Cornutus, who first figured and described this plant, gave it the name of odoratus, on account of the fragrance of its foliage; his words are "elegantissimi hujus folia fragrantissima sunt, paremque agrimonio odorato spirant odorem;" the fruit, rarely produced with us, he observes, is like the common Raspberry, but not so pleasant.
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Antirrhinum Triphyllum. Three-Leaved Toad-Flax.
Class and Order.
Didynamia Angiospermia.
Generic Character.
Cal. 5-phyllus. Cor. basis deorsum prominens nectarifera. Caps. 2-locularis.
Specific Character and Synonyms.
ANTIRRHINUM triphyllum foliis ternis ovatis. Linn. Syst. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p. 555. Ait. Kew.