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and disposed take myriad furms, — now become a dove, now a swan 

 (Fig. 153), now a butterfly or a spider. Here, too, are real Dancers ; 

 the Bolbophyllum and Comparettia not only resemble dancers, like 

 the Mantisia, but these comic little imps caper about on their stalks 

 evidently as much to their own delight as to that of the human spec- 

 tator who chances to stroll into their sylvan ball-room. 



239. The Ranunculus gets its English names, Buttercup from the 

 flower, Crow-foot from the leaf. The ColuiAbine (Pig. 154) is so 

 called because it resembles a flock of five doves with wings partly 



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* Fia, 155. — A, May-pop, Passion-flower {Passifiora incamata) is, sepals; 

 p, petals; /, corona; sf, tube made by 5 united ^laments of the stamens; 

 Of a, a, a, a, their upper parts free, tipped each with a hammer-like an- 

 ther; o, ovary; 6, 6, 6, 3 styles. B, branch of same, with leaf, tendril, 

 flower-bud; i, involucre of flower-bud. C, fruit; i, involucre; c, part 

 of calyx. Reduced; nat. fl. 3' in diam. ; If. 4)^' iu diaui. ; fr. 2*^' long. 



folded ; its botanical name Aquilegia (L. aquila, eagle) comes from the 

 same resemblance. The Mexican Hand-flower, sacred with the natives, 



* The unpretentious pen-and-ink sketches with the signature A. 0. K. throughout 

 this volume ai-e original portraits by the author, who claims for them nothing more 

 than botanical accuracy. 



