Snapdragon leaves are asymmetrical with respect to dorsal-ventral surfaces (Fig. 6.6A).

Durrell's ambition not merely to 'Elizabethanise' but also to 'get modern literature back to Rabelais – out of the mind and back into the belly” recalls the 'freaks' of Volpone – parasite, dwarf, eunuch and hermaphrodite – and the combination, in The Alchemist, of farce and intellect.

Mrs Adcock will invariably force you to take two, leaving you to stagger into the owlful night.

Elapid venoms mainly comprise peptides and proteins from seven families; secreted phospholipases A2 (PLA2s) and three-finger toxins (3FTxs) are often major constituents and have a dominant role in the action of the venom, […]