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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... flowers . Many of them are eat- able , and some of them very sapid . ACTINOLITE , in mineralogy , a family , comprehending six species , viz . the actino- lite , smaragdite , tremolite , cyanite , saylite , and schalstone . The ...
... flowers . Many of them are eat- able , and some of them very sapid . ACTINOLITE , in mineralogy , a family , comprehending six species , viz . the actino- lite , smaragdite , tremolite , cyanite , saylite , and schalstone . The ...
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... flowers , which grows to the height of seven or eight feet , and bears fruit twice a year : the berries when ripe are of a purplish black colour : and A. rubra , with red flowers ; but the berries when ripe are of an orange co lour ...
... flowers , which grows to the height of seven or eight feet , and bears fruit twice a year : the berries when ripe are of a purplish black colour : and A. rubra , with red flowers ; but the berries when ripe are of an orange co lour ...
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... flowers in April and May . The leaves soon after decay , and the flowers smell like musk , on which account it has sometimes been called musk - crowfoot . AD QUOD DAMNUM , in law , a writ which ought to be issued before the king grants ...
... flowers in April and May . The leaves soon after decay , and the flowers smell like musk , on which account it has sometimes been called musk - crowfoot . AD QUOD DAMNUM , in law , a writ which ought to be issued before the king grants ...
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... flowers ; the valves are ovate , and streaked with various awns : the nectary two - leaved , with very small leaflets : the stamina have three capillary filaments with oblong anthers : the pistillum is a turbinate germen : no ...
... flowers ; the valves are ovate , and streaked with various awns : the nectary two - leaved , with very small leaflets : the stamina have three capillary filaments with oblong anthers : the pistillum is a turbinate germen : no ...
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... flowers , variegated near the centre with yel- low or red . Although this tree is now less in esteem for avenues and walks than it for- merly was , on account of the early decay of its leaves , it affords an excellent shade ; and the ...
... flowers , variegated near the centre with yel- low or red . Although this tree is now less in esteem for avenues and walks than it for- merly was , on account of the early decay of its leaves , it affords an excellent shade ; and the ...
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