American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ; Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 9Mitchell, Ames and White, 1821 - Natural history |
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... flowers in small loose bunches on the top of the stalks , of a yellow colour , appearing in July , which are succeeded by roundish capsules , ripening in the au- tumn . Sir Walter Raleigh , on his return from America , is said to have ...
... flowers in small loose bunches on the top of the stalks , of a yellow colour , appearing in July , which are succeeded by roundish capsules , ripening in the au- tumn . Sir Walter Raleigh , on his return from America , is said to have ...
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... flower , a genus of the Polyandria Pentagynia class and order . Natural order of Multisilique . Ranunculaceæ , Jussieu ... flowers terminating , in some species surrounded with a five- leaved calyx like multifid involucre . NIGHT , that ...
... flower , a genus of the Polyandria Pentagynia class and order . Natural order of Multisilique . Ranunculaceæ , Jussieu ... flowers terminating , in some species surrounded with a five- leaved calyx like multifid involucre . NIGHT , that ...
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... flowers male and female on the same palm ; but distinct on different peduncles : males several , late- ral , inferior , on dichotomous peduncles , in spikes : females terminating , aggregate in a globular head , sessile . It is a native ...
... flowers male and female on the same palm ; but distinct on different peduncles : males several , late- ral , inferior , on dichotomous peduncles , in spikes : females terminating , aggregate in a globular head , sessile . It is a native ...
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... flowers white ; calycine segments six ; of the co- rolla , six , seven , or eight , narrow , much waved on the edge ; fruit superior , re- sembling a black cherry , containing a round hairy seed . It is a native of the East Indies ...
... flowers white ; calycine segments six ; of the co- rolla , six , seven , or eight , narrow , much waved on the edge ; fruit superior , re- sembling a black cherry , containing a round hairy seed . It is a native of the East Indies ...
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... flowers are produced upon long footstalks , from the base of the young shoots , dividing irregularly into several parts , each supporting a small flower ; the female trees have fewer flow- ers , produced upon much longer simple ...
... flowers are produced upon long footstalks , from the base of the young shoots , dividing irregularly into several parts , each supporting a small flower ; the female trees have fewer flow- ers , produced upon much longer simple ...
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