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or longer than ihc corolla, llic upper ones hcini,; lonj^csl. I'hc corollji 

 is striped with veins, with a yellow palate or throat, somewhat hairy, 

 The capsule is stalked, with an^tilar, black seeds. 



The plant nia\' \k- i It. hi.^h. |iily to Se|)teinher is the tloweriiiu 

 season. It is annual, and incrcascnl from seeds. 



The (lower has much the same siruclure as in the Toadllax. heini:: 

 closed and accessible only 

 to humble bees, and the 

 stamens and pistil are 

 arranged in such a way that 

 other insects could not brins^- 

 about pollination. Both 

 anthers ami stiu;ma ri[)cn 

 together. The upj)er and 

 lower lip (which opens b\- 

 a spring) close the tube of 

 the corolla. The stamens 

 are under the upper lip, 

 in pairs, the two longer 

 stamens projecting. 



The flowers are jjirger 

 in A. ))tajus and the en- 

 trance is more tighlK' 

 closed, whilst the nectaries 

 and honey receptacles are 

 differently placed. The 

 honey is secreted by the 

 green, smooth, fleshy base 

 of the ovary, of which the 



upper part is pale and covered with fine hairs, remaining fixed to the 

 downy nectary and the base of the anterior stamens. The short, wide 

 spur allows the insect to reach the honey with its proboscis from 

 below. Above and in front there is a thick fringe of stiff, knobbed 

 hairs on the angles of the anterior stamens. Pollen is deposited on 

 the back of the bee. 



The capsule opens by the bursting of i pore above and 2 below, 

 and the seeds fall around the parent plant. 



The Small Snai)dragon is a lime-loving plant, and requires a lime 

 or chalk soil, being found mainly on chalk, limestone, or oolite. 



A moth, Mainestra persicaruc, is found upon it. 



Autirrhiiinm, Theophrastus, is from the Greek aiiti, and rliiit, nose, 



Small Snaphracon (Antirrhinum Orontiiiiii, L.) 



