LINA'RIA ITALICA. 
ITALIAN TOADFLAX. 
Class. 
DIDYNAMIA. 
Natural Order. 
SCROPHCLARIN JE. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Cultivated 
Italy. 
2^ feet. 
May, Sept. 
Perennial . 
in 1830. 
No. 463. 
Linaria, a word altered from Linum; and given 
to this genus, on account of the general resem- 
blance of the herbage of the two genera. 
This, like several other species of Linaria, is an 
upright slender plant, of neat growth. Its nu- 
merous long racemes of flowers are particularly or- 
namental, and as they are produced during three 
or four successive months, the plant is a desirable 
appendage to the parterre. 
The whole of this genus was, by Linneus, inclu- 
ded under antirrhinum, and notwithstanding their 
separation has, long since, been determined, many 
cultivators disregard the distinction; some, perhaps, 
from not having studied their difference. We will 
point out a definite rule for distinguishing the one 
genus from the other. The flowers of Linaria, have 
each a spur from the bottom of the corolla. Those 
of Antirrhinum have no such appendage. Other 
essential differences exist, but this one is sufficient. 
The roots of Linaria Italica, may be divided at 
the usual seasons. It also increases by suckers, 
which occasionally strike out from its roots, and 
produce a blossoming progeny in the Autumn. 
Order. 
ANGIOSPERMIA. 
