The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 3Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 - Natural history |
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... leaves as have a little indenting on their summits : when this indenting is terminated on each side by ob- tuse points , they are said to be obtusely yellow hammer is fattened like the ortolan for the table B 2 ELO EMA nel-form, narrow ...
... leaves as have a little indenting on their summits : when this indenting is terminated on each side by ob- tuse points , they are said to be obtusely yellow hammer is fattened like the ortolan for the table B 2 ELO EMA nel-form, narrow ...
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... leaves like those of a willow , alternate , subpetioled , linear - lanceolate , even above , beneath longitudinally wrinkled ; peduncles few - flowered , lateral , much shorter than the leaves ; flowers small , most of them male ...
... leaves like those of a willow , alternate , subpetioled , linear - lanceolate , even above , beneath longitudinally wrinkled ; peduncles few - flowered , lateral , much shorter than the leaves ; flowers small , most of them male ...
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... leaves . ENSIFORM , in general , something re- sembling a sword , ensis : thus we find men- tion of ensiform leaves , ensiform cartilage , & c . ENSIGN , in the military art , a banner under which the soldiers are ranged accord- ing to ...
... leaves . ENSIFORM , in general , something re- sembling a sword , ensis : thus we find men- tion of ensiform leaves , ensiform cartilage , & c . ENSIGN , in the military art , a banner under which the soldiers are ranged accord- ing to ...
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... leaves are linear , lanceolate or ovate , imbricate or remote , entire , ciliate or serrate , in some opposite , in most whorled , in others again scattered ; bractes usually three ; the flowers are either axillary or terminating , and ...
... leaves are linear , lanceolate or ovate , imbricate or remote , entire , ciliate or serrate , in some opposite , in most whorled , in others again scattered ; bractes usually three ; the flowers are either axillary or terminating , and ...
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... leaves alternate . They are chiefly natives of Africa . ERIOCAULON , a genus of the Trian- dria Tryginia class and order . Natural order of Ensatæ . Junci , Jussieu . Essential character : calyx common , an imbricate head ; petals three ...
... leaves alternate . They are chiefly natives of Africa . ERIOCAULON , a genus of the Trian- dria Tryginia class and order . Natural order of Ensatæ . Junci , Jussieu . Essential character : calyx common , an imbricate head ; petals three ...
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