Antirrhinum minus. The least Toad-flax. 



ANTIRRHINUM Lin. Gen. PL Didynamia Angiospermia. 



tZat. 5-phyllus. Corolla bafis deorfum prominens, nedhrifera. Capfula 

 2-locularis. 



Rail Syn. Gen. 18. Herb/e fructu sicco singulari flore monopetalo. 



ANTIRRHINUM minus foliis plerifque alternis lanceolatis obtufis, caule ramofiffimo diffufo. Lin. Syfi. 

 Vegetab. p. 466^ Sp. PL p. 852. FL Suec. p. 502. 



ANTIRRHINUM vifcidum foliis inferioribus conjugatis ellipticis obtufis Inrfutis, calcare dimidii floris 

 longitudiiie. Haller. Hijl. n. 3%$. 



ANTIRRHINUM minus. Scopoll FL Cam. n. 769. 



ANTIRRHINUM arvenfe minus. B auk pin. 212. 



ANTIRRHINUM minimum repens. Ger. emac. 549. 



ANTIRRHINUM fylveftre minimum. Parkins. 1334. 



LINARIA Antirrhinum difta. Rail Syn. p. %%> The leaft Calfs Snout or Snap-dragon. Hudfon. 

 FL AngL ed. 2. p. 272. Oeder. FL Dan, t. 532. 



RADIX annua, fimplex, fibrofa. . | ROOT annual, fimple, and fibrous. 



CAULIS ere&us, fpithamseus, feu dodrantalis, ad balin | STALK upright, from five to nine inches in height, 

 ufque ramofus, teres, ramis inferioribus oppo- % branched down to the bottom, round, the 



fitis, fuperioribus alternis. I lovvermoft branches oppofite, the uppermoft 



% alternate. 



FOLIA ut ut totaplanta villofa* fubvifcofa, inferiora op- 1 LEAVES as well as the whole plant villeus, and fome- 

 poiita, patentia, fubfpatulata, fuperiora al- % what vifcid, the lower ones oppofite, fpreading, 



tern2, recurvata, lineari-lanceolata, obtufa. £ fomewhat fpatula-fhaped, the upper ones alter- 



^ nate, bent back, betwixt linear and lanceolate, 



% the extremity obtufe. 



FLORES parvi, folitarii, alterni, pedunculati, pedun- 1 FLOWERS fmall, folitary, alternate, landing on up* 

 culis ereclis. % right foot-ftalks. 



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

 laciniis linearibus, fubasqualibus, corolla bre- % ments, which are linear, nearly equal, fhorter 



vioribus, fig. 1. | than the corolla and permanent, fig. 1. 



COROLLA monopetala, tubus fuperne purpureus, in- % COROLLA monopetalous, the tube on the upper fide 

 feme maculis duabus parallelis, purpureis no- 1 purple, underneath marked with two parallel 



tatus, caicar breviffimum fubulatum purpu- 1 purple fpots, fpur very fhort and tapering, of 



rafcens, labium fuperius bifidum, inferne albi- f a purpliih colour, the upper lip bifid, on the 



dum, inferius trifidum, album ; palatum villo- 1 underfide whitifh, the lower trifid and white, 



fum, flavefcens, fig. 2. % the palate villous and yellowifh, fig. 2.. 



STAMINA: Filamenta quatuor, alba. Antherje | STAMINA : four white Filaments. Anthers 

 nigricantes. Pollen album. % blackifh. Pollen white. 



PISTILLUM: Germen fubovatum, vifcidum, rufef-|PISTILLUM : Germen fomewhat ovate, vifcid, and of • 

 cens. Stylus fiiiformis, fuperne purpureus. | a reddifh. brown colour. Style filiform, on 



Stigma limpiex, album. | the upper part purplifh. Stigma fimple and. 



white. 



PER1CARPIUM : Capsu.la ovata, apice dehifcens. ¥ SEED-VESSEL, an ovate Capsule opening at top. 



Botanifts have diftinguifhed this fpecies by the. names of minus and minimum, as being the moft diminutive of the 

 genus. It may aifo be confidered as one of the leaft ornamental. 



It is chiefly found in corn fields, efpecially where the foil is fandy. We have occafionally noticed it in Batterfea 

 Fields with the Orontium ; but in many parts of Kent it grows much more plentifully. 



We know of no ufe to which it is applicable ; and it is too diminutive a plant to do much harm where it is raoft 

 abundant. 



Introduced into the garden, it comes up annually without any care, nor is it eafily loft. 



It branches and fpreads according to the luxuriance of the foil, and frequently grows to a much greater fize than 

 our figure reprefents. 



It flowers from June to Auguft. 



