The British Encyclopedia, Or Dictionary of Arts and Sciences: Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge : Illustrated with Upwards of 150 Elegant Engravings. N - R. 5Longman, 1809 - 680 pages |
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... corolla ; capsule as many , connected . There are five species ; these are annual herbaceous plants , with pinnate or bipinnate leaves , and linear leaf- lets ; flowers terminating , in some species surrounded with a five - leaved calyx ...
... corolla ; capsule as many , connected . There are five species ; these are annual herbaceous plants , with pinnate or bipinnate leaves , and linear leaf- lets ; flowers terminating , in some species surrounded with a five - leaved calyx ...
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... corolla six - petalled : female , spathe ; corolla none ; drupes angular . There is but one species , viz . N. fruticans , the young palm , is without the trunk ; but in the adult state , it is some feet in height ; leaves pin- nate ...
... corolla six - petalled : female , spathe ; corolla none ; drupes angular . There is but one species , viz . N. fruticans , the young palm , is without the trunk ; but in the adult state , it is some feet in height ; leaves pin- nate ...
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... corolla bell - shaped ; style among the germs ; seeds five , berried , two - celled . There is but one species , viz . N. protrasta , trailing nolana . NOLLE prosequi , is used where the plain- tiff will proceed no further in his action ...
... corolla bell - shaped ; style among the germs ; seeds five , berried , two - celled . There is but one species , viz . N. protrasta , trailing nolana . NOLLE prosequi , is used where the plain- tiff will proceed no further in his action ...
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... corolla , salver shaped , with truncated segments ; capsule , two - celled , margined ; seeds solitary . There are seven species , of which N. undulata , wave - leaved Nyctanthes , is a shrub about six feet in height , the young shoots ...
... corolla , salver shaped , with truncated segments ; capsule , two - celled , margined ; seeds solitary . There are seven species , of which N. undulata , wave - leaved Nyctanthes , is a shrub about six feet in height , the young shoots ...
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... corolla four - cleft , bell - shaped ; sta- mina from the slits of the corolla ; capsule one - celled , two - valved , many - seeded . There is but one species , viz . O. virginica . OBSERVATION , in astronomy and na- vigation , is the ...
... corolla four - cleft , bell - shaped ; sta- mina from the slits of the corolla ; capsule one - celled , two - valved , many - seeded . There is but one species , viz . O. virginica . OBSERVATION , in astronomy and na- vigation , is the ...
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