mask flower (maskflou"er)

[Tr. of Peruv. ricaco, or ricarco, name of the species Alonsoa linear is.] A scrophularia ceo us plant of the genus Alonsoa. A. linear is is a dwarf bushy plant, with obliquely wheel-shaped flowers, scarlet, with a black spot at the base, the form suggesting the name. A. in Men Miracles (1656), p. 6. ( Hall i well .) Same as musnud .