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whorl of perfect accuracy. Well, a good 

 many corollas depart from the normal group- 

 ing, as instance the labiate and the personate 

 corollas. In the former, five lobes compose 

 the limb expanding at the end of a tubular 

 portion and represent the five regulation 

 petals. They are arranged in two wide- 

 open lips, one pointing upwards and one 

 downwards. The upper lip has two lobes, 

 the lower three. 



The personate corolla likewise is divided 

 into two lips, the upper having two lobes, 

 the lower three; only, the latter is expanded 

 into an arch that closes the entrance to the 

 flower. A pressure of the fingers on the 

 sides opens the two lips, which close again 

 as soon as the pressure ceases. Hence a 

 certain resemblance to the jaws the mufle 

 or gueule of an animal, a resemblance 

 which has earned for the plant in which this 

 formation is most clearly seen, the name of 

 Snapdragon, muflier or gueule-de-loup. A 

 certain analogy has also been drawn between 

 the appearance of the two thick lips of the 

 snapdragon and the exaggerated features of 

 the masks, or persona, with which the actors 

 in the ancient theatres used to cover their 

 faces to represent the characters whom they 

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