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... numerous , may , for information on this head , be consulted with great advantage . Mr J. E. Bowman has , with his accustomed good judgment , suggested the propriety of erasing from the British Flora such plants as Buffonia tenuifolia ...
... numerous , may , for information on this head , be consulted with great advantage . Mr J. E. Bowman has , with his accustomed good judgment , suggested the propriety of erasing from the British Flora such plants as Buffonia tenuifolia ...
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... numerous , very bright blue , greeting us at an early season of the year , and hence rendering the plant a general favourite . " In a var . found by Prof. Henslow , the blossoms are small and chocolate - coloured . *** Flowers axillary ...
... numerous , very bright blue , greeting us at an early season of the year , and hence rendering the plant a general favourite . " In a var . found by Prof. Henslow , the blossoms are small and chocolate - coloured . *** Flowers axillary ...
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... numerous , oblong , rough . The leaves are said to coagulate milk , whence the English name . 2. P. grandiflóra , Willd . ( large - flowered Butterwort ) ; spur notched subulato - cylindrical as long as the veined limb of the corolla ...
... numerous , oblong , rough . The leaves are said to coagulate milk , whence the English name . 2. P. grandiflóra , Willd . ( large - flowered Butterwort ) ; spur notched subulato - cylindrical as long as the veined limb of the corolla ...
Page 9
... numerous , membranaceous , reticulated vesicles , which , according to Hayne , are filled with water , till it is necessary the plant should rise to the surface and expand its blossoms above that fluid . The vesicles are then found to ...
... numerous , membranaceous , reticulated vesicles , which , according to Hayne , are filled with water , till it is necessary the plant should rise to the surface and expand its blossoms above that fluid . The vesicles are then found to ...
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... numerous insects and molluscæ , the food of ducks and other waterfowl , whence the English name of Duckweed . The young fronds constitute the Lemna arhiza of the French authors . The capsule is single - seeded ; seed transverse , with ...
... numerous insects and molluscæ , the food of ducks and other waterfowl , whence the English name of Duckweed . The young fronds constitute the Lemna arhiza of the French authors . The capsule is single - seeded ; seed transverse , with ...
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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