The British Flora: Comprising the Phaenogamous, Or Flowering Plants, and the Ferns |
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... foot or more high . Leaves varying somewhat in width . Racemos long , many - flowered . Pedicels short , never reflexed , Flowers bluish or inclining to purple . 8 , V. Beccabúnga , Linn . ( Brooklime ) ; racemes opposite , leaves ...
... foot or more high . Leaves varying somewhat in width . Racemos long , many - flowered . Pedicels short , never reflexed , Flowers bluish or inclining to purple . 8 , V. Beccabúnga , Linn . ( Brooklime ) ; racemes opposite , leaves ...
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... foot , from a fancied resemblance in the cut leaves of the plant , to a wolf's paw . Der Wolfsfuss , in Germ . In English Gipsy - wort , because the plant yields a black dye , which is employed by the Gipsies to render their skin darker ...
... foot , from a fancied resemblance in the cut leaves of the plant , to a wolf's paw . Der Wolfsfuss , in Germ . In English Gipsy - wort , because the plant yields a black dye , which is employed by the Gipsies to render their skin darker ...
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... foot high . Leaves scarcely cordate at the base , upper ones narrow - ovate . Racemes as well as the stems more or less branched . Flowers white or rose - coloured . Calycine leaflets reflexed . Petals obcordate , patent . Germen very ...
... foot high . Leaves scarcely cordate at the base , upper ones narrow - ovate . Racemes as well as the stems more or less branched . Flowers white or rose - coloured . Calycine leaflets reflexed . Petals obcordate , patent . Germen very ...
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... foot high , yielding an agreeable smell in the act of drying , like that of Woodruff ( Asperula odorata ) , and giving the well- known scent to new - made hay . Leaves short . Panicle compact , spiked , yellow in age . Valves of the ...
... foot high , yielding an agreeable smell in the act of drying , like that of Woodruff ( Asperula odorata ) , and giving the well- known scent to new - made hay . Leaves short . Panicle compact , spiked , yellow in age . Valves of the ...
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... foot high . Panicle purplish ; rachis smooth and the branchlets nearly So. Cal . glumes lanceolate , smooth , shining , rough on the back . Cor . glume of 2 thin , delicate , membranous , unequal valves . Outer one a little shorter than ...
... foot high . Panicle purplish ; rachis smooth and the branchlets nearly So. Cal . glumes lanceolate , smooth , shining , rough on the back . Cor . glume of 2 thin , delicate , membranous , unequal valves . Outer one a little shorter than ...
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5-cleft acuminate acute Anthers axillary base Ben Lawers beneath bifid bipinnate Borrer bracteas branched calyx capsule Carpels catkins colour common cordate corolla crenate downy elliptical Engl England feet high fertile florets flowers foot high frequent fruit G. E. Smith genus germen glabrous glands glaucous hairy hedges Hook inches high involucre Ireland J. T. Mackay July June Juss.-Name lanceolate leaflets leafy leaves lanceolate leaves ovate legumes Lindl linear linear-lanceolate Linn lobes Lond margin Moist mountains nearly oblong obovate obtuse ovato-lanceolate panicle pastures pedicels peduncles Perianth Pericarps petals petiolate pinnate pinnatifid plant prickles procumbent pubescent purple racemes rare root Salict scales scape scarcely Scot Scotland seeds segments serrated sessile sheaths shorter silky slender solitary species specimens spikelets spikes spreading stalked Stam stamens stem erect stigmas stipules style teeth terminal toothed umbels upper valves waste places whorled Wilson Woods yellow
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