FLORAL EMBLEMS. 245 



PRESUMPTION. 



Snap-dragon . — A ntirrhinum . 



" The stern and furious lion's gaping mouth." 



Columella. 



This singular flower is made the symbol of 

 presumption, from its monopetalous corolla 

 forming- a mask, which resembles the face 

 of an animal. 



'' Pride, and arrogance, and the evil way, and the fro- 

 ward mouth, do I hate." 



Proverbs viii. 13. 



