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LINARIA DELPHINOIDES. 



(Delphinium-like Linaria.) 

 LINNEAN SYSTEM. AT 11 k NATURAL ORDER. 



DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMA. SCROPHULARINEiE. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 

 Linaria. (Tourn.) Calyx 5-partitus. Corolla personata, tubo abbreviate inflato basi calcarato, 

 palato ad faucem prominulo, interdum depresso. Stamina basi pilosa. Stylus apice incrassatus 

 vel bifidus ; stigmate emarginato vel bilobo. Capsula operculis circumscissis vel plurimis valvse- 

 formibus vel dentiformibus debiscens. 



Herbee, vel rarius suffrutices. Folia altema, opposita vel verticillata, integerrima, lobatave. 

 Flores ad summitates ramorum racemosi, seu spicato-racemosi, vel solitarii axillares. 



Calyx divided into 5 parts. Corolla personate ; tube shortened, inflated, spurred at the base ; 

 palate prominent at the throat, sometimes depressed. Stamens hairy at the base. Style thick- 

 ened at the apex, or divided ; stigma notched, or two-lobed. Capsules dehiscing by means of 

 lids cut roimd, or in many by valviform or dentiform dehiscings. Herbs, rarely shrubs. Leaves 

 alternate, opposite or verticillate, entire or lobed. Flowers arranged at the top of the branches 

 either in racemes, or spiked racemes, or solitary axillary. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



L. delphinoides. Caule gracili ramosissimo, glabro ; foliis alternis subulatis ; floribus 

 racemosis purpureis striatis calcaribus arcuatis longissimis ; pedunculis et calicibus pilosis ; eorollce 

 lobis superioribus obtusis, mferioribus emarginatis ; calycibus refiexis. 



Stem slender, very much branched, smooth ; leaves alternate, subulate ; flowers racemose, 

 purple-striped spurs bowed very long ; peduncles and calices hairy, upper lobes of the corolla 

 obtuse, the inferior ones notched ; calices reflexed. 



Linaria delphinoides. — Gay. 



Descr. — Biennial ? Stem about 12 inches high, very much branched ; smooth, except at 

 that part where it begins to bear flowers, then pubescent. Leaves alternate, subulate. Flowers 

 pedicellate, arranged in racemes, purple. Pedicels pubescent. Corolla purple-striped, two- 

 lipped, the upper lip bifid," divisions obtuse, entire ; the lower lip trifid, divisions obtuse and 

 notched ; palate inflated, much paler than the other part of the flower, and more delicately 

 striated. Spur slender, and delicately bowed, or gracefully curved. Tube of the corolla about 

 three lines long. Calyx pubescent, divisions reflexed. Stamens 4, two long and two shorter. 

 Anthers dehiscing longitudinally, and towards the axis. Pollen yellow, minute, opaque, oblong. 

 Style thickened towards the apex. Stigma entire. 



This is an exceedingly pretty plant, growing in the collection of the Birming- 

 ham Botanical and Horticultural Society, in whose garden it was raised from 

 seeds, which were received at that establishment in 1838, from St. Petersburgh, 



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