The British Flora, Volums 1-2Longman, 1831 - 479 pàgines |
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5-cleft acuminate acute Anthers axillary base beneath bifid bipinnate Borrer bracteas branched calyx capsule Carpels catkins chalky common cordate corolla cylindrical downy elliptical England feet high florets flowers foot high frequent fruit genus germen glabrous glands glaucous hairy hedges Hook inches high involucre Ireland J. S. Mill J. T. Mackay July June Juss.-Named lanceolate leaflets leafy leaves lanceolate legumes Lindl linear linear-lanceolate Linn Linn.-E lobes Lond margin Moist mountains nearly oblong obovate obtuse ovato-lanceolate panicle pastures pedicels peduncles Perianth Pericarps petals petiolate pinnate pinnatifid pinnules plant prickles procumbent pubescent purple racemes rare root Salict scales scape scarcely Scot Scotland seeds segments serrated sessile sheaths shorter silky Sir J. E. Smith slender solitary species specimens spikelets spikes spreading stalked Stam stamens stem erect stigmas stipules style teeth terminal toothed umbels upper valves waste places whorled Wilson Woods yellow
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Pàgina 404 - It hath formerly built a good part of our ancient houses in the City of London, as does yet appear : I had once a very large barn near the City...
Pàgina 401 - It disna become me to speak to the point of my qualifications," said Andrew, looking round him with great complacency; "but nae doubt I should understand my trade of horticulture, seeing I was bred in the parish of Dreepdaily, where they raise lang-kale under glass, and force the early nettles for their spring kale.
Pàgina 243 - In examining the figure of the leaves, the central leaflet is to be regarded ; the lateral ones are always smaller and of a narrower proportion. In several species the leaves occasionally survive a mild winter, and are found the next season subtending flowering branches. The leaves of these branches are of less determinate figure ; the number of their leaflets is reduced as they approach the inflorescence, and their place is supplied in the upper part of the panicle by first trifid and then simple...
Pàgina 242 - ... growth adds much to the difficulties in the discrimination of the species ; since an acquaintance with both the leafy shoot and the floriferous stem, formed in the second year from its remains, is necessary. The best characters are found in the figure, the arms, and the leaves of the former. The leaves in all the British species of this division are, occasionally at least...
Pàgina 10 - ... above that fluid. The vesicles are then found to contain only air, by aid of which the plant floats ! This air again in autumn gives place to water, and the plant descends to ripen the seeds at the bottom.
Pàgina 142 - 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. Branches bright brown, smooth, wiry, weeping. Fruit obovate, naked, deeply cloven.
Pàgina 415 - Esq. of Cosgrove Priory, an able chemist, ascertained that the bark of this tree contains the tanning principle in a superior degree to that of the oak , and it is supposed that medical properties stated to belong to <S.
Pàgina vii - The experience of nearly one hundred years has proved to every unprejudiced mind, that no system has appeared which can be compared with that of the immortal Swede (Linneus) for the facility with which it enables any one, hitherto unpractised in botany, to arrive at a knowledge of the genus and species of a plant.
Pàgina 118 - thy face with goat's milk in which violets have been infused, and there is not a young prince upon earth who will not be charmed with thy beauty.
Pàgina 425 - Leaves elliptic-oblong, acute, waved, and slightly serrated, nearly glabrous ; glaucous beneath. Footstalks dilated at the base. Stipules pointed, serrated. Bracteas obtuse, hairy, and half as long as the densely downy, ovate, long-stalked ovary. {Smith.) A shrub or small tree.