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DIDYNAMIA, GYMNOSPERMIA. 
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Linai’ia. 
Caiiadense, 
purpurea, 
with 3 to 5 reflected dentures^ a stapediform 
styliferous arch remaining betwixt either 
aperture. — Gcertner. 
1. A. erect, glabrous; leaves scattered, lanceo- 
late-linear, crowded ; spikes terminal, thickly 
flowered; calices glabrous, shorter than the 
spine. — Willd. and FursJu 
Icon. FI. Dan. 982. Engl. Bot. 658. 
Toad Flax. Bansted-weed. Wild Snap-dragon. 
A very elegant plant, but disgusting from its offensive phos- 
plioretic smell. Leaves greyish-green. Flowers bright yellow ; 
said to contain phosphorus. Introduced, but every where ex- 
tensively naturalized, in the United States. On road-sides, 
commons, wastes, and the borders of fields, very common and 
abundant. Perennial, from July till October. 
2. A. assurgent, glabrous, very simple; leaves 
scattered, erect, narrow-linear, obtuse, remote ; 
flowers racemous, shoots creeping. — Willd. and 
Pursh. 
Icon. Vent, liort. cels. 49. 
Puiple Toad Flax. 
A very delicate plant, with small oval radical leaves, acute 
at each end ; narrow linear stem leaves, and purple flowers. 
In sandy fields, roads, and woods of Jersey; common. An- 
nual. June, July. 
286. GERARDIA. Gen. pi. 1004. {Scrophularice.) 
Calix half 5-cleft, or 5-toothed. Corolla sub- 
campanulate, unequally 5-lobed, segments 
mostly rounded. Capsule S-celled, open- 
ing at the summit. — JSTutt. 
1. G. stem opposite, very much branched,* leaves 
linear ; flowers axillary, opposite, sessile. — ■ 
Willd. and Pursh. » 
Icon. Pluk. mant. t. 388. f. 1. (Pursh.) 
