The Treasury of Botany: A Popular Dictionary of the Vegetable Kingdom with which is Incorporated a Glossary of Botanical Terms, Part 2John Lindley, Thomas Moore W. Wood, 1872 - Botany |
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achenes Africa allied alternate anthers Asia axillary axils bark base bearing bell-shaped belonging botanists bracts branches calyx capsule carpels cells chiefly clusters colour common consisting containing corolla corymbs cultivated cylindrical cymes dicotyledons disk distinguished drupe eight entire erect Europe feet high filaments five five-cleft five-lobed five-parted fleshy florets flower-heads flowers four fronds fruit Fungi funnel-shaped genera genus glands growing habit hairy herbaceous herbs inches Indian name inflorescence involucre known leaflets Leguminosa limb Lindley's linear lobes natives natural order nearly North America numerous oblong oil obtained one-celled one-seeded opposite orchids outer ovary ovate ovules panicles pappus perennial perianth petals pinnate pinnate leaves purple racemes resembling roots scales seeds segments sepals sessile short shrubs slender smooth solitary sometimes South species spikes spores stalked stamens stems stigma style terminal thick three-celled trees tribe tropical tube tubular two-celled umbels undershrubs upper usually white flowers wood