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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... feet in height , having smooth alternate leaves upon short foot stalks ; flowers in small loose bunches on the top of the stalks , of a yellow colour , ap- pearing in July , which are succeeded by roundish capsules , ripening in the ...
... feet in height , having smooth alternate leaves upon short foot stalks ; flowers in small loose bunches on the top of the stalks , of a yellow colour , ap- pearing in July , which are succeeded by roundish capsules , ripening in the ...
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... feet in height ; leaves pin- nate ; pinnas striated , margined , and smooth ; flowers male and female on the same palm ; but distinct on different peduncles : males several , lateral , inferior , on dichotomous peduncles , in spikes ...
... feet in height ; leaves pin- nate ; pinnas striated , margined , and smooth ; flowers male and female on the same palm ; but distinct on different peduncles : males several , lateral , inferior , on dichotomous peduncles , in spikes ...
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... feet high , with a cross piece reaching from one to the other athwart ships , and serving to support the ends of those booms , masts , and yards , which lie in reserve to supply the place of others carried away , & c . The above - named ...
... feet high , with a cross piece reaching from one to the other athwart ships , and serving to support the ends of those booms , masts , and yards , which lie in reserve to supply the place of others carried away , & c . The above - named ...
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... feet in height , the young shoots are hairy ; leaves of a shining green , smooth , in pairs from the joints , bitter , without any smell ; flowers white ; calycine segments six ; of the corolla six , seven or eight , narrow , much waved ...
... feet in height , the young shoots are hairy ; leaves of a shining green , smooth , in pairs from the joints , bitter , without any smell ; flowers white ; calycine segments six ; of the corolla six , seven or eight , narrow , much waved ...
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... feet , and nearly two in dia- meter , sending off many horizontal and often depending branches ; leaves of a dark green colour on the upper surface , but lighter underneath ; the flowers are produced upon long footstalks , from the base ...
... feet , and nearly two in dia- meter , sending off many horizontal and often depending branches ; leaves of a dark green colour on the upper surface , but lighter underneath ; the flowers are produced upon long footstalks , from the base ...
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