The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 - Natural history |
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... calyx and co rolla ; the calyx adheres to its under part ; the berry is umbilicated , and contains four cells ; the seeds are single and compressed . There is but a single species , viz . the A. moschatellina , bulbous fumitory , which ...
... calyx and co rolla ; the calyx adheres to its under part ; the berry is umbilicated , and contains four cells ; the seeds are single and compressed . There is but a single species , viz . the A. moschatellina , bulbous fumitory , which ...
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... calyx five - lobed ; petals five ; berry globular , many celled , with numerous seeds in each . One species , viz . the marmelos , a tree with thorny branches ; fruit delicious to the taste , and exquisitely fragrant : seeds An æolipile ...
... calyx five - lobed ; petals five ; berry globular , many celled , with numerous seeds in each . One species , viz . the marmelos , a tree with thorny branches ; fruit delicious to the taste , and exquisitely fragrant : seeds An æolipile ...
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... calyx five - leaved and patent : the stamina are five ; the pistil- lum is a globulous ovary , having a filiform style , terminated by a bifid stigma : the fruit is an oblong , single - seeded capsule , encom- passed by a calyx : there ...
... calyx five - leaved and patent : the stamina are five ; the pistil- lum is a globulous ovary , having a filiform style , terminated by a bifid stigma : the fruit is an oblong , single - seeded capsule , encom- passed by a calyx : there ...
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... calyx is an universal spreading umbel , and the partial is also spreading , but small ; having no universal involucre , and the partial one placed on the outside , and consisting only of three very long , linear , pendulous leaflets ...
... calyx is an universal spreading umbel , and the partial is also spreading , but small ; having no universal involucre , and the partial one placed on the outside , and consisting only of three very long , linear , pendulous leaflets ...
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... calyx is quinquepartite , the corolla cam- panulated , and the capsule rotundated with hemispheric receptacles . There is but one species , found in Africa , near the equinoctial . AGAPANTHUS , in botany , a genus of the Hexandria ...
... calyx is quinquepartite , the corolla cam- panulated , and the capsule rotundated with hemispheric receptacles . There is but one species , found in Africa , near the equinoctial . AGAPANTHUS , in botany , a genus of the Hexandria ...
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