SCROPHULAEINE^C. 



609 



branched. Leaves narrow, lanceolate 

 or linear, entire. Flowers large, pur- 

 plish-red (or, in gardens, white or varie- 

 gated). Segments of the calyx broad 

 and obtuse, not above 3 lines long. Co- 

 rolla above an inch long, the so-called 

 palate opening when the tube is pressed 

 laterally between the finger and thumb, 

 whence the popular name of the genus. 



In clefts of rocks, old walls, and stony 

 places, in the Mediterranean region, but, 

 being much cultivated in gardens, it has 

 become naturalized much further north, 

 and is frequently found in similar situa- \y j 

 tions in southern England and Ireland. 

 FL summer and autumn. 



Fig. 725.. 



2. Lesser Snapdragon. Antirrhinum Orontium, Linn. 

 (Fig. 726.) 



(Eng. Bot. t. 1155.) 



An erect annual, seldom above a foot 

 high, much more slender than the great 

 S., with narrower leaves. Flowers scarce- 

 ly 6 lines long, mostly in the axils of the 

 upper leaves ; the narrow, unequal seg- 

 ments of the calyx as long as or longer 

 than the corolla. 



Apparently indigenous in southern 

 Europe, and widely spread as a weed of 

 cultivation over the greater part of Eu- 

 rope and central Asia, and carried out to 

 other countries. In Britain, it extends 

 over southern and eastern England and 

 southern Ireland. FL summer. 



726. 



