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THE SCROPHULARIA FAMILY. 



3. Pelisser's Linaria. Linaria Pelisseriana, DC. (Fig. 729.) 



(Eng. Bot. Suppl. t. 2832.) 



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. Fl. June. 



4. Supine Linaria. Linaria supina, Desf. (Fig. 730.) 



Perennial stock short, with numerous 

 branches, seldom 6 inches long, decum- 

 bent at the base, simple or nearly so, gla- 

 brous 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, ra- 

 ther smaller than in the common L., 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. Yery abun- 

 dant in southern France and Spain, ex- 

 tending up the western coast to the 

 and occasionally found in Devonshire and Cornwall. FL 



Fig. 730. 



Channel, 

 summer. 



5. Lesser Linaria. Linaria minor, Desf. (Fig. 731.) 

 (Eng. Bot. t. 2014.) 

 A much branched, erect annual, 3 or 4 inches high, with a slight 



