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... distinguished botanists , upon some points connected with this subject , so that it has been found expedient to enter occasionally into much detail , for the purpose of satisfying the student of the accuracy of the facts and reasonings ...
... distinguished botanists , upon some points connected with this subject , so that it has been found expedient to enter occasionally into much detail , for the purpose of satisfying the student of the accuracy of the facts and reasonings ...
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... distinguished both by its ascending direction , and by its anatomical structure . ( See Root . ) 24 25 26 The following are the varieties which have been distin- guished : - The Cormus , fig . 24. ( Lecus of Du Petit Thouars , Plateau ...
... distinguished both by its ascending direction , and by its anatomical structure . ( See Root . ) 24 25 26 The following are the varieties which have been distin- guished : - The Cormus , fig . 24. ( Lecus of Du Petit Thouars , Plateau ...
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... distinguished the culmus or straw ( Chaume , Fr. ) , which is the stem of Grasses ; and M. De Candolle has further adopted the name Calamus ( Chalumeau , Fr. ) for all fistulous simple stems without articulations , as those of Rushes ...
... distinguished the culmus or straw ( Chaume , Fr. ) , which is the stem of Grasses ; and M. De Candolle has further adopted the name Calamus ( Chalumeau , Fr. ) for all fistulous simple stems without articulations , as those of Rushes ...
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... distinguished by some botanists the Stole , ( Stolo , Lat .; and Jet , French ; ) which may be considered the reverse of the sucker , from which it differs in proceeding from the stem above the surface of the earth , into which it ...
... distinguished by some botanists the Stole , ( Stolo , Lat .; and Jet , French ; ) which may be considered the reverse of the sucker , from which it differs in proceeding from the stem above the surface of the earth , into which it ...
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... distinguished from the stem by many absolute characters . In the first place , its ramifications occur irregularly , without any sym- metrical arrangement : they do not , like branches , proceed from certain fixed points ( buds ) , but ...
... distinguished from the stem by many absolute characters . In the first place , its ramifications occur irregularly , without any sym- metrical arrangement : they do not , like branches , proceed from certain fixed points ( buds ) , but ...
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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.