The Student, and Intellectual Observer, Volume 1Groombridge and Sons, 1868 - Science |
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... species of Pandanus and Freycinetia have the aspect of gigantic Bromelias , bearing the flowers of a Sparganium . While there is no analogy with the former in structure , beyond the general appearance of the foliage , the organization ...
... species of Pandanus and Freycinetia have the aspect of gigantic Bromelias , bearing the flowers of a Sparganium . While there is no analogy with the former in structure , beyond the general appearance of the foliage , the organization ...
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... species - some being fully as large as a child's head , while others are scarcely larger than a moderate - sized pine - cone . They vary , also , in shape , being either globular or somewhat oblong . The leaves are for the most part ...
... species - some being fully as large as a child's head , while others are scarcely larger than a moderate - sized pine - cone . They vary , also , in shape , being either globular or somewhat oblong . The leaves are for the most part ...
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... species , thus giving the plants somewhat the aspect of palms . In other species , however , as will be seen hereafter , the branches are more irregu- larly given off , the leaves being always in spirals at the ends of the branches ...
... species , thus giving the plants somewhat the aspect of palms . In other species , however , as will be seen hereafter , the branches are more irregu- larly given off , the leaves being always in spirals at the ends of the branches ...
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... species of Pandanus have been enumerated . The chandelier tree ( P. candelabrum ) , however , is perhaps one of the most striking in appearance of all the species . The branches spread out all round the trunk , bending gracefully ...
... species of Pandanus have been enumerated . The chandelier tree ( P. candelabrum ) , however , is perhaps one of the most striking in appearance of all the species . The branches spread out all round the trunk , bending gracefully ...
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... species . Most of us have some acquaintance with the leaves of this plant . The sacks or bags in which the Mauritius sugar is imported are made from them , and these bags , after discharging their principal duty in bringing sugar to ...
... species . Most of us have some acquaintance with the leaves of this plant . The sacks or bags in which the Mauritius sugar is imported are made from them , and these bags , after discharging their principal duty in bringing sugar to ...
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