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V36 DIDYNAMIA. ANGIOSPERMIA. Antirrhinum. 
Curt.—Amoen. Acad. i. 3, at p. 298— E. Bot. 260— Kniph. 9. 
(Sometimes found on the same plant with flowers of the ordinary structure. 
The fruit of this var. is generally considered abortive, but we learn from 
Annals of Botany, that Hoffman has found perfect seeds, which produced 
plants of the common structure. Yid. further particulars of this singular 
production in Curt. FI. Lond. ; also a notice in Mag. Nat. Hist. i. 379. 
E ° 
Yellow Toad-flax, Flax-weed,* or Snap-dragon. Butter and 
Eggs. (Welsh: Llin y llyffant ; Gingroenfechan. E.) Barren meadows, 
pastures, and road sides, common. P. July—Sept.t 
(5) Blossom gaping ; without a spur . 
A. oron'tium. Blossom without a spur: flowers loosely spiked: calyx 
longer than the blossom. 
J Dicks. H. S. — FI. Dan. 941— Curt. 234—( E. Bot . 11.55. E.)— Kniph. 12— 
Riv. Mon. 82. 4, A. arvense — Dod. 182. 2— Lob. Obs. 222.1, andlc. i. 405. 2 
— Gcr. Em. 549. 4'— Park. 1334.1— Lonic. i. 155. 3— Matth. 1199— Ger, 
439. 4. 
Capsule when opening resembles the face or skull of a monkey. Linn. Stem 
about a foot high, upright, branched, hairy. Leaves spear-shaped, very 
entire. Flowers axillary, on very short fruit-stalks, sometimes, though 
rarely, sessile. Calyx hairy, segments strap-shaped, and lengthening after 
the falling off of the blossom. Capsule much shorter than the calyx. 
Woodw. ( Blossoms purplish, with a yellow palate ; rarely variegated 
with white and violet. E.) 
Lesser Snap-dragon. Calf-snout. Welsh: Trwyn y llo bychan. E.) 
Corn-fields in a sandy soil, and turnip-fields, Norfolk. Mr. Woodward. 
Worcestershire. Mr. Ballard. Corn-fields, Hants, common. Mr. Pitt. 
(Near Brockham, Surry. Mr. Winch. On Llysdulas demense, between 
the mansion and the church, Anglesey. Welsh Bot. Gulval, Land’s 
End, Cornwall. Dr. Forbes. Fields between Week farm and St. Law¬ 
rence, Isle of Wight. Mr. W. D. Snooke. E.) A. July—Aug, 
A. ma'jus. Blossom without a spur: flowers in a dense cluster: (calyx 
rounded, hairy: leaves spear-shaped. E.) 
E. Bot. 129— Kniph. 1. 3— Ludw. 51— Riv. Mon. 82. 1, Antirrhinum — Mill. 
42 — Dod. 182.1— Lob. Obs. 221. 2, and Ic. i. 404. 2—Ger. Em. 549.1. 2— 
Ger. 438. 1— Matth. 1197. 
Stem spreading, shrub-like, (but generally destroyed by frost, one to two 
feet high. Leaves somewhat stalked, acute, recurved, dark green, often 
purplish on the upper side. E.) Calyx leaves short, clammy, pubescent, 
(often partially coloured. E.) Nectary blunt, scarcely projecting. Cap¬ 
sule opening at the point obliquely, unequal at the base, (its peculiar form 
and three orifices causing it to resemble a skull. E.) Blossom large and 
handsome, rose red with a downy yellow palate; sometimes white. 
Great Snap-dragon. (Irish: Srium na Laogh. Welsh : Safa y lleio. E.) 
* (As also the Latin trivial, from the resemblance of the leaves to those of flax. E.) 
j* An infusion of the leaves is diuretic and aperient. An ointment prepared from 
them gives relief in hemorrhoids. The expressed juice mixed with milk, is a poison to flies, 
as is likewise the smell of the flowers. Cows, horses, and swine refuse it. Sheep and 
goats are not fond of it. 
