Antirrhinum linaria. Common yellow 
Toad Flax. 
ANTIRRHINUM Limaei Gen. PI. Didynamia Angiospermia. 
Rail Syn. Gen. iS. Herb® fructu sicco singulari flore monopetalo. 
ANTIRRHINUM Unarm foliis lanceolato-linearibus confertis, caule erefto, fpicis terminalibus feffilibus, 
floribus imbricatis. Linn. Syft. Vegetab. p. 466. FI. Suecic. 217. 
ANTIRRHINUM foliis linearibus adfcendentibus congeftis, caule ereflo fpicato. Haller, hi/ 1 . V. l. f. 14J. 
LINARIA vulgaris lutea flore majore. Bauhin pln.p. 212. 
LINARIA lutea vulgaris. Gerard emac. JJO. vulgaris noltras. Parhinfin 458. Rail Syn. p. * *281. Hudfin 
FI. Angl. p. 238. Scopoli FI. Carniol. p\ 442; 
RADIX perennis, alba, dura, lignofa, per terram rep- ? ROOT perennial, white, hard and woody, creeping 
tando immenfum fe propagans. | under the earth, and propagating itfelf very 
I much. 
CAULES plerumque plurcs ex eadem radice, ere&i, | STALKS : generally feveral arife from the fame root, 
pedales aut cubitales, foliofiffimi, teretes, laves. ^ upright, from one to two feet high, very full 
£ of leaves, round and fmooth. 
FOLIA linearia, acuta, conferta, fparfa, glauca. | LEAVES linear, pointed, growing very thick together 
* on the ftalk without any regular order, fmodth, 
* and of a blueilh colour. 
FLORES lutei, palato croceo, in fummis caulibus in I FLOWERS yellow, with the palate of an orange or 
fpicas denfas imbricatim congefti. f colour, placed one over another m thick 
I fpikes on the top of the Stalks. 
CALYX : Perianthium quinquepartitum, breve, per- * CALYX: a Perianthium divided into five fegments 
fiftens, laciniis ovato-lanceolatis, fuperiore caste- f fliort and continuing, the fegments oval and 
ris paulo longiore, duabus inferioribus magis % pointed, the upper one a little longer than the 
dehiscentibus, fig. 1. f reft > the tw0 mfenor ones gaping wideft, fig. 1. 
COROLLA monopetala ringens, lutea, fig. 3. Tubus £ COROLLA monopetalous, nngent, and yellow fig. 3 ; 
brevis; Limbus bilabiatus, fig. 4. Labium? the Tube fhort; the Limb compofed of two 
fuperius bifidum, laciniis. primum deflexis, poftea t Lips ,fig. 4 ; the uppe r Lip bifid, the fegments 
reflexis conni ventibus, fig. 5 ; Labium inferius i firfl bending down, afterwards turned back and 
trifidum, laciniis obtufis, intermedio breviore f doling together,/?. 5; the lower Lip trifid, 
minore, fig. 6 ; Faux claufa Palato pro- * the fegments obtufe, the middle one fhorteft 
minente, bifido, croceo, ad bafin villofo,/;-. 7. f and lea % fig. 6 ; the Mouth doled by a Pa- 
late prominent, bihd, of a faftron colour, 
* and villous at bottom, fig. 7. 
STAMINA: Filamenta quatuor, alba, fub labio fu- | STAMINA: four white Filaments, inclofed under 
periori inclufa, quorum duo breviora, ad bafin | the upper lip of the Corolla, two of which are 
villofii, fig. 9; Anthers flavas, conniventes, i lhorter than the other two, at bottom villous, 
fig. 10. I fig. 9; Anthers yellow, flightly connected 
l together , fig. 10. 
PISTILLUM: Germen fubrotundum, Stylus filifor- I PISTILLUM - Germen roundilh, Style filiform and 
mis, albus ; Stigma obtufum. | white; Stigmata obtufe. 
PERICARPIUiYI : Capsula ovato-cylindracea, bilocu- | SEED-VESSEL a Capsule of an oval and cylindrical 
laris, apice in plures lacinias dehifcens, fig. 14, | lhape, having two cavities, and fplitting at top 
15, 16. I into feveral divilions, fig. 14, 15, 16. 
SEMINA numcrofa, nigra, plana, medio extuberantia, ? SEEDS numerous, black, flat, protuberant in the mid- 
Jig. 17. 1 dl e,fig- 17 - 
Mr. Ray in his Flifioria Plantarum has colle&ed the Authorities of feveral writers who fpeak highly of the me- 
dical virtues of this Plant. At the fame time that we by no means believe in all the Virtues which are attributed 
to many plauts by the old Authors, we would be carefull of rejefting all their accounts, particularly when there 
is fome reafon to think they may be founded in Truth, the mention of them may at leaft ferve to excite fuch of the 
Faculty as have proper opportunities to give thema fair trial, and either rejedt them entirely, or bring them more 
generally into practice. 
According to fome it opperates both by Stool and Urine, and fo much by the latter, as to acquire among the 
Germans the name of Harnkrout. A fmall Glafs of the diftilled Water mixed with a drachm of the bark of the 
Ebulus or JVater Elder in powder, powerfully provokes Urine, and is recommended in Dropfical Cafes. The diftilled 
water or juice of the Plant putin the Eyes, takes away the rednefs and inflamation of them, as Tragus aflerts 
from his own long obfervation and experience. Made into an Ointment with lard and mixed with the yolk of Egg, 
it takes away the violent pain arifing from the Piles. 
The flowers of this plant are frequently found double with two or more Spurs, and a lingular variety of it which 
Linnaeus calls Pe/oria , is faid by Mr. Hudson to grow about Clapham in Surry, this rare monftrofity we fhall not 
fail to figure. 
In its common Rate, the Toad Flax grows very common on banks by the road fides, which it decorates not a 
little by its Angular and beautiful Flowers. It may with the greateft eafe be cultivated in Gardens, and raifed either 
from Seeds or Roots ; the Seed is ripe at the latter end of September. 
