JULY. dl] 
in acluster at the top, and of very curious construction, the 
lips of the corolla closing tightly, and fitting most wonder- 
fully, though the bee manages to open them, and extract the 
sweets. Smaller insects have also strength to force a passage, 
but as the inner part is covered with a woolly substance, 
they cannot open it from within, and remain prisoners, only 
escaping by eating a hole in their prison walls. The Snap- 
dragon of our gardens is similarly constructed. 
ANTIRRHINUM ORONTIUM. Lesser Snap-dragon. This is 
a smaller plant, found in corn-fields, especially in the south, 
the flowers pink, few in number, and remarkable for the 
great length of the divisions of the calyx, particularly after 
the corolla is faded. Leaves long and narrow. It is often 
in flower till October. 
DIDYNAMIA. ANGIOSPERMIA. 
COROLLIFLORZ. SCROPHULARIACE. 
LINARIA. (Toap-Fiax.) 
Generic Character. See page 153. 
LryaRia ELATINE. Sharp-poimted Fluellen or Toad-flaz. 
If the Linaria Cymbalaria has been found (see p. 153) the 
rest of the genus will be easily recognised. The three 
