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... placenta covered with a testa , and con- taining an embryo with one or more cotyledons ; germinating at two fixed points , viz . the plumule and radicle . 1. DICOTYLEDONES . SUBCLASSES . - Syn . Dicotyledones Juss . - Dicotyledoneæ or ...
... placenta covered with a testa , and con- taining an embryo with one or more cotyledons ; germinating at two fixed points , viz . the plumule and radicle . 1. DICOTYLEDONES . SUBCLASSES . - Syn . Dicotyledones Juss . - Dicotyledoneæ or ...
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... placenta . Anthers bursting by valves curling backwards Anthers bursting by longitudinal slits · 2. BERBERIDEÆ . 1. RANUNCULACEE . ++ Carpels combined into an undivided ovary , with more placentas than one . Ovary with the ovules ...
... placenta . Anthers bursting by valves curling backwards Anthers bursting by longitudinal slits · 2. BERBERIDEÆ . 1. RANUNCULACEE . ++ Carpels combined into an undivided ovary , with more placentas than one . Ovary with the ovules ...
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... placentas than one . Calyx distinct from the carpels ( = ovary superior ) Sepals usually two ; rarely three Sepals more ... placenta in the axis Flowers in umbels Fruit like two seeds Fruit a many - celled berry Flowers not in umbels ...
... placentas than one . Calyx distinct from the carpels ( = ovary superior ) Sepals usually two ; rarely three Sepals more ... placenta in the axis Flowers in umbels Fruit like two seeds Fruit a many - celled berry Flowers not in umbels ...
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... placenta Ovary two - celled Leafy green plants Stamens 2 or 4 Stamens 5 Leafless brown plants Calyx united to the carpels ( = ovary inferior ) Placentæ parietal Placentæ not parietal Anthers united into a tube ( syngenesious ) Flowers ...
... placenta Ovary two - celled Leafy green plants Stamens 2 or 4 Stamens 5 Leafless brown plants Calyx united to the carpels ( = ovary inferior ) Placentæ parietal Placentæ not parietal Anthers united into a tube ( syngenesious ) Flowers ...
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... placenta , or capsular with several placentæ . Seeds numerous . Albumen between fleshy and oily . Embryo minute , straight , at the base of the albumen , with plano - convex cotyledons . Herbaceous plants or shrubs with a milky juice ...
... placenta , or capsular with several placentæ . Seeds numerous . Albumen between fleshy and oily . Embryo minute , straight , at the base of the albumen , with plano - convex cotyledons . Herbaceous plants or shrubs with a milky juice ...
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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.