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A Sketch of the Botany of South-Carolina and Georgia, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic ... Stephen Elliott No preview available - 2016 |
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1-2 feet high acuminate acute acutis angled Anthers axillary base bracteas branches brous calycis calyx Capsule caule celled ciliate cleft compressed cordate Corolla corymbs culmo Drupe exterior valve Filaments floret floribus Flowers Flowers April-May Flowers July-August Flowers May-June foliis Georgia Germ superior glabris glabrous globose glumes Grows in damp hairy herbaceous hispid inches high inches long interior involucrum joints keel lanceolate lanceolatis leaf leaflets leaves lanceolate Leaves linear leaves ovate lines wide lobed longer margins mountains of Carolina mucronate nearly sessile nerved oblong obovate obtuse oval ovatis Panicle panicula pedicels peduncles Petals petioles pine barrens plant pubescent purple Pursh racemes rachis rolla Root perennial scabrous Scape Seed segments serrate serrulate sessile sheaths short shorter shrub slender slightly smooth solitary spikelets spikes stamens Stem erect Stem herbaceous Stigmas stipules Style subulate summit surface terete terminal tomentose toothed tube umbels upper villous Walt yellow
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Page 68 - ... to the surface of the earth, and throw out lateral fibres to form a new progeny. This process is interminable, and- it is curious to see what a chain or net-work of plants and tubers can with some care be dug Up in a loose soil. The only process yet discovered by which this grass can be extirpated, is to plough or hoe the spots in which it grows every day through a whole season.
Page 68 - From this, horizontal fibres extend in every direction, producing new tubers at intervals of 6 or 8 inches, and these immediately shoot up stems to the surface of the earth, and throw out lateral fibres to form a new progeny. This process is interminable, — and it is curious to see what a chain or net-work of plants and tubers can, with some care, be dug up in a loose soil. The only process, yet discovered, by which this grass can be extirpated, is to plough or hoe the spots in which it grows every...
Page 68 - It shoots from the base of its stem a thread-like fibre, which descends perpendicularly 6 to 18 inches, and then produces a small tuber. From this, horizontal fibres extend in every direction, producing new tubers at intervals of 6 or 8 inches, and these immediately shoot up stems to the surface of the earth, and throw out lateral fibres to form a new progeny. This process is interminable, — and it is curious to see what a chain or net-work of plants and tubers can, with some care, be dug up in...
Page 421 - This plant is a narcotic poison, and is employed in some families for destroying the house-fly. The bulbs are triturated and mixed with molasses or honey, and the preparation is spread upon plates and placed in parts of the house most infested. The flies are soon attracted, and the poison takes effect while they are sipping it.
Page 432 - Its leaves can be employed in the manufacture of hats, baskets, mats, and many other purposes of domestic economy; the 'cabbage,' composed of the unexpanded embryo leaves, may be classed among the most delicious vegetables produced on our tables. It is, however, a wasteful luxury, as the tree always perishes when deprived of this part of its foilage. " Grows along the sea coast of Carolina and Georgia, confined to the neighborhood of salt-water; preferring damp, rich soils. Flowers June — July.
Page 249 - M. 21- ) cespitose, white pubescent: leaves linear, pungent, ciliate: corymbs few-flowered: pedicels 3-cleft: divisions of the corol wedge-form, emarginate: teeth of the calyx subulate, scarcely shorter than the tube of the corol.
Page 572 - Q. virginianum : pubescent ; radical and lower cauline leaves ternate — the upper lanceolate ; stipules ovate, nearly entire ; flowers erect ; petals shorter than the calyx ; awns uncinate, naked, hairy, and twisted at the summit. HAB.
Page 567 - It has been cultivated in the gardens in Georgia for upwards of 40 years, under the name of the "Cherokee Rose," but its origin is still obscure. In our rural economy this plant will one day become very important. For t'le purpose of forming hedges, there is perhaps no plant •which unites so many advantages.