77 6 ANTIRRHINUM. 
at the joints; the flowers grow in Ihcrt fpikes at the top 
of the ikilks>; they are ihaped iike thofe of the common 
fort, but have not fuch long tubes: they are yellow, with 
faffrph-coloui ed chaps. This fort flowers in July and 
Auguft, tlie feeds ripen in the autumn, and the plants 
foon after decay, ft grows naturally about Valeria and 
in Sicily. There is a variety of this, whofe flowers have 
a purple flandard and fpur, which make a pretty appear¬ 
ance in a garden. The leaves of this are longer than thofe 
of the yellow. Mr. Miller alfo mentions a third variety, 
which he makes a diftincT fpecies, under the name of lina- 
ria lufitanica. It has fpear-fhaped fmooth leaves, placed 
lometimes by fours round the flalk, and at others by op- 
polite pairs; the flalks are terminated by large purple 
flowers with long fpurs, Handing upon foot-ftalks. This 
grows naturally in Spain and Portugal. It flowers in July, 
but feldom ripens feeds in England. This fpecies was 
cultivated in 164.0. 
8. Antirrhinum triornithophorum : leaves in fours, lan¬ 
ceolate; Item eredf, branching; flowers peduncled. Flow¬ 
ers purple, and very large. A native of Portugal and 
America. 
9. Antirrhinum purpureum, or purple toad-flax : leaves 
quaternate, linear; flower-bearing Hem erecl, fpiked. Root 
perennial. Stem two feet high, round, fmooth. Native 
of Italy. Ray remarked it about Naples, and particularly 
at the foot of Vefuvius. It was cultivated in 1648, in the 
Oxford garden, and flowers from July to September. 
10. Antirrhinum verficolor, or fpiked-flowered toad¬ 
flax : leaves linear-lanceolate; the lower ones ternate; 
Hem ereift, fpiked. It refembles common toad-flax (No. 
33), but the Hems are narrower. A native of the fouthern 
countries of Europe. 
11. Antirrhinum repens, or creeping toad-flax: leaves 
linear, crowded, below quaternate; calyxes equalling the 
capfule. This has a perennial root, from which arife f'e- 
veral flalks near two feet high, which branch out on every 
fide, with narrow leaves growing in clutters towards the 
bottom, but upwards they are fometimes by pairs, and at 
others fingle. The flowers are produced in leofe fpikes 
at the end of the flalks; they are of a pale blue colour, 
appear in June and July, and the feeds ripen in autumn. 
The flowers have no feent. According to Allioni, this 
differs but little from the next. The flower of that is ra¬ 
ther lefs, and befides two bearded yellow lines, which run 
along the throat on the lower lip, it has two diflindt yel¬ 
low fpots at the origin of the beard. In this, the flower 
is every where flriated with purple lines : the branches are 
alfo more wand-like and crowded. The leaves are rather 
lefs in the following fpecies. A native of Italy, France, 
and England: as in Hertfordfliire, and about Henley in 
Oxfordlhire. 
Antirrhinum Monfpeflulanum, or Montpellier toad¬ 
flax : leaves linear-filiform fucculent, fcattered, crowded; 
Hem erect; fpur lliorter than the calyx. This lias a pe¬ 
rennial root, from which arife many brandling flalks near 
two feet high, with very narrow leaves growing in clufters, 
and of a greyifli colour. The flowers are produced in 
loofe fpikes at the end of the branches; they are of a pale 
blue, and have.a fweet fmell. Thefe appear in June; 
and there is often a fucceflion of flowers on the plants till 
winter. Iludfon thinks this does not differ fpecifically 
from the foregoing. It grows wild about Montpellier, 
and other places in the fouth of France; and nearPenryn 
in Cornwall. 
13. Antirrhinum fparteum, or branching toad-flax: 
leaves awl-fhapcd, channelled, flefliy; the lower ones ter¬ 
nate ; Item panicled, and corollas very fmooth. It differs 
from the next fpecies in having pedunculate flowers, three 
times greater; and in the whole plant being much larger. 
According to Mr. Curtis, it is a hardy annual of fmall 
ffature, flowering molt part of the fuminer: and defej ves 
to be more generally cultivated. Some regard it as a bi¬ 
ennial; but, as the feeds of it fovyn in the fpring flower 
in the eafuing fuminer, and as the plant dies when it lias 
ripened its feeds, there appears more propriety in confider- 
ing it as an annual. It will flower earlier if the feeds are 
fown in autumn. The upper part of the flalk, as well as 
the leaves of the calyx, are befet with vifeous hairs, in. which 
refpcct it does not perfectly accord with Linnaeus's deferip- 
tion. Cavanilles however affirms, that the Items and the 
whole plant are fmooth. Found in Spain, by Lo.efling ; 
very common about Madrid, in a dry fandy foil, flowering 
in May and June. Introduced in 1772, by M. Richard. 
14. Antirrhinum bipundfatum, or dotted-flowered toad¬ 
flax : leaves linear, fmooth; the lower ones quaternate ; 
ftem ereft, panicled ; flowers fpike-headed. It grows wild 
in the corn-fields of France, Spain, and Italy; flowering 
in May and June. Annual. 
15. Antirrhinum trifle, or dark-flowered toad-flax: 
leaves linear, fcattered, the inferior ones oppofite ; nedtaries 
awl-fliaped; flowers fubfeffile. A native of Spain. In¬ 
troduced in 1727, by Sir Charles Wager, from Gibraltar 
feeds. It flowers during moft of the fummer months. 
16. Antirrhinum fupinum, or procumbent toad-flax: 
leaves fubquaternate, linear; flalk diffufed; flowers ra« 
cemed, fpur flraight. A native of France and Spain, grow¬ 
ing in fandy grounds. 
17. Antirrhinumarvenfe,oryellow corn toad-flax: leaves 
fublinear, the lower ones quaternate; calyxes hairy, vif- 
cid ; flowers fpiked, Item eredl. Grows wild in the fandy 
corn-fields of Italy, France, Germany, and England: an¬ 
nual ; flowering with us in July and Auguft. It varies in 
the colour of its flowers, blue and yellow. 
18. Antirrhinum peliflerianum, or violet-coloured toad¬ 
flax : flem-leaves linear, alternate; root-leaves lanceolate, 
ternate; flowers corymbed. A native of France and Italy. 
Cultivated in 1640. 
19. Antirrhinum faxatile, or rock toad-flax: leaves 
lanceolate-linear, fcattered, villofe, the inferior quaternate j 
Hem decumbent; flowers Ipiked. Native of Spain. 
20. Antirrhinum vifeofum, or clammy fnap-dragon: 
root-leaves quaternate, lanceolate; flem-leaves linear, al¬ 
ternate; calyxes villofe, approximating the ftem. An 
eredf plant the ftature of No. 18, but the flowers the fize 
of No. 33. A native of Spain. Annual. 
21. Antirrhinum multicaule, or many-flalked toad-flax : 
leaves quinate, linear, flefliy ; flowers headed. This is an 
annual plant, from whofe root arife many flalks which are 
lax, rufhy, very (lender, and abopt a foot high: on their 
lower part, they have rive very narrow, linear, obtufe, 
leaves at each joint; but upwards they are fometimes by 
pairs, and fometimes fingle : the flalks are divided into ma¬ 
ny fmall branches, with little yellow flowers coming out 
lingly, at a diftance from each other; thefe appear in Ju¬ 
ly, and tire feeds ripen in Auguft. There are two varie¬ 
ties, one with a deep yellow, and the other with a fulphur- 
coloured, flower. A native of Sicily, and the Levant. 
22. Antirrhinum glaucum: leaves quaternate, awl-flia¬ 
ped, flefhy; ftems eredt; flowers fpiked. An annual plant. 
Native of the fouth of Europe and the Levant. 
23. Antirrhinum Alpinum, or Alpine toad-flax: leaves 
quaternate, linear-lanceolate, fea-green; ftem diffufe; 
flowers racemed, with a flraight fpur. Root perennial. 
Stems llender, branching at bottom, growing thicker to¬ 
wards the top, from two to feven inches long, afeending, 
round, and fmooth. Leaves quite entire, without veins, 
and thick; the lowed; fmaller, and in fours-; the upper 
ones folitafy, or two oppofite, or fometimes three. Flow¬ 
ers very elegant, of a fine violet purple colour, with a 
rich gold-colour in the middle; and are in blow moft part 
of the fummer. Native of the Alps in moift rocky places. 
It lias a bitter difagreeable tafte. 
24. Antirrhinum bicorne, or horned toad-flax: leaves 
oppofite, ovate-oblong, ferrate; ftem eredf, Ho wet's ra¬ 
cemed, capfules two-horned. Annual. A native of the 
Cape of Good Hope. 
25. Antirrhinum villofum : all the leaves oppofite, ovate, 
villofe; Items Ample; flowers oppofite, lateral. Obferved 
in Spain by Alffroemer. Perennial. 
26. iVvtirrhinum 
