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... short stem , apparently none . ACCRESCENT ( ad , Lat . to ; cresco , I grow ) , growing larger after flowering . ACCUMBENT ( ad , Lat . to ; cubo , I lie down ) , lying against another body ( 254 ) . ACEPHALOUS ( a , Gr . without ...
... short stem , apparently none . ACCRESCENT ( ad , Lat . to ; cresco , I grow ) , growing larger after flowering . ACCUMBENT ( ad , Lat . to ; cubo , I lie down ) , lying against another body ( 254 ) . ACEPHALOUS ( a , Gr . without ...
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... short ( 189 ) . DIGITALIFORM ( from the generic name Digitalis ) , like the corolla of Digitalis ( 172 ) . DIGITATE ( digitatus , Lat . having fingers ) , with several leaflets radiating from a common point ( 109 ) . DIGITATE - PINNATE ...
... short ( 189 ) . DIGITALIFORM ( from the generic name Digitalis ) , like the corolla of Digitalis ( 172 ) . DIGITATE ( digitatus , Lat . having fingers ) , with several leaflets radiating from a common point ( 109 ) . DIGITATE - PINNATE ...
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... short points . EXCENTRIC ( ex , Lat . without ; centrum , the centre ) , out of the centre . EXCIPLE ( excipio , Lat . I receive ) , the capsule or envelope of the thalamium in the apothecia of lichens , being an expansion of the ...
... short points . EXCENTRIC ( ex , Lat . without ; centrum , the centre ) , out of the centre . EXCIPLE ( excipio , Lat . I receive ) , the capsule or envelope of the thalamium in the apothecia of lichens , being an expansion of the ...
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... short lateral shoot or runner , ending in a cluster of leaves . OLEAGINOUS ( oleaginus , Lat . of an olive - tree ) , fleshy and oily . OLIGANDROUS ( oligos , Gr . few ; aner , man ) , when a flower has less than twenty stamens ...
... short lateral shoot or runner , ending in a cluster of leaves . OLEAGINOUS ( oleaginus , Lat . of an olive - tree ) , fleshy and oily . OLIGANDROUS ( oligos , Gr . few ; aner , man ) , when a flower has less than twenty stamens ...
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... short tube and spreading limb ( 174 ) . ROTATION ( rotatio , Lat . a wheeling about ) , the cir- culation of fluids in cells . RUGOSE ( ruga , Lat . a wrinkle ) , covered with wrinkled lines , the interspaces being convex . RUNCINATE ...
... short tube and spreading limb ( 174 ) . ROTATION ( rotatio , Lat . a wheeling about ) , the cir- culation of fluids in cells . RUGOSE ( ruga , Lat . a wrinkle ) , covered with wrinkled lines , the interspaces being convex . RUNCINATE ...
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ACROGEN æstivation albumen algæ anēr anthers apothecia apothecium applied arranged Athenæum axis bark basidia bearing Botany bracts branch bulb calyx Capitulum carpels cells cellular tissue centre cheuma cloth coloured containing corolla cotyledons covered Curiosities of Civilization curved dehiscence drupe Edition embryo endon exciple feather female ferns fleshy flowers folium frond fruit Fully illustrated fungi gennao gills of Agarics growing gunē hairs hilum hymenium indehiscent indusium inflorescence integument karpos labellum LANKESTER leaflets leaves lichens little volume lobes London manual membrane midrib monos mosses mycelium organ ovary ovules pedate peri pericarp petalon petals petiole phero phullon phuton pileus pinnate pistil placenta plants plates pollen-grains polus popular readers receptacle resembling rhiza ROBERT HARDWICKE root seed shaped sheath sperma spiral spora spore-case spores stalk stamens stem stipe stoma stomata surface Thalamium thallus theca thecæ threads trepo Umbellifers vernation vessel whorl Wynter