British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 12Mitchell, Ames, and White, 1821 - Natural history |
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... capsule nearly globular , many seeded . There is only one species ; viz . T. hy- pophylla , a native of Italy , Spain , Con- stantinople , Flanders : Saxony , about Dresden ; and England , near Dawlish , in Devonshire ; flowering from ...
... capsule nearly globular , many seeded . There is only one species ; viz . T. hy- pophylla , a native of Italy , Spain , Con- stantinople , Flanders : Saxony , about Dresden ; and England , near Dawlish , in Devonshire ; flowering from ...
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... capsule one- celled , three - valved . There are two species , viz . T. imperati , true orpine ; and T. oppositifolium , both natives of Bar- bary . TELLER , an officer of the Exchequer , in ancient records called tallier : there are ...
... capsule one- celled , three - valved . There are two species , viz . T. imperati , true orpine ; and T. oppositifolium , both natives of Bar- bary . TELLER , an officer of the Exchequer , in ancient records called tallier : there are ...
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... capsules four , open- ing on the side ; seed arilled at the base . There are twelve species . TETRACHORD , in the ancient music , a concord consisting of four degrees of in- tervals , and four terms or sounds ; called also by the ...
... capsules four , open- ing on the side ; seed arilled at the base . There are twelve species . TETRACHORD , in the ancient music , a concord consisting of four degrees of in- tervals , and four terms or sounds ; called also by the ...
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... capsule tricoccous . The tea - plant a native of Japan , Chi- na , and Tonquin , and has not been found growing spontaneously in any other part of the world . Linnæus says that there are two species of the tea - plant ; the bohea , the ...
... capsule tricoccous . The tea - plant a native of Japan , Chi- na , and Tonquin , and has not been found growing spontaneously in any other part of the world . Linnæus says that there are two species of the tea - plant ; the bohea , the ...
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... capsule coriaceous , one - cell- ed , one - seeded . There is only one spe- cies , viz . T. cynocrambe , purslain - leaved thelygonum , or dog's cabbage : this is an annual plant , decaying as soon as the seeds ripen ; the stalks trail ...
... capsule coriaceous , one - cell- ed , one - seeded . There is only one spe- cies , viz . T. cynocrambe , purslain - leaved thelygonum , or dog's cabbage : this is an annual plant , decaying as soon as the seeds ripen ; the stalks trail ...
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