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Page 5
... branched . Leaves glabrous , bright green , when dry almost black , but semipellucid , thin and distinctly veiny . Flowers large , of a most brilliant blue , in corymbs . 5. V. fruticulósa , L. ( flesh - coloured Speedwell ) ; raceme ...
... branched . Leaves glabrous , bright green , when dry almost black , but semipellucid , thin and distinctly veiny . Flowers large , of a most brilliant blue , in corymbs . 5. V. fruticulósa , L. ( flesh - coloured Speedwell ) ; raceme ...
Page 9
... branched . Shoots or runners floating horizontally in the water , clothed with capillary multifid leaves , bristly at the margin and bearing little crested bladders . Scape erect , 4—6 inches high , with 6—8 bright yellow flowers in a ...
... branched . Shoots or runners floating horizontally in the water , clothed with capillary multifid leaves , bristly at the margin and bearing little crested bladders . Scape erect , 4—6 inches high , with 6—8 bright yellow flowers in a ...
Page 10
... branched . Flowers white or rose - coloured . Calycine leaflets reflexed . Petals obcordate , patent . Germen very hispid , the hairs hooked at the extremity . The nectary which surrounds the base of the filament is more prominent than ...
... branched . Flowers white or rose - coloured . Calycine leaflets reflexed . Petals obcordate , patent . Germen very hispid , the hairs hooked at the extremity . The nectary which surrounds the base of the filament is more prominent than ...
Page 29
... branched , spikes ovate , glumes nearly equal obtuse , stigmas 2 , bristles none , fruit obovate plano - convex tip- ped with the narrow base of the style . - Scirpus fluit . L.-E. Bot . t . 216. Isolepis , Br . — Eleogiton , Link ...
... branched , spikes ovate , glumes nearly equal obtuse , stigmas 2 , bristles none , fruit obovate plano - convex tip- ped with the narrow base of the style . - Scirpus fluit . L.-E. Bot . t . 216. Isolepis , Br . — Eleogiton , Link ...
Page 36
... branched , floating , jointed , sending from the joints fibrous radicles below , and culms above , a foot or more long , stout with short broad leaves . Cal . scarcely nerved , thin and membranous , broadly oval , obtuse . Cor . of a ...
... branched , floating , jointed , sending from the joints fibrous radicles below , and culms above , a foot or more long , stout with short broad leaves . Cal . scarcely nerved , thin and membranous , broadly oval , obtuse . Cor . of a ...
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1-celled 5-cleft acuminate acute Anthers axillary base beneath bifid bipinnate Borrer bracteas branched calyx capsule Carpels catkins cells chalky colour common cordate corolla Cotyledons crenate cylindrical downy England feet high fleshy florets flowers foot high frequent fronds fruit genus germen glabrous glaucous gravelly hairy hedges Hook imbricated inches high involucre Ireland July June Juss.-Named lanceolate leaflets leafy leaves lanceolate leaves ovate legumes Lindl linear linear-lanceolate Linn lobes margin Moist mountains nearly oblong obovate obtuse Ovary ovato-lanceolate panicle pastures peduncles Perianth Pericarps petals petiolate pinnate pinnatifid pinnules plant procumbent pubescent purple racemes rare receptacle ribs root Salict sandy scales scape Scotland seeds segments serrated sessile sheaths short shorter silky slender solitary spatha species spikelets spikes spreading stalked Stam Stamens stem erect stigmas stipules style subulate Suppl terminal toothed umbels upper valves waste places whorled Woods yellow