_Specific Character and Synonyms._

ANTIRRHINUM _triste_ foliis linearibus sparsis inferioribus oppositis
nectariis subulatis, floribus sub-sessilibus. _Lin. Syst. Vegetab.
p. 555._

LINARIA tristis hispanica. _Dill. Elth. 201. t. 164. f. 199._

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Receives its name of _triste_ from the sombre appearance of its flowers;
but this must be understood when placed at some little distance, for, on
a near view, the principal colour of the blossoms is a fine rich brown,
inclined to purple.

Is a native of Spain, and of course a greenhouse plant with us, but it
must not be too tenderly treated, as it loses much of its beauty when
drawn up, it should therefore be kept out of doors when the season will
admit, as it only requires shelter from severe frost, and that a common
hot-bed frame will in general sufficiently afford it.

It flowers during most of the summer months; as it rarely or never
ripens its seeds with us, the usual mode of propagating it, is by
cuttings, which strike readily enough in the common way.

MILLER relates that it was first introduced into this country
by Sir CHARLES WAGER, from Gibraltar seeds.