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 3Mitchell, Ames and White, 1819 - Natural history |
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... racter : corolla five - petalled ; styles vil- lose capsule two - celled , two - beaked . There is but one species ; viz . B. trifolia , with a shrubby stem ; branches close , in all parts smooth ; branches obscurely an- gular , jointed ...
... racter : corolla five - petalled ; styles vil- lose capsule two - celled , two - beaked . There is but one species ; viz . B. trifolia , with a shrubby stem ; branches close , in all parts smooth ; branches obscurely an- gular , jointed ...
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... racter : fruit subovate , angular , suberous , cortical . There are five species , of which C. libanotis , smooth - seeded cachrys , has a thick fleshy root like fennel which runs deep into the ground , sending out seve- ral narrow ...
... racter : fruit subovate , angular , suberous , cortical . There are five species , of which C. libanotis , smooth - seeded cachrys , has a thick fleshy root like fennel which runs deep into the ground , sending out seve- ral narrow ...
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... racter : fructifications in submarginal la- teral lines , covered with a membrane There is but one gaping on the outside . species ; viz . C. rhizophylla , common peduncle or rachis , round , brown , and smooth , elongated at the tip ...
... racter : fructifications in submarginal la- teral lines , covered with a membrane There is but one gaping on the outside . species ; viz . C. rhizophylla , common peduncle or rachis , round , brown , and smooth , elongated at the tip ...
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... racter : corolla bell - form , the bottom closed with staminiferous valves ; stigma three - cleft ; capsule inferior , gaping , with lateral pores . There are seventy - eight species , most of them natives of our own country , well ...
... racter : corolla bell - form , the bottom closed with staminiferous valves ; stigma three - cleft ; capsule inferior , gaping , with lateral pores . There are seventy - eight species , most of them natives of our own country , well ...
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... racter : corolla rotated ; berry exsuc- cous . There are five species according to Martyn , but many botanists mention sixteen , and others twenty . C. annum , annual capsicum , or Guinea - pepper , is two feet high , upright , branched ...
... racter : corolla rotated ; berry exsuc- cous . There are five species according to Martyn , but many botanists mention sixteen , and others twenty . C. annum , annual capsicum , or Guinea - pepper , is two feet high , upright , branched ...
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