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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... petals bent in , heart - shaped , and unequal : the stamina are simple filaments , with roundish anthers ; the pistillum is an inferior germ , and the styles are reflex , with obtuse stigmas : it has no pericarpium , and the fruit is ...
... petals bent in , heart - shaped , and unequal : the stamina are simple filaments , with roundish anthers ; the pistillum is an inferior germ , and the styles are reflex , with obtuse stigmas : it has no pericarpium , and the fruit is ...
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... petals six , in- serted into the calyx ; drupe somewhat glo- bular ; nut half five - celled , one - seeded ; kernel five - lobed . One species , viz . A. aro- maticum , a tree in Madagascar , with an aromatic rufous bark . AGAVE , in ...
... petals six , in- serted into the calyx ; drupe somewhat glo- bular ; nut half five - celled , one - seeded ; kernel five - lobed . One species , viz . A. aro- maticum , a tree in Madagascar , with an aromatic rufous bark . AGAVE , in ...
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... petals ; the stamina are capillary filaments , shorter than the corolla ; the anthers are small ; the pistillum is a germ inferior ; the style simple ; the stigmas obtuse ; no pericardium ; there are two roundish seeds . Of this genus ...
... petals ; the stamina are capillary filaments , shorter than the corolla ; the anthers are small ; the pistillum is a germ inferior ; the style simple ; the stigmas obtuse ; no pericardium ; there are two roundish seeds . Of this genus ...
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... petals ; the stamina have ten filaments , the anthers are oblong and versa- tile . The calyx and corolla of the female are the same as those of the male ; the pistil- lum has from three to five germs ; the styles are lateral , and the ...
... petals ; the stamina have ten filaments , the anthers are oblong and versa- tile . The calyx and corolla of the female are the same as those of the male ; the pistil- lum has from three to five germs ; the styles are lateral , and the ...
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... petals of the papilionaceous flowers , the upper petal being called the vexillum , and the lower one the carina ; others use it for the slender membranaceous parts of some seeds , thence said to be alated ; and others , again , for the ...
... petals of the papilionaceous flowers , the upper petal being called the vexillum , and the lower one the carina ; others use it for the slender membranaceous parts of some seeds , thence said to be alated ; and others , again , for the ...
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