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Page vii
... Genus and Species of a plant . - The Linnæan Method is , therefore , here still , though not exclusively , adopted . It has been the opinion of the author , and of many of his friends , that , in most of the Floras hitherto published ...
... Genus and Species of a plant . - The Linnæan Method is , therefore , here still , though not exclusively , adopted . It has been the opinion of the author , and of many of his friends , that , in most of the Floras hitherto published ...
Page ix
... Genus belongs is mentioned in the following pages ; and in the Appendix will be found a complete list with char- acters of all the Orders , so far as British Botany is concerned , together with an enumeration of the Genera belonging to ...
... Genus belongs is mentioned in the following pages ; and in the Appendix will be found a complete list with char- acters of all the Orders , so far as British Botany is concerned , together with an enumeration of the Genera belonging to ...
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... genus , as well as 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 ; whence ...
... genus , as well as 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 ; whence ...
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... genus than I am here able to give , see Lemna minor , trisulca and gibba in the New Series of Londinensis Flora ; and for an admirable account of the germination of the seeds in the latter species , see a Memoir by W. Wilson , Esq . in ...
... genus than I am here able to give , see Lemna minor , trisulca and gibba in the New Series of Londinensis Flora ; and for an admirable account of the germination of the seeds in the latter species , see a Memoir by W. Wilson , Esq . in ...
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... genus are all aquatics : and their 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 their 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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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