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... plant . The Linnæan method is , therefore , here adopted . It has been the opinion of the author , and of many of his friends , that , in most of the Floras hitherto published , however excellent in other respects , either too much or ...
... plant . The Linnæan method is , therefore , here adopted . It has been the opinion of the author , and of many of his friends , that , in most of the Floras hitherto published , however excellent in other respects , either too much or ...
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... plants they have tended to illus- trate . Mr. Borrer , Mr. W. Wilson , the Rev. Professor Henslow , and the Rev. J. M. Berkeley , have , in an especial manner , rendered service , both by notes and illustrative specimens ; and the ...
... plants they have tended to illus- trate . Mr. Borrer , Mr. W. Wilson , the Rev. Professor Henslow , and the Rev. J. M. Berkeley , have , in an especial manner , rendered service , both by notes and illustrative specimens ; and the ...
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... plants in this anomalous class . Hippu- ris has often numerous lower flowers destitute of stamens ; and many of those of Salicornia have two stamens . Chara , by many authors placed here , is assuredly a cryptogamous plant ; Zostera has ...
... plants in this anomalous class . Hippu- ris has often numerous lower flowers destitute of stamens ; and many of those of Salicornia have two stamens . Chara , by many authors placed here , is assuredly a cryptogamous plant ; Zostera has ...
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Comprising the Phaenogamous, Or Flowering Plants, and the Ferns Sir William Jackson Hooker. Salt marshes , plentiful . Fl . Aug. Sept. -Plant leafless , much branched and jointed ; articulations a little thickened upwards , very ...
Comprising the Phaenogamous, Or Flowering Plants, and the Ferns Sir William Jackson Hooker. Salt marshes , plentiful . Fl . Aug. Sept. -Plant leafless , much branched and jointed ; articulations a little thickened upwards , very ...
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Comprising the Phaenogamous, Or Flowering Plants, and the Ferns Sir William Jackson Hooker. ceolate . Racemes more elongated , especially when in fruit . Flowers flesh - coloured in the plant as I have seen it growing in Switzerland and ...
Comprising the Phaenogamous, Or Flowering Plants, and the Ferns Sir William Jackson Hooker. ceolate . Racemes more elongated , especially when in fruit . Flowers flesh - coloured in the plant as I have seen it growing in Switzerland and ...
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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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