Antirrhinum Orontium. Small Snapdragon. 
ANTIRRHINUM Lin . Gen. PL Didynamia Angiospermia. 
Cd. 5-phyllus. Corolla balls deorfum prominens, ne&arifera. 
Capfula 2-locularis. 
RaiiSyn. Gen. 18. Herb.® fructu sicco singulari flore monopetalo. 
ANTIRRHINUM Orontium corollis ecaudatis, floribus fubfpicatis, calycibus corolla longioribus. Lin. 
Syjl. Vegetab. p; 466. Sp. PL p. 860. FL Suec. n. 559. 
ANTIRRHINUM foliis ellipticis obtufis, floribus Iparfis, calycibus fubulatis longiffimis, 'calcare bre- 
viffima. Haller. Hifi. n. 334. 
ANTIRRHINUM Orontium. Scopoli FL Carn. n. 774. 
ANTIRRHINUM anguftifolium fylveftre. Bauh. Hifi. III. 464. 
ANTIRRHINUM arvenfe majus. Bauh. pin. 212. 
ANTIRRHINUM fylveftre medium. Parkin/. 1334. Raii Syn. p. *283. The leffer wild CalTs Snout 
or Snapdragon. Hudjon. FL Angl. ed. 2. p. 274. 
RADIX annua, fimplex, rigida, albida, fibrofa, fibris 
paucis, patentibus. 
CALLIS fpithamaeus, aut pedalis, fimplex feu ramofus, 
ereftus, teres, pilofus, pilis patentibus, fub- 
vifeidis. 
FOLIA ima oppbfita, fubconnata, fuperiora alterna, li- 
neari-lanceolata, carinata, deflexa, integerrima, 
hirfutula. 
FLORES pauci, axillares, feffiles, rubelli, vix fpicati, 
nili in lpeciminibus majoribus. 
CALYX: Perianthium quinque-partitum, perfiftens, 
laciniis linearibus, carinatis, hirfutis, longitu- 
dine corolla?, fuperiore longiore. 
COROLLA monopetala, rofea, venis faturatioribus 
flriata, inferne et fuperne pubefeens ; labium 
fuperius bifidum, lateribus reflexum, inferius 
trifidum, laciniis deflexis, iutermedia minore, 
Neblarium brevilfimum, obtufum. Jig. 1. 
STAMINA: Filamenta quatuor, filiformia, purpu- 
rafcentia, glabra, quorum duo breviora ; An- 
thers flava, bilobse, conniventes. jig. 2. 
PISTILLUM: Germen fubrotundum, villofum ; Sty- 
lus Tubulatus, villofus, apice paululum incli- 
natus ; Stigma obtufum, flavum, jig. 3. 
PERICARPIUM: Capsula pedunculata, ereda, hir- 
futa, apice triforamiuofa, bilocularis. jig. 4. 
SEMINA plurima, nigricantia, angulata, Jig. 5. 
ROOT annual, firhple, (tiff, whitilb, fibrous, fibres 
few and fpreading. 
STALK from a fpan to a foot in height, fimple or 
branched, upright, round, hairy, the hairs 
fpreading and fomewhat vifeid. 
LEAVES of a fhape betwixt linear and lanceolate, 
keeled, turning downward, entire at the edge, 
flightly hairy, the lowermoft oppofite, (lightly 
uniting at the bafe, the uppermoft alternate. 
FLOWERS few, growing from the ala? of the leaves, 
fertile, of a bright red colour, fcarcely form- 
ing a fpike, unlefs in large Ipecimens. 
CALYX : a Perianthium deeply divided into five 
fegments, and permanent ; the fegments linear, 
keeled, hairy, the length of the corolla, the 
uppermoft fegment longeft. 
COROLLA monopetalous, rofe coloured, ftriped with 
veins of the fame colour but deeper, both 
above and below flightly hairy, the upper lip 
bifid, the fides turning back, the lower lip 
trifid, the fegments turning down, the pniddle 
one the fmalleft ; Neblary very Ihort and blunt. 
fig- 1. 
STAMINA : four Filaments, thread-lhaped, purplilh, 
fmooth, two of which are (horter than the 
others; Anther.® yellow, doling together, 
compofed of two lobes, jig. 2. 
PISTILLUM : Germen roundilh, and villous ; Style 
tapering, villous, bending a little downward 
at top ; Stigma blunt and yellow, fig. 7. 
SEED-VESSEL: a Capsule Handing on a tootftalk, 
upright, hairy, having two cavities and three 
apertures at top. jig. 4. 
SEEDS numerous, blackilh and angula'r. fig. 5. 
This fpecies of Antirrhinum is diftinguifhed from all the others, the majus excepted, by having no fpur to the 
corolla, and from the majus by being an annual, and having long, pointed leaves to the calyx, which in that 
plant are Ihort and obtuli?. 
It grows in tolerable plenty in Batterfea Corn-fields, where it flowers in July and Auguft. 
The feed-velfel, when fully ripe, is a curious reprefentation of the Ikull of a Quadruped. 
