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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... class and order of plants . There is but a single 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 ...
... class and order of plants . There is but a single 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 ...
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... orders . See ARCHI- TECTURE . to the Syngenesia Equalis class and order : receptacle chaffy , down feathery : calyx imbricate , invested with scales , corol . flos- cular . There are seven species . ACARUS , the tick or mite , in ...
... orders . See ARCHI- TECTURE . to the Syngenesia Equalis class and order : receptacle chaffy , down feathery : calyx imbricate , invested with scales , corol . flos- cular . There are seven species . ACARUS , the tick or mite , in ...
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... order of birds ; the characters of which are , that the bill bends downwards , that the up- per mandible is dilated ... class of plants , and belonging to the natural order of Trihilata . There are 25 species . See MAPLE . ACETATES , in ...
... order of birds ; the characters of which are , that the bill bends downwards , that the up- per mandible is dilated ... class of plants , and belonging to the natural order of Trihilata . There are 25 species . See MAPLE . ACETATES , in ...
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... class , and the natu- ral order of Columniferæ . There are three 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 ...
... class , and the natu- ral order of Columniferæ . There are three 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 ...
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... class of plants , belonging to the natural order of Miscella- neæ . There are eleven species , but they have but little beauty , and are only preserved in botanic gardens . ACHYRONIA , in botany , a genus of the Diadelphia Decandria class ...
... class of plants , belonging to the natural order of Miscella- neæ . There are eleven species , but they have but little beauty , and are only preserved in botanic gardens . ACHYRONIA , in botany , a genus of the Diadelphia Decandria class ...
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