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... nearly globular . E. B. 9. 645 . Stigma many - rayed . Stem many - flowered , rough , like the flower - stalks , with spreading bristles . Leaves pinnatifid , cut . Smith . In corn - fields , a troublesome weed . - Annual . June , July ...
... nearly globular . E. B. 9. 645 . Stigma many - rayed . Stem many - flowered , rough , like the flower - stalks , with spreading bristles . Leaves pinnatifid , cut . Smith . In corn - fields , a troublesome weed . - Annual . June , July ...
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... nearly taper , shortened , or declinate . Stigma almost two - lobed . Calyx equal at the base , spreading . Seeds small , irregularly attached in two rows , not bordered . Dec. 1. N. officinale R. Brown . WATER - CRESS . E. B. 12. 855 ...
... nearly taper , shortened , or declinate . Stigma almost two - lobed . Calyx equal at the base , spreading . Seeds small , irregularly attached in two rows , not bordered . Dec. 1. N. officinale R. Brown . WATER - CRESS . E. B. 12. 855 ...
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... nearly leafless . E. B. 19. 1338 . Petals undivided . Silicula elliptic - oblong . Leaves lanceolate , slightly toothed , fringed with simple hairs . Smith . D. hirta Linn . On rocks in the Highlands of Scotland . - Perennial . May ...
... nearly leafless . E. B. 19. 1338 . Petals undivided . Silicula elliptic - oblong . Leaves lanceolate , slightly toothed , fringed with simple hairs . Smith . D. hirta Linn . On rocks in the Highlands of Scotland . - Perennial . May ...
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... nearly erect . Smith . H. inodora Linn . Pods In hilly pastures , especially near rivulets , but rare . - Perennial . May , June . 19. SISYMBRIUM Linn . Siliqua nearly taper , sessile on a torus . Stigmas 2 , nearly distinct , or ...
... nearly erect . Smith . H. inodora Linn . Pods In hilly pastures , especially near rivulets , but rare . - Perennial . May , June . 19. SISYMBRIUM Linn . Siliqua nearly taper , sessile on a torus . Stigmas 2 , nearly distinct , or ...
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... nearly smooth ; lobes oblong , unequally toothed . Stem simple , smooth . Pods quadrangular ; beak lodging two or three seeds . Smith . On the sandy sea - coast , but not frequent . Perennial . June , July . - S. 28. SINAPIS Linn ...
... nearly smooth ; lobes oblong , unequally toothed . Stem simple , smooth . Pods quadrangular ; beak lodging two or three seeds . Smith . On the sandy sea - coast , but not frequent . Perennial . June , July . - S. 28. SINAPIS Linn ...
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1-celled 5-cleft 5-lobed 5-parted 5-toothed acute æstivation albumen Annual anthers apex August awned axillary base bifid bractea branched bristles Calyx Capsule Carpella Catkins cells chalky compressed Corolla corymbose cotyledons cylindrical deciduous dehiscing disk ditches downy E. B. Supp Edition elliptical embryo entire filiform flat fleshy Florets Flower-stalks Flowers Fruit glands Glumes gravelly hairy heart-shaped hedges Herbaceous plants hermaphrodite hilum Hudson hypogynous imbricated Involucrum July June Juss keeled Leaflets leafy Leaves lanceolate Leaves ovate linear Linn lobes many-flowered many-seeded margin meadows membranous moist mountains naked nearly numerous oblong obovate obtuse Ovarium Ovary Palea paleæ Panicle Pappus pastures Peduncles Perennial Perianthium Petals pinnate pinnatifid racemes radical radicle roundish sandy scales Seeds segments Sepals serrated sessile Sheaths shorter Shrub Silicula simple Smith smooth solitary Spikelets Spikes spreading stalked Stamens Stem erect Stigmas Stipulas Stipules Style taper ternate thickets toothed tube Umbels upper valves vittæ waste ground whorl Willd woods
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