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 5Mitchell, Ames and White, 1819 - Natural history |
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... Essential character : calyx none ; petals six , oblong , ovate , concave , acute , three outer , three inner , green spotted ; berry three - celled , with four or five globular seeds . There is but one species . viz . E. marginata , a ...
... Essential character : calyx none ; petals six , oblong , ovate , concave , acute , three outer , three inner , green spotted ; berry three - celled , with four or five globular seeds . There is but one species . viz . E. marginata , a ...
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... Essential character : : male , calyx of the ament two- cleft ; corolla none ; stamens seven ; an- thers four inferior , three superior : fe- male , calyx two - parted , five - fold : corol la none ; pistils two ; seeds covered with a ...
... Essential character : : male , calyx of the ament two- cleft ; corolla none ; stamens seven ; an- thers four inferior , three superior : fe- male , calyx two - parted , five - fold : corol la none ; pistils two ; seeds covered with a ...
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... Essential character : calyx double ; outer six - leaved , small ; inner three - leav- ed , large ; petals six , three outer , between the calycine leaflets ; three inner ; drupes three , subglobular , mucronate , with three permanent ...
... Essential character : calyx double ; outer six - leaved , small ; inner three - leav- ed , large ; petals six , three outer , between the calycine leaflets ; three inner ; drupes three , subglobular , mucronate , with three permanent ...
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... Essential character : nectary turbinate , oblique , re- flex ; corolla spreading ; spur none , There are 124 species . This numerous genus is obscure in its character , differ- ences , and synonyms : for the flowers in dried specimens ...
... Essential character : nectary turbinate , oblique , re- flex ; corolla spreading ; spur none , There are 124 species . This numerous genus is obscure in its character , differ- ences , and synonyms : for the flowers in dried specimens ...
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... Essential character : calyx outer three - leaved ; inner five - parted ; corolla salver - form ; capsule five - celled . There are but two species , viz . E. repens , creep ing epigæa , or trailing arbutus , and E. cordifolia , heart ...
... Essential character : calyx outer three - leaved ; inner five - parted ; corolla salver - form ; capsule five - celled . There are but two species , viz . E. repens , creep ing epigæa , or trailing arbutus , and E. cordifolia , heart ...
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