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... terminal , jointed like the stem , and bearing , at the base of every short articulation , on two opposite sides , a cluster of 3 flowers , each composed of a single perianth , apparently quite closed at the top , and pierced , as it ...
... terminal , jointed like the stem , and bearing , at the base of every short articulation , on two opposite sides , a cluster of 3 flowers , each composed of a single perianth , apparently quite closed at the top , and pierced , as it ...
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... terminal.2 Speedwell . ( Root perennial . ) 1. V. spicáta , L. ( spiked Speedwell ) ; raceme spicate , leaves ob- long obtuse serrated pubescent , the lower ones broader ovate or obovate and stalked , stem ascending branching only at ...
... terminal.2 Speedwell . ( Root perennial . ) 1. V. spicáta , L. ( spiked Speedwell ) ; raceme spicate , leaves ob- long obtuse serrated pubescent , the lower ones broader ovate or obovate and stalked , stem ascending branching only at ...
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... terminal tooth or lobe the largest . Peduncles longer than the leaves , recurved when bearing fruit . Caps . of two rounded , glabrous lobes , each lobe having 2 large , black , transversely wrinkled , oval , gibbous seeds , which are ...
... terminal tooth or lobe the largest . Peduncles longer than the leaves , recurved when bearing fruit . Caps . of two rounded , glabrous lobes , each lobe having 2 large , black , transversely wrinkled , oval , gibbous seeds , which are ...
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... terminal , erect , not leafy . Br . - Nat . Ord . CYPERACEE , Juss . - Name , ελos , eλsos , a marsh , and age , to delight , from its place of growth . - This genus , if it ought to be kept distinct from Scirpus , is better ...
... terminal , erect , not leafy . Br . - Nat . Ord . CYPERACEE , Juss . - Name , ελos , eλsos , a marsh , and age , to delight , from its place of growth . - This genus , if it ought to be kept distinct from Scirpus , is better ...
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... terminal ( or central ) one perfect , diandrous . Br . Cor . permanently membranous . Fruit free . Sm . - Named from igos , sacred , and xλoɑ , or xλoŋ , a grass : so called by Gmelin , because , in some parts of the Prussian dominions ...
... terminal ( or central ) one perfect , diandrous . Br . Cor . permanently membranous . Fruit free . Sm . - Named from igos , sacred , and xλoɑ , or xλoŋ , a grass : so called by Gmelin , because , in some parts of the Prussian dominions ...
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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