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 9Mitchell, Ames and White, 1821 - Natural history |
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... calyx five- leaved ; corolla five - petalled ; berries one- seeded , fastened to a large , roundish re- ceptacle . There are three species . OCHROMA , in botany , a genus of the Monadelphia Pentandria class and order . Natural order of ...
... calyx five- leaved ; corolla five - petalled ; berries one- seeded , fastened to a large , roundish re- ceptacle . There are three species . OCHROMA , in botany , a genus of the Monadelphia Pentandria class and order . Natural order of ...
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... calyx and pistil . There hemlock water dropwort , commonly are eleven species ; of which O. crocata , grows four or five feet high , with strong jointed stalks , which being broken , emit yellowish fetid juice ; the leaves are si- milar ...
... calyx and pistil . There hemlock water dropwort , commonly are eleven species ; of which O. crocata , grows four or five feet high , with strong jointed stalks , which being broken , emit yellowish fetid juice ; the leaves are si- milar ...
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... calyx at bottom to the final expansion of the co- rolla , which commonly becomes flaccid in the course of the next day , according to the heat or coolness of the weather ; the uppermost flowers appear first in June ; the stalks keep ...
... calyx at bottom to the final expansion of the co- rolla , which commonly becomes flaccid in the course of the next day , according to the heat or coolness of the weather ; the uppermost flowers appear first in June ; the stalks keep ...
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... Calyx entire ; corolla funnel - form , trifid ; nec- tarium four ; berry three - celled , many- seeded . There is but one species , viz . O. Zeylanica , a native of Ceylon . OLD age . See LONGEVITY . OLDENBURG , ( HENRY , ) in biogra ...
... Calyx entire ; corolla funnel - form , trifid ; nec- tarium four ; berry three - celled , many- seeded . There is but one species , viz . O. Zeylanica , a native of Ceylon . OLD age . See LONGEVITY . OLDENBURG , ( HENRY , ) in biogra ...
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... calyx glume one - flowered , awned ; corolla glume awnless . Female , calyx glume one- йowered , spreading , ovate ; style bifid ; seed cartilaginous . There are two spe- cies , viz . O. paniculata , and O. pauciflo- ra , both natives ...
... calyx glume one - flowered , awned ; corolla glume awnless . Female , calyx glume one- йowered , spreading , ovate ; style bifid ; seed cartilaginous . There are two spe- cies , viz . O. paniculata , and O. pauciflo- ra , both natives ...
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