The Flowering Plants and Ferns of Great Britain, Volume 3Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1861 - Botany |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
abundant acrid anthers aromatic beaked beautiful Bell-flower beneath berries bitter blossoms botanists bracts branched bristly calyx carpels chalky Chamomile Chervil clusters colour common corolla corymbs cottony cultivated Daisy downy Dutch eaten egg-shaped England erect feet high flavour florets flower-stalks foliage French call fruit garden genus Germans Greek green grows hairy Hawkweed heads of flowers heaths hedges herb Holly involucre Italians juice July and August June and July lanceolate leaflets leafy leaves lettuce Linnæus lobes Marsh meadows medicine Mistletoe narrow native oblong odour old writers ovary panicles pappus Parsley Parsnep petals pinnate pinnatifid pistils places Plant perennial prickly purple racemes rare receptacle remarks root annual root perennial rough salad says scales Scotland seeds segments serrated sessile slender smooth soil sometimes Spaniards species stalks stamens stem Succory Teazel Thistle toothed tree umbelliferous umbels vegetable white flowers whorl wild woods yellow flowers