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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... species , viz . G guianensis , a shrub about fifteen feet high ; a native of the forests of Guiana . GINGER , in botany . See ZINZIBER . GINORA , in botany , so called in ho- nour of the Marquis Carlo Ginori , a ge- nus of the ...
... species , viz . G guianensis , a shrub about fifteen feet high ; a native of the forests of Guiana . GINGER , in botany . See ZINZIBER . GINORA , in botany , so called in ho- nour of the Marquis Carlo Ginori , a ge- nus of the ...
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... species : these are herbaceous , perennial plants , with a tuberous - coated root ; a simple stalk ; the flowers specious , in spikes , with a spathe to each flower . GLAMA , a species of Peruvian camel , with the back even , and the ...
... species : these are herbaceous , perennial plants , with a tuberous - coated root ; a simple stalk ; the flowers specious , in spikes , with a spathe to each flower . GLAMA , a species of Peruvian camel , with the back even , and the ...
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... species , viz . G. maritima , sea milk - wort , or black salt- wort . It is common on the sea coast , and on salt marshes at a distance from the sea ; it is a beautiful little plant , enlivening large tracts of the dreary situations ...
... species , viz . G. maritima , sea milk - wort , or black salt- wort . It is common on the sea coast , and on salt marshes at a distance from the sea ; it is a beautiful little plant , enlivening large tracts of the dreary situations ...
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... species , viz . G. hederacea , ground - ivy . GLEDITSIA , in botany , a genus of the Polygamia Dioecia class and order . Na- tural order of Lomentaceæ . Leguminosa , Jussieu . Essential character : herma- phrodite ; calyx four - cleft ...
... species , viz . G. hederacea , ground - ivy . GLEDITSIA , in botany , a genus of the Polygamia Dioecia class and order . Na- tural order of Lomentaceæ . Leguminosa , Jussieu . Essential character : herma- phrodite ; calyx four - cleft ...
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... species . GLORIOSA , in botany , a genus of the Hexandria Monogynia class and order . Natural order of Sarmentaceæ Lilia , Jussieu . Essential character : corolla six - petalled , waved , reflex ; style oblique . There are two species ...
... species . GLORIOSA , in botany , a genus of the Hexandria Monogynia class and order . Natural order of Sarmentaceæ Lilia , Jussieu . Essential character : corolla six - petalled , waved , reflex ; style oblique . There are two species ...
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