. Our garden flowers; a popular study of their native lands, their life histories, and their structural affiliations. Flowers. 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-
. Our garden flowers; a popular study of their native lands, their life histories, and their structural affiliations. Flowers. 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 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. 402. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Keeler, Harriet L. (Harriet Louise), 1846-1921. New York, C. Scribner's Sons
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