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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... foot , or rather more , in height , cylin- drical at the base , angular above , almost concealed by the large , lanceo- late , sheathing , coloured scales , which above change gradually into brac- teas . Spike oblongo - ovate , of ...
... foot , or rather more , in height , cylin- drical at the base , angular above , almost concealed by the large , lanceo- late , sheathing , coloured scales , which above change gradually into brac- teas . Spike oblongo - ovate , of ...
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... foot high , flexuose , leafy . Leaves lanceolate , the middle ones long and narrow , smooth , pale green , obscurely nerved ; the uppermost passing gradually into bracteas . Spike composed of from 2 to 5 , or even 8 inclined flowers ...
... foot high , flexuose , leafy . Leaves lanceolate , the middle ones long and narrow , smooth , pale green , obscurely nerved ; the uppermost passing gradually into bracteas . Spike composed of from 2 to 5 , or even 8 inclined flowers ...
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... foot and a half long , cylindrical , erect , green , purplish above , and curved at the extremity , bearing a single , drooping , large , richly coloured flower . Calyx double , the outer one of 3 small , ovate , yellow - green leaflets ...
... foot and a half long , cylindrical , erect , green , purplish above , and curved at the extremity , bearing a single , drooping , large , richly coloured flower . Calyx double , the outer one of 3 small , ovate , yellow - green leaflets ...
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... foot and a half high , perennial . Stems much branched , jointed , swelling at the joints ; branches erecto - patent , all of them semi- pellucid , succulent , brittle , greenish below , reddish above , marked with longitudinal deeper ...
... foot and a half high , perennial . Stems much branched , jointed , swelling at the joints ; branches erecto - patent , all of them semi- pellucid , succulent , brittle , greenish below , reddish above , marked with longitudinal deeper ...
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... foot in height , erect , simple , cy- lindrical , jointed , pubescent , and red to the very extremity . Leaves distantly placed upon short , semicylindrical footstalks , recurved , oblongo- ovate , thick and fleshy , pubescent , three ...
... foot in height , erect , simple , cy- lindrical , jointed , pubescent , and red to the very extremity . Leaves distantly placed upon short , semicylindrical footstalks , recurved , oblongo- ovate , thick and fleshy , pubescent , three ...
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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