THE SNAPDRAGON 



ANTIRRHINUM MAJUS 



A CHAMBER whose door is most jealously 

 kept closed, a treasure-house to the one who 

 has the key to unlock it, a prison to intruders 

 where the gate shuts irrevocably with a snap upon 



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a, sepals, b, petals, c, stamens, i, stigma, style, ovary, e, fruit. 



its captives, the flower of the Snapdragon is bound 

 to arrest our attention. The plant is said to be not 

 actually a native, and, indeed, we usually find it on 

 walls and chffs and in chalk pits and such like 

 places, where it is likely to be an escape from some 



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