British Phænogamous Botany;: Or, Figures and Descriptions of the Genera of British Flowering Plants, Volume 6author; sold by J.H. Parker; and by Whittaker, Treacher, and Company, London., 1843 - Angiosperms |
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... plant is a native of Europe on rocks , and on the roofs of houses , but is considered to be not truly wild in England , though inserted in all the Floras . The juice of its leaves , either applied by itself , or mixed with cream , which ...
... plant is a native of Europe on rocks , and on the roofs of houses , but is considered to be not truly wild in England , though inserted in all the Floras . The juice of its leaves , either applied by itself , or mixed with cream , which ...
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... plant , which is there eaten by the horses and oxen as grass . " It is much cultivated , especially about London , for the sake of the young sprouting stems , which are uni- versally esteemed for their flavour and nutritious qualities ...
... plant , which is there eaten by the horses and oxen as grass . " It is much cultivated , especially about London , for the sake of the young sprouting stems , which are uni- versally esteemed for their flavour and nutritious qualities ...
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... plant is foetid when bruised , and has been supposed to give a bad flavour to milk and butter ; but Sir J. E. SMITH says cattle certainly do not eat it , except accidently , or in small quantities , sufficient per- haps to have the ...
... plant is foetid when bruised , and has been supposed to give a bad flavour to milk and butter ; but Sir J. E. SMITH says cattle certainly do not eat it , except accidently , or in small quantities , sufficient per- haps to have the ...
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... plant , but cows refuse it . It was formerly much extolled as a remedy in hysterical cases , but it has now wholly fallen into disuse . Its flowers expand in dry , and close in moist weather , and , as they retain this property for a ...
... plant , but cows refuse it . It was formerly much extolled as a remedy in hysterical cases , but it has now wholly fallen into disuse . Its flowers expand in dry , and close in moist weather , and , as they retain this property for a ...
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... plant is wanting . Many a fertile acre has been covered with sand and rendered useless , which might have been prevented by sowing the seeds , or by planting small bundles of this plant at distances of about a foot and a half apart ; a ...
... plant is wanting . Many a fertile acre has been covered with sand and rendered useless , which might have been prevented by sowing the seeds , or by planting small bundles of this plant at distances of about a foot and a half apart ; a ...
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ANGELICINE Angl Anthers awl-shaped base Bauh Berw blunt Botanic Garden Oxford bracteas Brit calyx Calyx fig Calyx see fig Capsule carpels catkins CHAR class and order compressed Corolla Corolla fig Corolla see fig cotyledons cylindrical deciduous Devon downy Durh edit Engl Filaments see fig florets Flower.-Fig folio fruit G. E. SMITH Gard genera Germen see fig glumes Gram Gray's Nat Hibern Hist Hort Introd inversely egg-shaped involucrum Irel J. C. Loudon Juss leafy leaves Lindl Linn Linnean Class LOCALITIES.-In Lond Macgilliv Mathews Natural Order Northumb oblong Outl Panicle Perennial.-Flowers petals petioles plant Pub by WBaxter Ray's Syn Root roundish Scot sect segments sepals sessile sheathing Shropsh smooth spatha spear-shaped SPEC species British spreading stamens Stem Sterile Flower Stigmas Stipula strap-shaped Styles see fig subord Syst thread-shaped Umbels upright v. i. pt valves WBaxter Botanic Garden Welsh Bot Yorksh