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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... class of plants , belonging to the natural order of Miscella- neæ . There are eleven species , but they have but little beauty , and are only preserved in botanic gardens . ACHYRONIA , in botany , a genus of the Diadelphia Decandria class ...
... class of plants , belonging to the natural order of Miscella- neæ . There are eleven species , but they have but little beauty , and are only preserved in botanic gardens . ACHYRONIA , in botany , a genus of the Diadelphia Decandria class ...
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... plants of the Trigynia order and Polyandria class , and pertaining to the natural order of Mul- tisiliquæ . In the last edition of Linnæus , by Gmelin , this genus comprehends fourteen species ; most of the species of aconite have been ...
... plants of the Trigynia order and Polyandria class , and pertaining to the natural order of Mul- tisiliquæ . In the last edition of Linnæus , by Gmelin , this genus comprehends fourteen species ; most of the species of aconite have been ...
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... plants of the Polyandria Monogynia class and order . Gen. character ; calyx perianth , four - leaved ; leaflets roundish , obtuse , concave , cadu- cous ; cor . petals four , accuminate to both ends , larger than the calyx ; filaments ...
... plants of the Polyandria Monogynia class and order . Gen. character ; calyx perianth , four - leaved ; leaflets roundish , obtuse , concave , cadu- cous ; cor . petals four , accuminate to both ends , larger than the calyx ; filaments ...
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... class and order , of which there is but a single species , which grows on ... class , named after Michael Adanson , an indefa- tigable French naturalist . The ... plants , the calyx of which is a single - leaved perian- thium , very small ...
... class and order , of which there is but a single species , which grows on ... class , named after Michael Adanson , an indefa- tigable French naturalist . The ... plants , the calyx of which is a single - leaved perian- thium , very small ...
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... plants found among the trees at Malabar , which bear a near relation to the rhamnus . There are two species , viz ... class of plants , the calyx of which is a perianthium composed of five ob- tuse , ADM ADO.
... plants found among the trees at Malabar , which bear a near relation to the rhamnus . There are two species , viz ... class of plants , the calyx of which is a perianthium composed of five ob- tuse , ADM ADO.
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