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crowded or whorled at the base of the stem, scattered in the upper part. 
Flowers rather small, but pretty and slightly sweet-scented, forming short 
racemes, usually arranged in a terminal panicle. Corolla under 6 lines long, 
nearly white, but striped with bluish or purple veins ; the spur usually very 
short and conical, but variable in length. Seeds wrinkled, without any 
scarious border. 
In stony wastes, in southern and central Europe to the Caucasus, 
scarcely extending into Germany. Rare in Britain, occurring here and 
there in England and Ireland, or further north only as a straggler from 
gardens, where it was formerly frequently cultivated. 27. summer and 
autumn. 
3. GU. Pelisseriana, Mill. (fig. 734). Pelisser’s Linaria.—An erect; 
glabrous, slender annual, scarcely branched, with very narrow linear leaves, 
few and distant. Flowers small, in a short terminal raceme; the corolla 
purple, with dark veins, and a long slender-pointed spur. 
In bushy wastes, and pastures, in western and southern Europe, along 
the Mediterranean region to the Caucasus, extending here and there into 
central Europe, and has been gathered in the Isle of Jersey. FV. June. 
| 4, IZ. supina, Desf. (fig. 735). Supine Linaria.— Perennial stock 
short, with numerous branches, seldom 6 inches long, decumbent at the 
base, simple or nearly so, glabrous or with a slight glandular down. 
Leaves linear; the lower ones and those of the barren stems whorled. 
Flowers yellow, in a short terminal raceme, rather smaller than in JZ. 
vulgaris, with a long, slender spur. Seeds nearly flat, with a scarious 
wing. 
In sandy or stony places, especially near the sea, in western Europe and 
the west Mediterranean region. Very abundant in southern France and 
Spain, extending up the western coast to the Channel, and occasionally 
found in Devonshire and Cornwall on ballast heaps. #7. Summer. 
5. &. minor, Desf. (fig. 736). Lesser Linaria.—A much branched, 
erect annual, 3 or 4 inches high, with a slight, glandular down. Leaves, 
although linear, yet broader and more obtuse than in any of the preceding 
species, and narrowed at the base. Flowers very small, on long axillary 
peduncles; the corolla scarcely exceeding the calyx, of a pale purple or 
violet colour, with a short blunt spur. Seeds small, not bordered. | 
In waste and cultivated places, in temperate and southern Europe, ex- 
tending northward far into Scandinavia and eastward to the Caucasus. In 
Britain, not unfrequent as a weed of cultivation in southern England, more 
rare in the north, in Ireland, and in Scotland. Fl. summer. 
6. &. Cymbalaria, Mill. (fig. 737). Ivy Linaria.—A perfectly glabrous, 
trailing perennial, with slender stems, often rooting at the nodes. Leaves 
stalked, broad, almost reniform, broadly 5-lobed, rather thick, and faintly 
marked with 3 or 5 palmate veins. Flowers small, solitary, on recurved 
axillary peduncles, of a pale lilac, with a rather short spur; the palate yel- 
lowish, closing the tube. Capsule’ nearly globular, containing several 
warted but not winged seeds. 
On rocks, old walls, and stony places, in the Mediterranean region, and 
now naturalized in many parts of central and even northern Europe. In 
Britain, perfectly established in several places. FV. the whole season. 
