British Phænogamous Botany;: Or, Figures and Descriptions of the Genera of British Flowering Plants, Volume 3author; sold by J.H. Parker; and by Whittaker, Treacher, and Company, London., 1837 |
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... Involucrum of many leaves . Flowers usually blue . The solid , inversely egg - shaped fruit ; the carpels covered with chaffy scales , without ridges or vitte ; the pointed segments of the calyx ; the upright , oblong , equal ...
... Involucrum of many leaves . Flowers usually blue . The solid , inversely egg - shaped fruit ; the carpels covered with chaffy scales , without ridges or vitte ; the pointed segments of the calyx ; the upright , oblong , equal ...
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... Involucrum similar to the leaves , and situated immediately under the head of flowers . Whole plant smooth , rigid , and remarkably glaucous , with an elegant blue tint . It is a native throughout Europe , among the sand along the sea ...
... Involucrum similar to the leaves , and situated immediately under the head of flowers . Whole plant smooth , rigid , and remarkably glaucous , with an elegant blue tint . It is a native throughout Europe , among the sand along the sea ...
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... Involucrum ( common calyx ) ( figs . 1 & 5. ) oblong , double ; innermost of several strap - shaped , equal , parallel scales ; outer of fewer and shorter , lax and reflexed ones , at the base . Corolla compound , imbricated ; florets ...
... Involucrum ( common calyx ) ( figs . 1 & 5. ) oblong , double ; innermost of several strap - shaped , equal , parallel scales ; outer of fewer and shorter , lax and reflexed ones , at the base . Corolla compound , imbricated ; florets ...
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... involucrum several , linear - oblong , loosely recurved and wavy ; the inner becoming reflexed close to the stalk as the seeds ripen , leaving the light globe , nearly 2 inches in diameter , formed by their radiating down or pappus ...
... involucrum several , linear - oblong , loosely recurved and wavy ; the inner becoming reflexed close to the stalk as the seeds ripen , leaving the light globe , nearly 2 inches in diameter , formed by their radiating down or pappus ...
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... involucrum ; the barren flower destitute of either calyx or corolla ; the fertile flower with a calyx of 1 sepal , without a corolla ; the 4 or more germens ; and peltate stigmas ; will distinguish this from other genera in the same ...
... involucrum ; the barren flower destitute of either calyx or corolla ; the fertile flower with a calyx of 1 sepal , without a corolla ; the 4 or more germens ; and peltate stigmas ; will distinguish this from other genera in the same ...
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2-celled Angl Anglesey Anthers awl-shaped base Bedf Berw blunt Botanic Garden Oxford bracteas Brit Calyx fig Calyx.-Fig Capsule carpels Catal cells CHAR Class and Order colour Common compressed Corolla Corolla fig cotyledons cylindrical deciduous Devon downy Engl Filaments see fig florets flowers folio G. E. SMITH Gard genera Germen Germen fig Germen see fig glumes Gram Gray's Nat hairy Hort inches Introd inversely egg-shaped involucrum Irel J. E. SMITH Johnson's Gerarde Juss leafy leaves Lindl Linn Linnean Class LINNEUS lobes LOCALITIES.-In Macgilliv Midl N. J. WINCH Natural Order nearly Northumb numerous oblong Outl Oxon Panicle Pappus Perennial.-Flowers petals petioles pistil plant Pub by WBaxter PURTON racemes Ray's Syn receptacle Root roundish Scot sect Seeds fig segments sepals sessile smooth spear-shaped SPEC species British spreading stalked stamens Stem Stigma Stipulas strap-shaped Styles see fig subord Syst thread-shaped Umbels upright valves Welsh Bot Wood