American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ; Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 6Mitchell, Ames and White, 1819 - Natural history |
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... botany , a genus of the Decandria Monogynia class and order . Calyx five - toothed ; corolla deeply five- parted ; nectary deeply ten - parted , with lanceolate segments ; antheræ sessile , in the segments of the nectary ; fruit six ...
... botany , a genus of the Decandria Monogynia class and order . Calyx five - toothed ; corolla deeply five- parted ; nectary deeply ten - parted , with lanceolate segments ; antheræ sessile , in the segments of the nectary ; fruit six ...
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... botany . See ZINZIBER . GINORA , in botany , so called in ho- nour of the Marquis Carlo Ginori , a ge- nus of the Dodecandria Monogynia class and order . Natural order of Salicariæ , Jussieu . Essential character : calyx six- cleft ...
... botany . See ZINZIBER . GINORA , in botany , so called in ho- nour of the Marquis Carlo Ginori , a ge- nus of the Dodecandria Monogynia class and order . Natural order of Salicariæ , Jussieu . Essential character : calyx six- cleft ...
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... botany , English corn- flag , a genus of the Triandria Monogynia class and order . Natural order of Eusa- tæ . Irides , Jussieu . Essential charac- ter : corolla six - parted , irregular , une- qual ; stigmas three . There are thirty ...
... botany , English corn- flag , a genus of the Triandria Monogynia class and order . Natural order of Eusa- tæ . Irides , Jussieu . Essential charac- ter : corolla six - parted , irregular , une- qual ; stigmas three . There are thirty ...
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... botany , a genus of the Pentandria Monogynia class and order . Natural order of Calycanthemæ . Sali- caria , Jussieu . Essential character : calyx one - leafed , bell - shaped : corolla none ; capsule one - celled , five - valved , five ...
... botany , a genus of the Pentandria Monogynia class and order . Natural order of Calycanthemæ . Sali- caria , Jussieu . Essential character : calyx one - leafed , bell - shaped : corolla none ; capsule one - celled , five - valved , five ...
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... botany , English ground - ivy , a genus of the Didynamia Gymnospermia class and order . Natural order of Verticillatæ . Labiata , Jussieu . Essential character : calyx five - cleft ; each pair of anthers converging in form of a cross ...
... botany , English ground - ivy , a genus of the Didynamia Gymnospermia class and order . Natural order of Verticillatæ . Labiata , Jussieu . Essential character : calyx five - cleft ; each pair of anthers converging in form of a cross ...
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