American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ; Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 5Mitchell, Ames and White, 1819 - Natural history |
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... botany , so called in me . mory of John Ellis , F. R. S. a genus of the Pentandria Monogynia class and or- der . Natural order of Lurida . Borra- gineæ , Jussieu . Essential character : co- rolla funnel - form , narrow ; berry dry , two ...
... botany , so called in me . mory of John Ellis , F. R. S. a genus of the Pentandria Monogynia class and or- der . Natural order of Lurida . Borra- gineæ , Jussieu . Essential character : co- rolla funnel - form , narrow ; berry dry , two ...
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... botanists , an appellation given to such leaves as have a little indenting on their summits : when this indenting is terminated on each side by obtuse points , they are said to be ob- tusely emarginated ; whereas , when these points are ...
... botanists , an appellation given to such leaves as have a little indenting on their summits : when this indenting is terminated on each side by obtuse points , they are said to be ob- tusely emarginated ; whereas , when these points are ...
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... botany , a genus of the Tetrandria Monogynia class and or- der . Natural order of Proteæ , Jussieu . Essential character : corolla four - petalled ; anthers sessile , sitting on the tips of the petals ; follicle round . There are four ...
... botany , a genus of the Tetrandria Monogynia class and or- der . Natural order of Proteæ , Jussieu . Essential character : corolla four - petalled ; anthers sessile , sitting on the tips of the petals ; follicle round . There are four ...
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... botany . See CORCULUM . EMERALD . This mineral comes chief- ly from Peru ; some specimens have been brought from Egypt Dolomieu found it in the granite of Elba . Hitherto it has been found only crystallized . The primi- tive form of its ...
... botany . See CORCULUM . EMERALD . This mineral comes chief- ly from Peru ; some specimens have been brought from Egypt Dolomieu found it in the granite of Elba . Hitherto it has been found only crystallized . The primi- tive form of its ...
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... botany , heath , a ge- nus of the Dioecia Triandria class and order . Natural order of Ericæ , Jussieu . Essential character : male , calyx three- parted ; corolla three - petalled ; stamens long ; female , calyx three - parted ...
... botany , heath , a ge- nus of the Dioecia Triandria class and order . Natural order of Ericæ , Jussieu . Essential character : male , calyx three- parted ; corolla three - petalled ; stamens long ; female , calyx three - parted ...
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