Antirrhinum minus. The least Toad-flax 
ANTIRRHINUM Lin. Gen. PI. Didynamia AngiosPermia. 
Cal. 5-phyIlus. Corolla bafis deorfum prominens, nedtarifera. Capfula 
2-locularis. 
Rail 'Syn. Gen. 18. Herb® fructu sicco singulari flore monopet alo. 
ANTtRRHINUM minus foliis pleriftpie alternis lanceolatis obtufis, caule ramofiffimo diffufo. Lin. Syjl. 
Vegetab. p. 466. Sp. PI. p. 852. FI. Suec. p. 502. 
ANTIRRHINUM vifcidum foliis inferioribus conjugatis ellipticis obtufis hirfutis* calcare dimidii floris 
longitudine. Haller . Hift. n. 335. 
ANTIRRHINUM minus. Scopo/i FI. Cani. n. 769. 
ANTIRRHINUM arvenfe minus. Bauh. pin. 212. 
ANTIRRHINUM minimum repens. Ger. emac. 549. 
ANTIRRHINUM fylveftre minimum. Parkins. 1334. 
LINARIA Antirrhinum didta. Raii Syn. p. *283. The leaft Calf’s Snout or Snap-dragon. Hudfon. 
FI. Angl. ed. 2. p. 272. Oeder. FI. Dan. t. 532. 
RADIX annua, fimplex, fibrofa. 
CAULIS eredlus, fpithamasus, feu dodrantalis, ad bafin 
ufque ramofus, teres, ramis inferioribus oppo- 
fitis, fuperioribus alternis. 
FOLIA ut ut tota planta villofa, fubvifcofa, inferiora op- 
pofita, patentia, fubfpatulata, fuperiora al- 
terna, recurvata, lineari-lanceolata, obtufa. 
FLORES parvi, folitarii, alterni, pedunculati, pedun- 
culis eredtis. 
CALYX : Perianthium quinque-partitum, perfiftens, 
laciniis linearibus, fubiequalibus, corolla bre- 
vioribus, Jig. 1 . 
COROLLA monopetala, tubus fuperne purpureus, in- 
, feme maculis duabus parallelis, purpureis no- 
tatus, calcar breviflimum lubulatum purpu- 
rafcens, labium fuperius bifidum, inferne albi- 
dum, inferius trifidum, album ; palatum villo- 
lum, flavefcens, Jig. 2. 
STAMINA: Filamenta quatuor, alba. Anther® 
nigricantes. Pollen album. 
PISTILLUM: Germen 1'ubovatum, vifcidum, rufef- 
cens. Stylus filiformis, fuperne purpureus. 
Stigma fimplex, album. 
t ROOT annual, Ample, and fibrous. 
I STALK upright, from five to nine inches in height, 
branched down to the bottom, round, the 
I lowermoft branches oppofite, the uppermoft 
4 alternate. 
I LEAVES as well as the whole plant villous, and fome- 
f what vifcid, the lower ones oppofite, fpreading, 
I fomewhat fpatula-Ihaped, the upper ones alter- 
nate, bent back, betwixt linear and lanceolate, 
the extremity obtufe. 
I FLOWERS fmall, folitary, alternate, Handing on up- 
right foot-ftalks. 
I CALYX : a Perianthium deeply divided into five feg- 
ments, which are linear, nearly equal, Ihorter 
than the corolla and permanent. Jig. 1 . 
f COROLLA monopetalous, the tube on the upper fide 
purple, underneath marked with two parallel 
purple fpots, fpur very Ihort and tapering, of 
a purplilh colour, the upper lip bifid, on the 
I underfide whitilh, the lower trifid and white, 
the palate villous and yellowifh. Jig. 2. 
I STAMINA: four white F il aments. Anther.® 
blackifh. Pollen white. 
I PISTILLUM : Germen fomewhat ovate, vifcid, and of 
I a reddilh brown colour. Style filiform, on 
the upper part purplilh. Stigma Ample and 
white. 
PERICARPIUM : Capsula ovata, apice dehifcens. 4 SEED-VESSEL, an ovate Capsule opening at top. 
Botanifts have diftinguithed this fpecies by the names of minus and minimum, as being the moll diminutive of the 
genus. It may alfo be conlidered as one of the leaft ornamental. 
It is chiefly found in corn fields, efpecially where the foil is Tandy. We have occafionally noticed it in Batterfea 
Fields with the Orontium ; but in many parts of Kent it grows much' more plentifully. 
We know of noufe to which it is applicable; and it is too diminutive a plant to do much harm where it is moft 
abundant. 
Introduced into the garden, it comes up annually without any care, nor is it eafily loft. 
It branches and fpreads according to the luxuriance of the foil, and frequently grows to a much greater fize than 
our figure reprefents. 
It flowers from June to Auguft. 
