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... genera to each other , but I have also introduced a number of notices concerning the dietetical , the medical , and other properties of the plants of the class which I have been treating of . It will be readily obvious , however , that ...
... genera to each other , but I have also introduced a number of notices concerning the dietetical , the medical , and other properties of the plants of the class which I have been treating of . It will be readily obvious , however , that ...
Page 78
... genera of certain plants ; - Bractea , in Latin , has the following significations , viz . a thin leaf , or plate of gold , silver , or any other metal ; a tinsel , a spangle , a chip or thin piece of wood ; a weather - cock upon the ...
... genera of certain plants ; - Bractea , in Latin , has the following significations , viz . a thin leaf , or plate of gold , silver , or any other metal ; a tinsel , a spangle , a chip or thin piece of wood ; a weather - cock upon the ...
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... genera of plants . Thus , the Almond and the Peach are two distinct species of one genus , the Amygdalus ; but it is hardly possible to distinguish the two species , with- out calling in the aid of the glands . In the Almond , these are ...
... genera of plants . Thus , the Almond and the Peach are two distinct species of one genus , the Amygdalus ; but it is hardly possible to distinguish the two species , with- out calling in the aid of the glands . In the Almond , these are ...
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... genera Orni- thogalum , Dentaria , Polygonum , Saxifraga , Lilium , Allium , & c . Different species of these genera receive their specific names , bulbifera , or bulbiferum , and vivi- para , or viviparum , from the bulbs which are ...
... genera Orni- thogalum , Dentaria , Polygonum , Saxifraga , Lilium , Allium , & c . Different species of these genera receive their specific names , bulbifera , or bulbiferum , and vivi- para , or viviparum , from the bulbs which are ...
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... genera that were known to Lin- nĉus . They are all furnished with that particular spe- cies of calyx which I have been considering . Allium , Amaryllis , Bulbocodium , Colchicum , Crinum , Galan- thus , Gethyllis , Hemanthus , Leucojum ...
... genera that were known to Lin- nĉus . They are all furnished with that particular spe- cies of calyx which I have been considering . Allium , Amaryllis , Bulbocodium , Colchicum , Crinum , Galan- thus , Gethyllis , Hemanthus , Leucojum ...
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