The British encyclopedia, or, Dictionary of arts and sciences, Volume 4 |
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... Essential character : silicle lanceolate , one - celled , one - seeded , decidu- ous , bivalve ; valves navicular . There are five species , of which I. tinctoria , dyer's woad , is a biennial plant , with a fusiform , fibrous root ...
... Essential character : silicle lanceolate , one - celled , one - seeded , decidu- ous , bivalve ; valves navicular . There are five species , of which I. tinctoria , dyer's woad , is a biennial plant , with a fusiform , fibrous root ...
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... Essential character : calyx none ; petals five ; nectary trifid , tubular ; cap- sule recurved , many - seeded . There are three species . ISOSCELES triangle , in geometry , one that has two equal sides . See GEOMETRY . ISSUE , in law ...
... Essential character : calyx none ; petals five ; nectary trifid , tubular ; cap- sule recurved , many - seeded . There are three species . ISOSCELES triangle , in geometry , one that has two equal sides . See GEOMETRY . ISSUE , in law ...
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... Essential character : male , calyx common , three - leaved ; corolla of the disk , one - petalled , five - cleft ; receptacle with hairs or linear chaffs : female , in the ray , five , or fewer ; corolla none ; styles two , long ; seeds ...
... Essential character : male , calyx common , three - leaved ; corolla of the disk , one - petalled , five - cleft ; receptacle with hairs or linear chaffs : female , in the ray , five , or fewer ; corolla none ; styles two , long ; seeds ...
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... Essential character : male , calyx one - leafed , scale - form ; corolla six - parted ; filaments eighteen : female , ca- lyx four - cleft , superior ; corolla four - parted ; styles two ; drupe with a grooved nucleus . There are eight ...
... Essential character : male , calyx one - leafed , scale - form ; corolla six - parted ; filaments eighteen : female , ca- lyx four - cleft , superior ; corolla four - parted ; styles two ; drupe with a grooved nucleus . There are eight ...
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... characters are to be found in this period , and how the years of any other epocha are to be con- nected with the years ... Essential character : calyx six - leaved ; corolla none ; capsule one - celled . There are twenty - nine species ...
... characters are to be found in this period , and how the years of any other epocha are to be con- nected with the years ... Essential character : calyx six - leaved ; corolla none ; capsule one - celled . There are twenty - nine species ...
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