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Page vii
... ; confining the synonyms , with few exceptions , to those of the writer who first described the plant , to a good figure , and a reference to a single Flora of Great Britain ; and by adopting such an arrangement of the subject - matter.
... ; confining the synonyms , with few exceptions , to those of the writer who first described the plant , to a good figure , and a reference to a single Flora of Great Britain ; and by adopting such an arrangement of the subject - matter.
Page ix
... single caterpillar , as if he had spent his life in arranging all the known insects of the world according to a new and Natural System . The Linnæan Method , as a late writer in the " Magazine of Nat . History ” has well observed , is ...
... single caterpillar , as if he had spent his life in arranging all the known insects of the world according to a new and Natural System . The Linnæan Method , as a late writer in the " Magazine of Nat . History ” has well observed , is ...
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... single , turbinate , fleshy , obscurely lobed . Style short . Stigmas bi - trifid . Fruit , an one - seeded Utri- cle , included in the enlarged Perianth . - Nat . Ord . CHENOPODEÆ , Vent . - Named from sal , salt , and cornu , a horn ...
... single , turbinate , fleshy , obscurely lobed . Style short . Stigmas bi - trifid . Fruit , an one - seeded Utri- cle , included in the enlarged Perianth . - Nat . Ord . CHENOPODEÆ , Vent . - Named from sal , salt , and cornu , a horn ...
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... single cell of an anther.— Nat . Ord . LABIATE , Juss . - Named from salvo , to save , or heal , in allusion to its balmy or healing qualities . **** Perianth double , superior . 7. CIRCEA . Cal . 2 - leaved , but united into a short ...
... single cell of an anther.— Nat . Ord . LABIATE , Juss . - Named from salvo , to save , or heal , in allusion to its balmy or healing qualities . **** Perianth double , superior . 7. CIRCEA . Cal . 2 - leaved , but united into a short ...
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... single , glumaceous . Glumes of I piece or valve , 1 - flowered , imbricating ; outer ones sterile . Fruit , a nut with a loose external coat , destitute of bristles at the base . -Nat . Ord . CYPERACEE , Juss . - Named from xλudos , a ...
... single , glumaceous . Glumes of I piece or valve , 1 - flowered , imbricating ; outer ones sterile . Fruit , a nut with a loose external coat , destitute of bristles at the base . -Nat . Ord . CYPERACEE , Juss . - Named from xλudos , 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