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Page v
... species systematically had still to be discovered ; while scarcely a trace existed of those modern views which have raised the science from the mere business of the herb - gatherer to a station among the most intel- lectual branches of ...
... species systematically had still to be discovered ; while scarcely a trace existed of those modern views which have raised the science from the mere business of the herb - gatherer to a station among the most intel- lectual branches of ...
Page viii
... species , and also in each of their organs taken sepa- rately . It is that part of the science which has the most direct bearing upon practical objects , and with which the enquirer who would occupy himself more with the utile than the ...
... species , and also in each of their organs taken sepa- rately . It is that part of the science which has the most direct bearing upon practical objects , and with which the enquirer who would occupy himself more with the utile than the ...
Page ix
... species are determined . It also explains the mode of obtaining a correct view of vegetation , of con- ducting the examinations of unknown plants with precision , of avoiding errors in consequence of acci- dental aberrations from the ...
... species are determined . It also explains the mode of obtaining a correct view of vegetation , of con- ducting the examinations of unknown plants with precision , of avoiding errors in consequence of acci- dental aberrations from the ...
Page xv
... Species , Varieties , Genera , Orders , and Classes Page - 306 309 - 318 - 324 - 349 365 BOOK IV . GLOSSOLOGY ; OR , OF THE ADJECTIVE TERMS USED IN BOTANY CLASS I. Of Individual Terms 1. Of Individual Absolute Terms : · 369 · 371 372 1 ...
... Species , Varieties , Genera , Orders , and Classes Page - 306 309 - 318 - 324 - 349 365 BOOK IV . GLOSSOLOGY ; OR , OF THE ADJECTIVE TERMS USED IN BOTANY CLASS I. Of Individual Terms 1. Of Individual Absolute Terms : · 369 · 371 372 1 ...
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... is uniformly found in every species . Its dimensions are more considerable than that of either of the last - mentioned forms ; and , like the second , it has been described CHAP . I. 15 OF THE ELEMENTARY ORGANS . Naked Seeds.
... is uniformly found in every species . Its dimensions are more considerable than that of either of the last - mentioned forms ; and , like the second , it has been described CHAP . I. 15 OF THE ELEMENTARY ORGANS . Naked Seeds.
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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.