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... Rough . Scape . A stalk arising from the root , and bearing nothing but flowers . Scarious . Membranous and dry . Scattered . Not whorled , nor opposite . Scion . See Runner . Segments . The parts of a divided organ . Seminiferous ...
... Rough . Scape . A stalk arising from the root , and bearing nothing but flowers . Scarious . Membranous and dry . Scattered . Not whorled , nor opposite . Scion . See Runner . Segments . The parts of a divided organ . Seminiferous ...
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... rough , often stinging Urticaceæ . 8. Submersed plants , with whorled leaves and no stipules · · Ceratophyllaceæ . No stipules ; flowers green . See p . 32 Chenopodiacea . b . Carpels several . 9. Fruit dry , tricoccous . Often milky ...
... rough , often stinging Urticaceæ . 8. Submersed plants , with whorled leaves and no stipules · · Ceratophyllaceæ . No stipules ; flowers green . See p . 32 Chenopodiacea . b . Carpels several . 9. Fruit dry , tricoccous . Often milky ...
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... rough with hairs ; flower - stalks 1 - flowered . GEN . III . LAVATERA . TREE - MALLOW . 1. L. arborea . Sea T. Stem woody ; flower - stalks 1 - flowered , axillary to leaves . II . RANUNCULACEÆ . A. Sepals petal - like . I. One or more ...
... rough with hairs ; flower - stalks 1 - flowered . GEN . III . LAVATERA . TREE - MALLOW . 1. L. arborea . Sea T. Stem woody ; flower - stalks 1 - flowered , axillary to leaves . II . RANUNCULACEÆ . A. Sepals petal - like . I. One or more ...
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... rough with scales ; style scarcely longer than the notch . 5. L. Smithii . Smooth Field P. Pod not rough , or only very slightly so ; style twice as long as the notch . hirtum . Thlaspi . GEN . XIII . COCHLEARIA . 1. C. officinalis ...
... rough with scales ; style scarcely longer than the notch . 5. L. Smithii . Smooth Field P. Pod not rough , or only very slightly so ; style twice as long as the notch . hirtum . Thlaspi . GEN . XIII . COCHLEARIA . 1. C. officinalis ...
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... rough , upper ones entire , smooth . Valves of the pod 3- 5- nerved . 2. S. arvensis . Wild M. , Charlock . Pods knotty , longer than their beak ; stem and leaves bristly . 3. S. alba . White M. Pods hispid , shorter than the long flat ...
... rough , upper ones entire , smooth . Valves of the pod 3- 5- nerved . 2. S. arvensis . Wild M. , Charlock . Pods knotty , longer than their beak ; stem and leaves bristly . 3. S. alba . White M. Pods hispid , shorter than the long flat ...
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1-flowered 1-seeded 4-cleft acute Alpine Anthers Antirrhinum arvensis awns base beak berry bracts branched bristles calyx Calyx-teeth capsule Carpels coloured Common H corolla corymbs downy drupe erect Fertile spikelets filaments fleshy florets flower-stalks Flowers Flowers diclinous flowers large Flowers white Flowers yellow fruit glands glaucous glumes hairs hairy hispid involucre Leaflets leafy Leaves lanceolate Leaves narrow Leaves ovate Leaves pinnate Leaves smooth Ligule lobes longer many-flowered Marsh membranous MOORE'S morocco nearly notched numerous nuts obtuse outer glumella ovary Panicle Pappus Perianth petals pinnate pinnatifid plant Plates Pods POETICAL Portrait and Vignette Post 8vo price 21s price 58 prickly purple racemes Receptacle Root creeping Root-leaves rough round roundish Second Edition seeds Sepals serrate sessile sheaths shorter solitary Spikelets spikes Spur Square crown 8vo stalks stamens Stem Stem-leaves stigma stipules style toothed triangular tufted umbels upper leaves Upper lip vittæ vols vulgaris whorl Woodcuts
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