The British Flora: Comprising the Phaenogamous, Or Flowering Plants, and the Ferns |
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... Genus belongs is mentioned in the following pages ; and in the Appendix will be found a complete list of those Orders as far as British Botany is concerned , together with an enumeration of the Genera belonging to them . That the ...
... Genus belongs is mentioned in the following pages ; and in the Appendix will be found a complete list of those Orders as far as British Botany is concerned , together with an enumeration of the Genera belonging to them . That the ...
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... genus , as well as of others belonging to the same natural family , and growing abundantly on the coasts in the south of Europe and north of Africa , yield a vast quantity of soda , so much employed in making both soap and glass ...
... genus , as well as of others belonging to the same natural family , and growing abundantly on the coasts in the south of Europe and north of Africa , yield a vast quantity of soda , so much employed in making both soap and glass ...
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... Genus are all aquatics : and the roots , stems and even leaves are furnished with numerous , membranaceous , reticulated vesicles , which , according to Hayne , are filled with water , till it is necessary the plant should rise to the ...
... Genus are all aquatics : and the roots , stems and even leaves are furnished with numerous , membranaceous , reticulated vesicles , which , according to Hayne , are filled with water , till it is necessary the plant should rise to the ...
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... Genus belong , though they are placed here in consequence of their having but two stamens . Leaves opposite , nearly sessile , ovato - lanceo- late , wrinkled , very deeply sinuato - serrate , almost pinnatifid . Flowers small , sessile ...
... Genus belong , though they are placed here in consequence of their having but two stamens . Leaves opposite , nearly sessile , ovato - lanceo- late , wrinkled , very deeply sinuato - serrate , almost pinnatifid . Flowers small , sessile ...
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... genus than I am here able to give , see Lemna minor , trisulca and gibba in the new Series of Flora Lon- dinensis , and for an admirable account of the germination of the seeds of the latter species , see a Memoir by W. Wilson , Esq ...
... genus than I am here able to give , see Lemna minor , trisulca and gibba in the new Series of Flora Lon- dinensis , and for an admirable account of the germination of the seeds of the latter species , see a Memoir by W. Wilson , Esq ...
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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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