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BRITISH WILD FLOWERS. 
only in chalky soils. It is rather a pretty plant, from the bright colours of its flowers. It is a perennial, and 
it flowers from July to September. 
4.— THE YELLOW TOAD-FLAX. (Linaria vulgaris, Moench.) 
Synonyme. —Antirrhinum Linaria, Lin. 
Engravings. —Eng. Bot., 658 ; 2nd ed., t. 871; and our fig. 4, in 
Pi. 48. 
Specific Character. —Leaves linear-lanceolate, crowded. Stem 
erect. Spikes terminal. Flowers imbricated. Calyx smooth, shorter 
than the spur. (Smith.) 
Description, &c. —This beautiful plant would be very greatly admired if it were not so common. The 
bright yellow of the greater part of the flower, with its orange mouth, have given rise to the popular English 
name of Butter and Eggs. There is a variety, sometimes called Linaria Pelloria, the flowers of which are very 
curiously deformed. 
Both the species and the variety are perennials, and they flower in June and July. 
THE LEAST TOAD-FLAX. (L. minor, Desf) 
This is an inconspicuous little plant, found in the east and south-east of England in sandy fields. It is an 
annual, and its flowers, which have no beauty, are produced in June and July. 
GENUS VII. 
THE SNAPDRAGON. (Antirrhinum, Lin.) 
Lin. Syst. DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
Generic Character. —Calyx five-parted. Corolla without a spur, palate. Capsule oblique at the base, dehiscing by three small holes at 
gibbous at the base ; the tube inflated ; the limb two-lipped; the the apex. (Dec.) 
upper lip bifid and reflexed ; the lower three-lobed, with a projecting 
Description, &c. —This genus, which was a very extensive one under Linnaeus, is now confined to very 
narrow limits, and there are only two species of it which are natives of Britain. The name of Antirrhinum 
signifies literally, resembling a nose. The genus is in the same Linnsean class and order as the last. 
1.—THE GREAT SNAPDRAGON. (Antirrhinum majus, Lin.) 
Engravings. —Eng. Bot., t. 129 ; 2nd edit., t. 874 ; and our fig. 5, in PL 48. 
Specific Character. —Flowers in a dense cluster. Leaves lanceolate. Segments of the calyx ovate, obtuse. (Lindley.) 
Description, &c. —This splendid plant is now abundant on old walls and rocks, particularly in the chalky 
districts, though it is said not to be a true native of this country. The flowers vary very much in colour, though 
they have all the same peculiarity of shape, and, in all, the corolla, when pressed on the sides, gapes like the 
mouth of an animal, returning to its original position as soon as the pressure is removed. It is said that the 
humble-bees avail themselves of this peculiarity, and enter the flower, the lip closing over them while they are 
taking the honey, and opening again for them, by their pressure, when they wish to come out. The plant is a 
perennial, and it flowers from July to September. 
THE LESSER SNAPDRAGON, OR CALF’S SNOUT. (A. Ouontium, Lin.) 
This is an annual plant, of no beauty, but with a very curious seed-vessel, which bears a fanciful resemblance 
to the face of an animal at the base. The flowers are small, and they appear in July and August. 
