FIGWORT FAMILY 



separately, but the groups in mass give fine banks of color; reds, 



yellows, and whites. 



The corolla is two-lipped, and the elastic force with which the 



lower lip closes and fits upon the 

 upper is surprising. The nectar 

 call is to the bee, and the bee re- 

 sponds. She alights on the lower 

 lip, her weight opens the mouth; 

 hidden for a moment she emerges 

 rich in nectar and covered with 

 pollen, only to plunge into the next 

 flower. 



Maurandia, Antirrhinum mau- 

 randioides, is a vine which climbs 

 by means of its coiling petioles and 

 peduncles; and bears pretty, snap- 

 dragon, violet flowers in the axils 

 of the halberd-shaped, three-lobed 



leaves. Its sprays often sway from window boxes and baskets 



where it finds a summer home. 



Maurandia. Antirrhinum 

 mauranditndes 



TOAD-FLAX. BUTTER-AND-EGGS. RAMSTEAD WEED 



Linliria vulgaris. 



From Lirmm, flax, which the leaves of some species resemble. 



A perennial herb, now regarded as a weed, one to three feet high, with 

 gray-green leaves and yellow flowers in a terminal raceme. Europe. 



Flowering-stem. — One to three feet high. 



Leaves. — Alternate, numerous, linear, gray-green. 



Flowers. — Yellow and orange in a terminal raceme. 



Calyx. — Five-parted. 



Corolla. — Tubular, spurred, two-lipped, palate nearly closing throat. 



Stamens. — Four. 



Ovary. — Two-celled; capsule opening below the summit by two pores. 



Seeds. — Many, winged. 



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