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Linaria (To the species and varieties)

To the species and varieties described on pp. 278-9, Vol. II., the following should now be added:

L. aparanoides splendens (splendid). fl. crimson, with a large, golden centre. 1888.

L. Cymbalaria maxima (greatest). fl. twice the size of the ordinary Ivy-leaved Snapdragon, fragrant. l. not quite so large, highly pubescent. 1882. SYN. L. pallida.

L. maroccana hybrida (hybrid). fl. varying in colour from rose to red and from lilac to violet, the lower petal being usually white; spikes terminal. Branches slender, upright. h. 1ft.

L. pallida (pale). A synonym of L. Cymbalaria maxima. L. pilosa (pilose). fl. pale purplish-blue, with a yellow palate and a rather incurved spur; calyx pilose. June to September. l. opposite and alternate, cordately rounded or reniform, villous, five to eleven-lobed, the lobes mucronulate. Branches creeping, white-hairy. Sicily, &c., 1800. L. p. longicalcarata (long-spurred). In this variety the spur of the pale purplish flower is as long as the tube. (R. G. 1135, f. 3.)