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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... 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 deemed poisonous . The ...
... 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 deemed poisonous . The ...
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... class and order ; fungus quite simple , nearly erect , emitting the seeds exteriorly from the top . There are four species . ACROSTICUM , rusty - back , wall - rue , or forked - fern , in botany , a genus of the Cryp- togamia Filices ...
... class and order ; fungus quite simple , nearly erect , emitting the seeds exteriorly from the top . There are four species . ACROSTICUM , rusty - back , wall - rue , or forked - fern , in botany , a genus of the Cryp- togamia Filices ...
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... class and order , of which there is but a single species , which grows on the coast of Malabar , in sandy and stony places ; rises to about seven feet , and sends forth branches which are terminated by panicles of fine purple flowers ...
... class and order , of which there is but a single species , which grows on the coast of Malabar , in sandy and stony places ; rises to about seven feet , and sends forth branches which are terminated by panicles of fine purple flowers ...
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... class and order , that grows in Arabia . There is but one species , which is mentioned by Forskal , in his Flor . Egypt . He says that the powder of the young branches mixed in any kind of liquor is a strong poison , and that the ...
... class and order , that grows in Arabia . There is but one species , which is mentioned by Forskal , in his Flor . Egypt . He says that the powder of the young branches mixed in any kind of liquor is a strong poison , and that the ...
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... class and order , the characters of which are , that the fructifica- tions are collected in oval spots at the ends of the leaves , which are folded back . There are forty - four species , of which one only be- longs to Great Britain ...
... class and order , the characters of which are , that the fructifica- tions are collected in oval spots at the ends of the leaves , which are folded back . There are forty - four species , of which one only be- longs to Great Britain ...
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