Exotic Flora: Containing Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare Or Otherwise Interesting Exotic Plants...with Remarks Upon Their Generic and Specific Characters, Natural Orders, History, Culture, Time of Flowering, &c, Volume 1W. Blackwood, 1823 - Botany |
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... Botanic Garden , was at Kew , a box of these plants arrived there from Cayenne . One of the men employed to remove the individuals to the stove , incautiously bit a piece of one of them , when his tongue swelled to such a degree that he ...
... Botanic Garden , was at Kew , a box of these plants arrived there from Cayenne . One of the men employed to remove the individuals to the stove , incautiously bit a piece of one of them , when his tongue swelled to such a degree that he ...
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... Botanic Garden some other species of this genus , which are described by Mr HAWORTH . Of these , the C. parasiticus , figured by DE CANDOLLE in his Plantes Grasses , comes nearest to the present individual , but differs , in the young ...
... Botanic Garden some other species of this genus , which are described by Mr HAWORTH . Of these , the C. parasiticus , figured by DE CANDOLLE in his Plantes Grasses , comes nearest to the present individual , but differs , in the young ...
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... Botanic Garden at Calcutta . This gentleman's journey into the kingdom of Ne- pal , aided by the exertions of collectors whom he sends to ex- plore that country , has opened to us a new and almost inex- haustible source of botanical ...
... Botanic Garden at Calcutta . This gentleman's journey into the kingdom of Ne- pal , aided by the exertions of collectors whom he sends to ex- plore that country , has opened to us a new and almost inex- haustible source of botanical ...
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... Botanic Garden at Liverpool , from that country in 1820 , by Mrs AR- NOLD HARRISON of Aegsburgh , near Liverpool . Fig . 1. Plant reduced to one - half of its natural size . Fig . 2. Back view of a receptacle of flowers . Fig . 3 ...
... Botanic Garden at Liverpool , from that country in 1820 , by Mrs AR- NOLD HARRISON of Aegsburgh , near Liverpool . Fig . 1. Plant reduced to one - half of its natural size . Fig . 2. Back view of a receptacle of flowers . Fig . 3 ...
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... gardens , say , that " it is one of the most beautiful ve- getables in the world , " when we consider , that its ... Botanic Garden has not yet produced flowers . Fig . 1. Portion of a plant , reduced to half the natural size , from ...
... gardens , say , that " it is one of the most beautiful ve- getables in the world , " when we consider , that its ... Botanic Garden has not yet produced flowers . Fig . 1. Portion of a plant , reduced to half the natural size , from ...
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2-celled acuminate Anther appear Back view base beautiful beneath Botanic Garden bracteas branches broadly ovate BROWN Caladium calyx Capsule cell ciliated colour Column of fructification corolla curved cylindrical Doodia aspera downy Dr WALLICH erect extremity figure Filaments FILICES filiform fleshy florets foliis footstalk frond Front view genus Germen glabrous glands Glasgow Botanic Garden green GYNANDRIA Hort inches in length inches long involucre KUNTH labello labellum lanceolate leaf leaflets leaves less magnified linear lobes longitudinal margin membranaceous midrib MONOGYNIA native nearly nerves numerous oblong obtuse Osbeckia pale pedicels Peduncles Peperomia perianth petals petiole Pistil plant Pleopeltis Pollen pollen-masses Portion pubescent purple purplish receptacle reticulated Root roundish scales Scape scarcely seeds segments sessile sheathing SHEPHERD shew short side Sir JAMES SMITH slender slightly Sori spadix spatha species specimen spike spreading stamens stem Stigma stove Style terminal transverse tube upper WILLD yellow