Manual of British Botany: Containing the Flowering Plants and Ferns Arranged According to the Natural OrdersGurney and Jackson, 1847 - 428 páginas |
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... dense spikes ; or monoecious in a membranous spath . 341. POTAMOGETONEA ( Zostera ) . Perianth 0 . upon one side of a spadix . Fl . in 2 rows Subdivision II . GLUMACEÆ . Floral envelopes imbricated . 346. CYPERACEA . Leaves with entire ...
... dense spikes ; or monoecious in a membranous spath . 341. POTAMOGETONEA ( Zostera ) . Perianth 0 . upon one side of a spadix . Fl . in 2 rows Subdivision II . GLUMACEÆ . Floral envelopes imbricated . 346. CYPERACEA . Leaves with entire ...
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... dense spikes . L. in numerous linear segments . Stems much branched . - Edin- burgh , Fife , Dover , Guildford . A. VI.-IX. E. S. 4. F. parviflora ( Lam . ) ; sep . ovate cut as broad as and shorter than the cor . , fr . globose pointed ...
... dense spikes . L. in numerous linear segments . Stems much branched . - Edin- burgh , Fife , Dover , Guildford . A. VI.-IX. E. S. 4. F. parviflora ( Lam . ) ; sep . ovate cut as broad as and shorter than the cor . , fr . globose pointed ...
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... dense tuft of leaves and 1-3 short scapes . Fl . small . L. mostly entire . - Tops of the highland mountains , rare . P. VII . Rock Grass S. I. 3. D. incana ( L. ) ; stem l . several , 1. lanceolate stellately pu- bescent toothed , pet ...
... dense tuft of leaves and 1-3 short scapes . Fl . small . L. mostly entire . - Tops of the highland mountains , rare . P. VII . Rock Grass S. I. 3. D. incana ( L. ) ; stem l . several , 1. lanceolate stellately pu- bescent toothed , pet ...
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... dense clusters . Cotyledons in this and the following species forming a slight angle with the radicle , then curved back upon themselves and afterwards their points parallel to the radicle ; therefore the bend is above the base of the ...
... dense clusters . Cotyledons in this and the following species forming a slight angle with the radicle , then curved back upon themselves and afterwards their points parallel to the radicle ; therefore the bend is above the base of the ...
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... dense tufts 2-3 in . high . Fl . purple or white , upon longish solitary stalks , sometimes nearly sessile . Caps . twice as long as the calyx . Plants somewhat dioecious . - Summits of the higher mountains . P. VII . VIII . Moss ...
... dense tufts 2-3 in . high . Fl . purple or white , upon longish solitary stalks , sometimes nearly sessile . Caps . twice as long as the calyx . Plants somewhat dioecious . - Summits of the higher mountains . P. VII . VIII . Moss ...
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Manual of British Botany: Containing the Flowering Plants and Ferns Arranged ... Charles Cardale Babington Visualização integral - 1847 |
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1-2 feet high 1-celled acuminate acute Anth axillary barren base beak beneath bifid bipinnate bracts branched calyx Caps Carp carpels catkins cells ciliated compressed cordate corymb crenate dense downy elliptical elongated entire erect filaments filiform fleshy florets foot high germen glabrous globose glumes hairs hairy imbricated involucre keeled Koch lanceolate leafl leaflets leafy ligule linear linear-lanceolate Linn lobes longer lower many-flowered margin membranous mucronate narrowed nearly numerous oblong obovate obtuse outer pale Ovary ovate ovate-lanceolate panicle Pappus pedicels peduncles Perianth perigone petioles pinnate pinnatifid pinnules plant pods prickles procumbent pubescent purple racemes rachis rare reflexed root rounded roundish scales Seeds segments sepals serrate sessile setæ sheaths short shorter simple slender slightly smooth solitary spikelets spikes stalked Stam stem Stigma stip style subulate teeth terminal ternate thickets toothed tube umbels unequal upper valves VIII whorls yellow
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Página 285 - Cornish Elm. Leaves obovate, cuspidate, cuneate at the base, evenly and nearly doubly crenate-serrate, strongly veined, coriaceous, very smooth and shining above, smooth beneath, with hairy axillae. Branches bright brown, smooth, rigid, erect, very compact. Fruit ..... £. parvifolia. Leaves much smaller, less oblique at the base, finely and regularly crenate, acuminate rather than cuspidate.
Página 286 - Leaves obovate, cuspidate, doubly and coarsely serrated, cuneate and nearly equal at the base, always exceedingly scabrous above, evenly downy beneath. Branches not corky, cinereous, smooth. Fruit rhomboid-oblong, scarcely cloven, naked.
Página 56 - Ovary formed by the union of several carpels round a common axis, either distinct or cohering ; styles as many as the carpels, united or free.
Página v - It has been the author's wish to adopt in all cases those names which have the claim of priority, unless good cause could be shown for a contrary proceeding ; and with this object he has carefully examined nearly all the best European Floras, comparing our plants with the descriptions contained in them, and in very many cases with foreign specimens of undoubted authenticity. In the adoption of genera and species an endeavour has been made, by the examination of the plants themselves, to determine...
Página 265 - It has monoecious rarely perfect flowers, the perigone of two more or less connected parts, two stigmas, a free membranous pericarp, a crustaceous testa ; the seed is vertical, attached by a lateral hilum, either near the base or by means of an elongated funiculus in the middle of the side ; the radicle basal ; the stamens five, continuous. Most of the species of this genus are insignificant weeds, and are sometimes troublesome pests in corn-fields. Babington, in his ' Manual of British Botany,
Página 285 - Leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, doubly and evenly crenateserrate, cuneate and oblique at the base, becoming quite smooth above, smooth or glandular beneath, with a few hairs in the axillae.
Página 148 - ARAUACE^:, the Ginseng Family. Calyx entire or toothed. Petals definite, two- to five- or ten-deciduous, occasionally 0; aestivation valvate. Stamens, as many as the petals, or twice as many, inserted below the margin of an epigynous disk. Ovary adherent to the tube of the calyx, two- or more-celled ; ovules solitary, pendulous, anatropal ; styles, two or more, distinct or connate ; stigmas simple. Fruit usually succulent, two- to fifteen-celled, covered by the calycine limb. Seeds solitary, pendulous,...
Página 89 - The segments of the calyx 5 ; the petals 5 ; the styles 2-5 ; the fruit turbinate, its nuts adhering to the sides of the calyx, but not cohering at the centre; the stamens erect, as long as the teeth of the calyx. The species are shrubs, with simple entire leaves, woolly beneath.
Página 285 - Leaves ovate-acuminate, coriaceous, strongly veined, simply crenate, serrate, slightly oblique and cordate at the base, shining, but rather scabrous above, smooth beneath. Branches bright brown, nearly smooth. Fruit Four miles from Stratford on Avon, on the road to Alcester.