LINA'RIA AL'BA. 
WHITE FLOWERED TOAD-FLAX. 
Class. 
DIDYNAMIA. 
Order. 
ANGIOSPERMIA. 
Natural Order. 
SCROPHULARIACEAE. 
Native of 
Height 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Europe. 
9 inches. 
July & Aug. 
Perennial. 
Introduced 
in 1838. ? 
No. 898. 
Linaria has been explained under No. 34. 
This is a pretty and distinct perennial species of 
Linaria, for which we are indebted to Mr. Cameron, 
of the Birmingham Horticultural Society’s garden. 
It will be desirable, in the flower garden, as a pretty 
specimen of one section of the Natural Order 
Scrophulariacese. The peculiar shape of its cor- 
olla cannot escape the notice even of the most 
careless observer, and it may be, naturally enough, 
inquired why the Linaria demands that its parts of 
fructification should be so nicely protected, by 
being thus completely inclosed. Botanically con- 
sidered, there does not appear to exist any singu- 
larity of formation which would indicate, to our 
obtuse perceptions, the necessity of such arrange- 
ment. Indeed, we are shown in this very genus, 
that the irregularity of corolla, here alluded to, is 
occasionally dispensed with, since the Linaria 
vulgaris, or common toad-flax has sometimes a 
completely regular and expanded corolla. It is 
however, evidence of the omnipotent power of the 
great originator of both the one and the other. It 
may be planted out, or kept in pots. 
