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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... flowers in small loose bunches ou the top of the stalks , of a yellow colour , ap- pearing in July , which are succeeded by roundish capsules , ripening in the autumn . Sir Walter Raleigh , on his return from America , is said to have ...
... flowers in small loose bunches ou the top of the stalks , of a yellow colour , ap- pearing in July , which are succeeded by roundish capsules , ripening in the autumn . Sir Walter Raleigh , on his return from America , is said to have ...
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... flower , a genus of the Polyandria Pentagynia class and order . Natural order of Multisilique . Ranunculacea , Jussieu ... flowers terminating , in some species surrounded with a five - leaved calyx like multifid involucre . NIGHT , that ...
... flower , a genus of the Polyandria Pentagynia class and order . Natural order of Multisilique . Ranunculacea , Jussieu ... flowers terminating , in some species surrounded with a five - leaved calyx like multifid involucre . NIGHT , that ...
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... flowers male and female on the same palm ; but distinct on different peduncles : males several , lateral , inferior , on dichotomous peduncles , in spikes : females terminating , aggregate in a globular head , sessile . It is a native ...
... flowers male and female on the same palm ; but distinct on different peduncles : males several , lateral , inferior , on dichotomous peduncles , in spikes : females terminating , aggregate in a globular head , sessile . It is a native ...
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... flowers white ; calycine segments six ; of the corolla six , seven or eight , narrow , much waved on the edge ; fruit superior , resembling a black cherry , con- taining a round hairy seed . It is a native of the East Indies , where it ...
... flowers white ; calycine segments six ; of the corolla six , seven or eight , narrow , much waved on the edge ; fruit superior , resembling a black cherry , con- taining a round hairy seed . It is a native of the East Indies , where it ...
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... flowers are produced upon long footstalks , from the base of the young shoots , dividing irregular . ly into several parts , each supporting a small flower ; the female trees have fewer flowers , produced upon much longer simple ...
... flowers are produced upon long footstalks , from the base of the young shoots , dividing irregular . ly into several parts , each supporting a small flower ; the female trees have fewer flowers , produced upon much longer simple ...
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