The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 5Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 - Natural history |
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... Essential character : co- rolla funnel form , with a plaited border ; stamina inclined ; capsule two - valved , two- celled . There are seven species , of which N. rustica , English tobacco , seldom rises more than three feet in height ...
... Essential character : co- rolla funnel form , with a plaited border ; stamina inclined ; capsule two - valved , two- celled . There are seven species , of which N. rustica , English tobacco , seldom rises more than three feet in height ...
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... Essential character : male , spathe ; corolla six - petalled : female , spathe ; corolla none ; drupes angular . There is but one species , riz . N. fruticans , the young palm , is without the trunk ; but in the adult state , it is some ...
... Essential character : male , spathe ; corolla six - petalled : female , spathe ; corolla none ; drupes angular . There is but one species , riz . N. fruticans , the young palm , is without the trunk ; but in the adult state , it is some ...
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... Essential character : 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 ...
... Essential character : 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 ...
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... Essential character : 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 ...
... Essential character : 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 ...
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... Essential character : calyx five - leav- ed ; corolla five - petalled ; berries one - seed- ed , fastened to a large , roundish receptacle . There are three species . OCHROMA , in botany , a genus of the Monadelphia Pentandria class and ...
... Essential character : calyx five - leav- ed ; corolla five - petalled ; berries one - seed- ed , fastened to a large , roundish receptacle . There are three species . OCHROMA , in botany , a genus of the Monadelphia Pentandria class and ...
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