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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... petioles about half as long as the leaves , channel- led , sheathing , sheaths terminated in a short green ligule , as in the grasses . From the sheathing bases of these petioles , arise the spathas , which are 5 or 6 inches in length ...
... petioles about half as long as the leaves , channel- led , sheathing , sheaths terminated in a short green ligule , as in the grasses . From the sheathing bases of these petioles , arise the spathas , which are 5 or 6 inches in length ...
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... petiole . Scape a 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 ...
... petiole . Scape a 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 ...
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... Petioles about twice the length of the leaf , cylindrical , rather broader at the base . From the top of the root , and in the centre of the leaves , arises the cylindri- cal stalk , shorter than the petioles , erect , and supporting ...
... Petioles about twice the length of the leaf , cylindrical , rather broader at the base . From the top of the root , and in the centre of the leaves , arises the cylindri- cal stalk , shorter than the petioles , erect , and supporting ...
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... petioles as long as the leaf , grooved , pilose . Flowers bright blue , inclining to purple , in terminal and lateral small pe- dunculated corymbs , which have small bracteas at the base of the stalk . Involucre ovato - cylindrical ...
... petioles as long as the leaf , grooved , pilose . Flowers bright blue , inclining to purple , in terminal and lateral small pe- dunculated corymbs , which have small bracteas at the base of the stalk . Involucre ovato - cylindrical ...
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... Petioles short , glabrous . Sti- pules rather large , ovate , pellucid , greenish , very delicate , and membra- naceous , ciliated at the margin , soon falling away . Peduncles axillary and terminal , 2-3 inches long , reddish ...
... Petioles short , glabrous . Sti- pules rather large , ovate , pellucid , greenish , very delicate , and membra- naceous , ciliated at the margin , soon falling away . Peduncles axillary and terminal , 2-3 inches long , reddish ...
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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