betwixt linear and lanceolate, 

 neari-lanceolata, carinata, deflexa, integerrima, % keeled, turning downward, entire at the edge] 



hirfutula. | flightly hairy, the lowermoft oppofue, flightly 



? uniting at the bafe, the uppermoft alternate. 



FLORES pauci, axillares, feffiles, rubelli, vix fpicati, | FLOWERS few, growing from the als of the leaves, 

 nifi in fpeciminibus majoribus. | feffile, of a bright red colour, fcarcely form- 



| - ing a fpike, unlefs in large fpecimehs. 



CALYX: Perianthium quinque-partitum, perfiftens, | CALYX : a Perianthium deeply divided into five 

 laciniis linearibus, carinatis, hirfutis, longitu- % fegments, and permanent ; the fegments linear, 



dine corollae, fuperiore longiore. | keeled, hairy, the length of the corolla, the 



% uppermoft fegment longeft. 



COROLLA monopetala, rofea, venis faturatioribus | COROLLA monopetalous, rofe coloured, ftriped with 

 ftriata, inferne et fuperne pubefcens ; labium | veins of the fame colour but deeper, both 



fuperius bifidum, lateribus^ reflexum, inferius | above and below flightly hairy, the upper lip 



trifidum, laciniis deflexis, intermedia minore, | bifid, the fides turning back, the lower lip 



Netfarium breviffimum, obtufum. Jig. 1. * trifid, the fegments turning down, the middle 



I one the fmalleft ; Nectary very fhort and blunt. 



% fig' i- 



STAMINA : Filamenta quatuor, filiformia, purpu- | STAMINA : four Filaments, thread-fliaped, purplifli, 



rafcentia, glabra, quorum duo brcviora ; An- | fmooth, two of which are fnorter than the 



ther^e flavae, bilobas, conniventes. fig. 2. | others ; Anthers yellow, clofing together, 



y compofed of two lobes. Jig. 2. 



PISTILLUM: Germen fubrotundum, villofum ; Sty- ? PISTILLUM : Germen roundifh, and villous ; Style 



lus fubulatus, villofus, apice paululum inch- | tapering, villous, bending a little downward 



natus; Stigma obtufum, flavum. fig. 3. ? at top ; Stigma blunt and yellow, fig. % 



FERICARPIUM: Capsula pedunculata, erefta, hir- | SEED-VESSEL : a Capsule Handing on a rootftalk, 



futa, apice triforaminofa, bilocularis. fig. 4. % upright, hairy, having two cavities and three 



I apertures at top. Jig. 4. 



SEMINA plurima, nigricantia, angulata. Jig. 5. \ SEEDS numerous, blackifh and angular, fig. s . 



This fpecies of Antirrhinum is diftinguifhed from all the others, the majus excepted, by having no fpur to the 

 corolla, and from the majus by being an annual, and having long, pointed leaves to the calyx, which in that 

 plant are fhort and obtufe. 



It grows in tolerable plenty in Batterfea Corn-fields, where it flowers in July and Auguft. 

 The feed-veffel, when fully ripe, is a curious reprefentation of the ikull of a Quadruped. 



