First Steps to Botany [...]Longman, 1826 - 391 páginas |
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... remarkable circum- stance in the fig - trees of New Caledonia . " The inhabitants , " he says , " were commonly seated at the foot of these trees , which had this remarkable quality , that they shot long roots from the upper part of the ...
... remarkable circum- stance in the fig - trees of New Caledonia . " The inhabitants , " he says , " were commonly seated at the foot of these trees , which had this remarkable quality , that they shot long roots from the upper part of the ...
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... remarkable and interesting of any tree on record . At an inch above the ground Swinburne found it to measure 196 feet in circumference . It consists of five great divisions , which resemble separate trees ; but below the ground they are ...
... remarkable and interesting of any tree on record . At an inch above the ground Swinburne found it to measure 196 feet in circumference . It consists of five great divisions , which resemble separate trees ; but below the ground they are ...
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... remarkable example of this kind of stem . It grows to the height of forty feet , and both trunk and branches are hollow , and have many transverse membranous septa or partitions , to which there are on the surface a corresponding number ...
... remarkable example of this kind of stem . It grows to the height of forty feet , and both trunk and branches are hollow , and have many transverse membranous septa or partitions , to which there are on the surface a corresponding number ...
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... remarkable for its size , and the care with which the natives have attempted to preserve it . It has stood for time immemorial in the chief town ( called Stanchio also ) of the island , and while it is the boast of the inhabitants , is ...
... remarkable for its size , and the care with which the natives have attempted to preserve it . It has stood for time immemorial in the chief town ( called Stanchio also ) of the island , and while it is the boast of the inhabitants , is ...
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... remarkable example of this kind of stem , is that of the celebrated Banyan - tree of India . It is named also the Arched Indian Fig - tree , or the Indian God - tree , and is the Ficus Indica of bota- nists . This famous tree increases ...
... remarkable example of this kind of stem , is that of the celebrated Banyan - tree of India . It is named also the Arched Indian Fig - tree , or the Indian God - tree , and is the Ficus Indica of bota- nists . This famous tree increases ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
afford animals anther appearance beautiful blossoms botanist Botany branches buds bulb called calyx capsule CAULIS clothed colour common compound flower contains corolla covered culm cuticle different species Digynia earth example feet ferns filaments fleshy floating florets FOLIUM frond fructification fruit Fuci Fucus garden genera genus grasses green grow hairs hence herb insects instance INVOLUCRUM Jamaica juice kind latter leaf leaf-stalk leaflets leaves Legume Lichen lily Linnæus means Monogynia mosses named native nature nourishment observe palm peduncle perhaps perianth pericarp petals petiole pinnate pinnate leaf pistil plants pollen primrose produce RADIX receptacle remarkable resemble root round says scarcely sea-weeds seed-vessels seeds shrub silicle Sir J. E. Smith sometimes stalk stamens stem stipe succulent plants surface sweet tendrils term thick thorn Travels trees TRIANDRIA Trigynia trunk tube tubers umbel vegetables violet volva Voyage winds Withering wood
Passagens conhecidas
Página 256 - Over hill, over dale, Thorough bush, thorough brier, Over park, over pale, Thorough flood, thorough fire, I do wander everywhere, Swifter than the moon's sphere; And I serve the fairy queen, To dew her orbs upon the green.
Página 295 - To hear the lark begin his flight And singing startle the dull night From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise...
Página 369 - THERE is a flower, a little flower, With silver crest and golden eye, That welcomes every changing hour,
Página 373 - There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore. There is society where none intrudes, By the deep sea, and music in its roar; I love not man the less, but nature more...
Página 295 - Whilst summer lasts, and I live here, Fidele, I'll sweeten thy sad grave: Thou shalt not lack The flower, that's like thy face, pale primrose; nor The azur'd hare-bell, like thy veins; no, nor The leaf of eglantine, whom not to slander, Out-sweeten'd not thy breath...
Página 155 - Some glossy-leaved, and shining in the sun, The maple, and the beech of oily nuts Prolific, and the lime at dewy eve Diffusing odours : nor unnoted pass The sycamore, capricious in attire, Now green, now tawny, and, ere autumn yet Have changed the woods, in scarlet honours bright...
Página 287 - Whatever earth, all-bearing mother, yields In India, East or West, or middle shore In Pontus, or the Punic coast, or where Alcinous reign'd, fruit of all kinds, in coat Rough, or smooth rind, or bearded husk, or shell, She gathers, tribute large, and on the board Heaps with unsparing hand ; for drink, the grape She crushes, inoffensive must, and meaths From many a berry, and from sweet kernels pressed She tempers dulcet creams...
Página 258 - Sir, believe me, upon my relation for what I tell you, the world shall not reprove. I have been in the Indies, where this herb grows, where neither myself, nor a dozen gentlemen more of my knowledge, have received the taste of any other nutriment in the world, for the space of one and twenty weeks, but the fume of this simple only: therefore, it cannot be, but 'tis most divine.