A Synopsis of the British Flora: Arranged According to the Natural Orders : Containing Vasculares, Or Flowering Plants |
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... spike , tipped by the hardened style . — Caulescent her- baceous plants with finely multifid leaves , and solitary scarlet or yellow flowers . Involucre none . 1. A. autumnalis Linn . Petals about eight , inversely heart - shaped ...
... spike , tipped by the hardened style . — Caulescent her- baceous plants with finely multifid leaves , and solitary scarlet or yellow flowers . Involucre none . 1. A. autumnalis Linn . Petals about eight , inversely heart - shaped ...
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... spike up the elongated receptacle , and terminated by the straight style . Dec. 1. M. minimus Linn . E. B. 7. 435 . Stems the length of the leaves or longer . Appendages of the calyx somewhat leafy . Dec. In corn fields , on a gravelly ...
... spike up the elongated receptacle , and terminated by the straight style . Dec. 1. M. minimus Linn . E. B. 7. 435 . Stems the length of the leaves or longer . Appendages of the calyx somewhat leafy . Dec. In corn fields , on a gravelly ...
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... spikes or racemes . TAMARISK . 1. TAMARIX Linn . Calyx 4-5 parted . Petals 4 or 5. Stamens 4 or 5 , alternate with the petals , and almost entirely distinct . Ovarium tapering much to the point . Stigmas 3 , long , straggling ...
... spikes or racemes . TAMARISK . 1. TAMARIX Linn . Calyx 4-5 parted . Petals 4 or 5. Stamens 4 or 5 , alternate with the petals , and almost entirely distinct . Ovarium tapering much to the point . Stigmas 3 , long , straggling ...
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... spikes or racemes . 1. PEPLIS Linn . Calyx campanulate , with 12 lobes , of which 6 are broader than the rest and erect , the others subulate , spreading . Petals 6 , minute , fuga- cious . Stamens 6 , opposite the broader lobes of the ...
... spikes or racemes . 1. PEPLIS Linn . Calyx campanulate , with 12 lobes , of which 6 are broader than the rest and erect , the others subulate , spreading . Petals 6 , minute , fuga- cious . Stamens 6 , opposite the broader lobes of the ...
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... spikes . Dec. - 1. O. uralensis Dec. Ped- E. B. 7. 466 . Stem none . Stalk upright , taller than the leaves . Legumes ob- long , tumid , pointed , shaggy , erect . Leaflets ovate , acute , all over silky like the calyx . Smith . A ...
... spikes . Dec. - 1. O. uralensis Dec. Ped- E. B. 7. 466 . Stem none . Stalk upright , taller than the leaves . Legumes ob- long , tumid , pointed , shaggy , erect . Leaflets ovate , acute , all over silky like the calyx . Smith . A ...
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1-celled 5-cleft 5-lobed 5-parted 5-toothed acute æstivation albumen Annual anthers apex August awned axillary base Biennial bifid Bracteas branched bristles Calyx Capsule Carpella Catkins cells chalky Clusters compressed Corolla corymbose cotyledons cylindrical deciduous dehiscing disk ditches downy E. B. Supp elliptical embryo entire filiform flat fleshy Florets Flower-stalks Flowers Fruit glands Glumes gravelly hairy heart-shaped hedges Herbaceous plants hermaphrodite hilum Hudson hypogynous imbricated Involucrum July June Juss keeled lanceolate Leaflets leafy Leaves lanceolate Leaves ovate linear Linn lobes many-flowered many-seeded margin meadows membranous moist mountains naked nearly numerous oblong obovate obtuse Ovarium Ovary Palea paleæ Panicle Pappus pastures Perennial Perianthium Petals pinnate pinnatifid racemes radicle Receptacle roundish sandy scales Seeds segments Sepals serrated sessile Sheaths shorter Shrub Silicula simple Smith smooth solitary Spikelets Spikes spreading stalked Stamens Stem erect Stigmas Stipulas Stipules Style taper ternate thickets toothed tube Umbels upper valves vittæ waste ground whorl Willd woods
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Page 194 - July, August. 3. O. minor Smith. EB 6. 422. Stem simple. 'Corolla nearly cylindrical ; lower lip with curled segments, the middle one largest and lobed. Stamens fringed. Style smooth. Smith. In clover fields. — Annual ? July, August. '4. O. rubra Smith. EB 25.