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... Natural Orders in Part II . 20. Homology of the Pistil . 21. Carpellary theory . A review of various forms of pistil . The sutures of a carpel . The ovary and its cells . 22. Placentation . 23. Ovules . 24. Fruit and seed 56 [ CHAP ...
... Natural Orders in Part II . 20. Homology of the Pistil . 21. Carpellary theory . A review of various forms of pistil . The sutures of a carpel . The ovary and its cells . 22. Placentation . 23. Ovules . 24. Fruit and seed 56 [ CHAP ...
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... NATURAL ORDERS , of British Flowering Plants , we shall lay the sure basis of a thoroughly scien- tific acquaintance with them . The types which we pre- sently proceed to select from each important Natural Order are not always the best ...
... NATURAL ORDERS , of British Flowering Plants , we shall lay the sure basis of a thoroughly scien- tific acquaintance with them . The types which we pre- sently proceed to select from each important Natural Order are not always the best ...
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... Natural Orders to which most British plants belong . In the following pages you will observe that each plant is designated both by an English and by a scientific name . This is done partly that you may be familiarized with a plan of ...
... Natural Orders to which most British plants belong . In the following pages you will observe that each plant is designated both by an English and by a scientific name . This is done partly that you may be familiarized with a plan of ...
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... Natural Orders . The Natural Orders again ( to which substantive names are applied for con- venience ) , under Divisions ; the Divisions under Sub- classes and Classes , as we have already pointed out . Thus , the characters of a Class ...
... Natural Orders . The Natural Orders again ( to which substantive names are applied for con- venience ) , under Divisions ; the Divisions under Sub- classes and Classes , as we have already pointed out . Thus , the characters of a Class ...
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... Natural Order , of a Natural Order than those of a Genus , and of a Genus than of the Species which it includes . 5. Botanists distinguish as varieties groups of indi- viduals of a species which are marked in common by some trivial ...
... Natural Order , of a Natural Order than those of a Genus , and of a Genus than of the Species which it includes . 5. Botanists distinguish as varieties groups of indi- viduals of a species which are marked in common by some trivial ...
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