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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... species , which is a Mexican plant . ACALYPHA , in botany , a genus of plants belonging to the Monoecia Monodel- phia class , and the natural order of Tricocca , called the Tick - fruit . There are fourteen species : the A. virginica ...
... species , which is a Mexican plant . ACALYPHA , in botany , a genus of plants belonging to the Monoecia Monodel- phia class , and the natural order of Tricocca , called the Tick - fruit . There are fourteen species : the A. virginica ...
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... species of acanthus accidentally growing round a basket covered with a tile , gave occasion to Callimachus to invent the Corinthian capital in architecture . 2. The thistle - leaved acan- thus was found by Sparrman at the Cape of Good ...
... species of acanthus accidentally growing round a basket covered with a tile , gave occasion to Callimachus to invent the Corinthian capital in architecture . 2. The thistle - leaved acan- thus was found by Sparrman at the Cape of Good ...
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... species , which is to be found on dogs and other animals . Many of the acari attach themselves to insects of a larger kind , and hence they take their names , as A. coleopte rous , found on the black beetle . ( See plate I. Entomology ...
... species , which is to be found on dogs and other animals . Many of the acari attach themselves to insects of a larger kind , and hence they take their names , as A. coleopte rous , found on the black beetle . ( See plate I. Entomology ...
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... species , viz . the A. malvaviscus , scarlet achania , or bastard hibiscus , which is a na- tive of Mexico and Jamaica ; cultivated here in 1714 by the Duchess of Beaufort , and flowering through the greatest part of the year : the ...
... species , viz . the A. malvaviscus , scarlet achania , or bastard hibiscus , which is a na- tive of Mexico and Jamaica ; cultivated here in 1714 by the Duchess of Beaufort , and flowering through the greatest part of the year : the ...
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... species , but they have but little beauty , and are only preserved in botanic gardens . ACHYRONIA , in botany , a genus of the Diadelphia Decandria class and order , calyx five - toothed ; the lower tooth elongated and cloven : legume ...
... species , but they have but little beauty , and are only preserved in botanic gardens . ACHYRONIA , in botany , a genus of the Diadelphia Decandria class and order , calyx five - toothed ; the lower tooth elongated and cloven : legume ...
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