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ANTIRRHINUM PURPUREUM. PURPLE TOAD-FLAX.

_Cla.s.s and Order._

DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA.

_Generic Character._

_Calyx_ 5-phyllus. _Corollae_ basis deorsum prominens, nectarifera.

_Capsula_ 2-locularis.

_Specific Character and Synonyms._

ANTIRRHINUM purpureum foliis quaternis linearibus, caule erecto spicato.

_Lin. Syst. Vegetab. p. 555._

LINARIA purpurea major odorata. _Bauh. Pin. 213._

LINARIA altera purpurea. _Dod. Pempt. 183._

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Though not so beautiful as many of the genus, this species is a common inhabitant of the flower-garden, in which it continues to blossom, during most of the summer.

It is a native of Italy, and delights in a dry soil and situation; it will even flourish on walls, and hence will serve very well to decorate the more elevated parts of rock-work.

When once introduced it comes up spontaneously from seeds.

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LATHYRUS TINGITa.n.u.s. TANGIER PEA.

_Cla.s.s and Order._

DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA.

_Generic Character._

_Stylus_ pla.n.u.s, supra villosus, superne latior, _Cal._ laciniae superiores 2-breviores.

_Specific Character and Synonyms._

LATHYRUS _tingita.n.u.s_ pedunculis bifloris, cirrhis diphyllis, foliolis alternis lanceolatis glabris, stipulis lunatis. _Lin. Syst.