The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 - Natural history |
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... petals , drupe dry , coria- ceous , fibrons , one - seeded . Two species , trees sixty feet high , found in Guiana . ACICARPHA , in botany , a genus of the Poligamia Necessaria class and order : re- ceptacle chaffy , the chaff uniting ...
... petals , drupe dry , coria- ceous , fibrons , one - seeded . Two species , trees sixty feet high , found in Guiana . ACICARPHA , in botany , a genus of the Poligamia Necessaria class and order : re- ceptacle chaffy , the chaff uniting ...
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... petals four , accuminate to both ends , larger than the calyx ; filaments about 30 ; germ superior ovate ; no stile ; stigma thickish , obliquely depressed ; pericarp a berry , oval - globose , smooth , one - furrowed , one celled ...
... petals four , accuminate to both ends , larger than the calyx ; filaments about 30 ; germ superior ovate ; no stile ; stigma thickish , obliquely depressed ; pericarp a berry , oval - globose , smooth , one - furrowed , one celled ...
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... petals ; the fruit is a long membranaceous compressed pod , containing several round seeds . There are three species : A. paronina , which is one of the largest trees in the East Indies . Its dura- tion is 200 years , and its timber is ...
... petals ; the fruit is a long membranaceous compressed pod , containing several round seeds . There are three species : A. paronina , which is one of the largest trees in the East Indies . Its dura- tion is 200 years , and its timber is ...
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... petals ; and some- times there are more than five : there is no pericarpium ; the receptacle is oblong , spi- cated ... petal , divided into four oval acute segments , longer than the cup ; the fruit is a globose berry , situated between ...
... petals ; and some- times there are more than five : there is no pericarpium ; the receptacle is oblong , spi- cated ... petal , divided into four oval acute segments , longer than the cup ; the fruit is a globose berry , situated between ...
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... petals five ; berry globular , many celled , with numerous seeds in each . One species , viz . the marmelos , a tree with thorny branches ; fruit delicious to the taste , and exquisitely fragrant : seeds An æolipile of great antiquity ...
... petals five ; berry globular , many celled , with numerous seeds in each . One species , viz . the marmelos , a tree with thorny branches ; fruit delicious to the taste , and exquisitely fragrant : seeds An æolipile of great antiquity ...
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