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Page 21
... called simple , in the latter compound . The simple is the most com- mon . ( Plate II . fig . 9. ) Kieser finds from two to nine fibres in the Banana ; M. de la Chesnaye as many as twenty - two in the same plant . There are four in ...
... called simple , in the latter compound . The simple is the most com- mon . ( Plate II . fig . 9. ) Kieser finds from two to nine fibres in the Banana ; M. de la Chesnaye as many as twenty - two in the same plant . There are four in ...
Page 27
... called the proper juice of the plant ; that is to say , with the sap altered to the state which is peculiar to the particular species of tree producing it . Cavities of this nature are often called vasa propria ; they are the ...
... called the proper juice of the plant ; that is to say , with the sap altered to the state which is peculiar to the particular species of tree producing it . Cavities of this nature are often called vasa propria ; they are the ...
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... called one - sided ( secundatus ) ; very rarely they appear upon the articulations of the hair , which in that case is called ganglioneous . ( Plate I. fig . 9. Verbascum Lychnitis ) : the poils en goupillon of De Candolle are referable ...
... called one - sided ( secundatus ) ; very rarely they appear upon the articulations of the hair , which in that case is called ganglioneous . ( Plate I. fig . 9. Verbascum Lychnitis ) : the poils en goupillon of De Candolle are referable ...
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... called , and Ramenta . Care must be taken not to confound scales of this description with scales of the stem , to be described hereafter : those now under consideration being mere processes of the cuticle ; those to be noticed hereafter ...
... called , and Ramenta . Care must be taken not to confound scales of this description with scales of the stem , to be described hereafter : those now under consideration being mere processes of the cuticle ; those to be noticed hereafter ...
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... called spongiola seminales by De Candolle . They are round , oblong , or reniform , and occasionally cupu- late , when they receive the name of glandes à godet ( glan- dulæ urceolares ) from some French writers . Verrucæ are the glandes ...
... called spongiola seminales by De Candolle . They are round , oblong , or reniform , and occasionally cupu- late , when they receive the name of glandes à godet ( glan- dulæ urceolares ) from some French writers . Verrucæ are the glandes ...
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acid Adolphe Brongniart albumen anther apex appearance appendages arrangement axis bark base become body botanists bractea branches Brown buds called calyx Cand Candolle carpella cavity cells cellular tissue cellules centre chalaza characters Class colour common Compositæ compound considered consists corolla cotyledons cuticle dehiscence developed dicotyledons direction disk dissepiments distinct distinguished ducts earth elongated embryo exist extremely filament fleshy flowers fluid fructification fruit genera genus granules hairs hilum indehiscent inflorescence integuments kind latter leaf leaflets leaves Linnæus lobes margin medullary rays membrane Mirb Mirbel modifications monocotyledons nature observed organs ovarium ovula ovulum oxygen parenchyma peculiar pericarpium petals petiole pistillum pith placenta plants Plate plumula pollen produced racters radicle receptacle remarkable roots seed sepals separate side sometimes species spiral vessels sporules stamens stem stigma stomata structure substance surface term terminating testa tree tube valves vascular vegetation veins wood woody fibre
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Page 6 - Thysanotus fasciçularii, the flowers of which are of a deep brilliant violet, with a remarkably satiny lustre, that appearance will be found to arise from each particular cell containing a single drop of...
Page 217 - ... in its substance, and of evaporating pores on its surface, enables the crude fluid sent from the roots to be elaborated and digested until it becomes the peculiar secretion of the species; the contraction of a branch and its leaves forms a flower ; the disintegration of the internal tissue of a petal forms an anther; the folding inwards of a leaf is sufficient to constitute a...
Page 525 - ... verging to green. Again, the ranunculus, which is originally of an intense yellow, sports into scarlet, red, purple, and almost any colour but blue. White flowers, which have a tendency to produce red, will never sport to blue, although they will to yellow ; the rose, for example, and chrysanthemums. It is also probable that white flowers with a tendency to produce blue, will not vary to yellow.