A portable cyclopędia; or, Compendious dictionary of arts and sciences1810 |
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... natural history , a fossil resembling the kernel of an almond . It is the petrified spine of a species of echinus marinus or sea urchin . AMYGDALUS , the almond and peach ; a genus of the monogynia order , and of the class icosandria ...
... natural history , a fossil resembling the kernel of an almond . It is the petrified spine of a species of echinus marinus or sea urchin . AMYGDALUS , the almond and peach ; a genus of the monogynia order , and of the class icosandria ...
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... natural me- thod ranking under the 18th order bicornes . Calyx a quinque partite peranthium , small , coloured , and persistent : corolla monopeta- lous , campanulated and quinquefid with reflected divisions : stamina , ten subulated ...
... natural me- thod ranking under the 18th order bicornes . Calyx a quinque partite peranthium , small , coloured , and persistent : corolla monopeta- lous , campanulated and quinquefid with reflected divisions : stamina , ten subulated ...
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... natural method ranking under the 49th order com- posite discoides . The receptaculum is chaffy , calyx , hemispheric , and subequal ; the florets of the ray exceeding five . There are nineteen spécies , the principal of which are 1. A ...
... natural method ranking under the 49th order com- posite discoides . The receptaculum is chaffy , calyx , hemispheric , and subequal ; the florets of the ray exceeding five . There are nineteen spécies , the principal of which are 1. A ...
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... natural method ranking under the 49th order com- posite discoides . The receptaculum is chaffy , calyx , hemispheric , and subequal ; the florets of the ray exceeding five . There are nineteen spécies , the principal of which are 1. A ...
... natural method ranking under the 49th order com- posite discoides . The receptaculum is chaffy , calyx , hemispheric , and subequal ; the florets of the ray exceeding five . There are nineteen spécies , the principal of which are 1. A ...
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... natural method ranking under the 11th order , sarmentacer . Calyx , quinque partite three inferior petals bent out- wards ; the berry three - celled ; and con taining two seeds . There are thirters species ; but the only one cultivated ...
... natural method ranking under the 11th order , sarmentacer . Calyx , quinque partite three inferior petals bent out- wards ; the berry three - celled ; and con taining two seeds . There are thirters species ; but the only one cultivated ...
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