Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society, Volume 6Wernerian Natural History Society, Edinburgh, 1832 - Natural history List of members in v. 1, with continuations in v. 2-7. "History of the society" in v. 2-7. |
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... teres , erec- tus , interdum angulatus . Stigma obtusiusculum , rarissime trifidum . Capsula supera , trigona , trilocularis , trivalvis ; valvis membrana- ceis medio septiferis ; loculis 1- v . 2 - spermis , rarissime polyspermis ...
... teres , erec- tus , interdum angulatus . Stigma obtusiusculum , rarissime trifidum . Capsula supera , trigona , trilocularis , trivalvis ; valvis membrana- ceis medio septiferis ; loculis 1- v . 2 - spermis , rarissime polyspermis ...
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... teres , 2 - pedalis , infra medium foliosus . Folia linearia , acuta , supra canaliculata , subtus obscure carinata , marginibus et carinis sursum sub microscopum minutissime serrulatis , pedalem longa unciam basi lata , disticha ...
... teres , 2 - pedalis , infra medium foliosus . Folia linearia , acuta , supra canaliculata , subtus obscure carinata , marginibus et carinis sursum sub microscopum minutissime serrulatis , pedalem longa unciam basi lata , disticha ...
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... teres , 2 - pedalis , crassitudine pennæ anserinæ , foliosus , semper sub flore in annulum flexus . Folia pedis longa , linearia , acuta , carina marginibusque setoso - serrulatis , glaucescens ; vaginis compressiusculis sulcatis vel ...
... teres , 2 - pedalis , crassitudine pennæ anserinæ , foliosus , semper sub flore in annulum flexus . Folia pedis longa , linearia , acuta , carina marginibusque setoso - serrulatis , glaucescens ; vaginis compressiusculis sulcatis vel ...
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... teres . Stigma obtusiusculum . Obs . I am not aware of any figure of this plant which can be fully depended upon , except the one in “ English Botany . " Both the figures in “ Flora Danica , ” which have been so often quoted for Allium ...
... teres . Stigma obtusiusculum . Obs . I am not aware of any figure of this plant which can be fully depended upon , except the one in “ English Botany . " Both the figures in “ Flora Danica , ” which have been so often quoted for Allium ...
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... teres , fere infra medium foliosus . Folia lineari - lanceolata , acutiuscula , prope basin } unciam lata fere pedem longa : carina margini . busque setoso - serrulatis . Vaginæ ancipites . Spatha 2- vel 3 - valvis , mucronata ...
... teres , fere infra medium foliosus . Folia lineari - lanceolata , acutiuscula , prope basin } unciam lata fere pedem longa : carina margini . busque setoso - serrulatis . Vaginæ ancipites . Spatha 2- vel 3 - valvis , mucronata ...
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acuta alba albus Allium alterna Anglesea animal Antheræ apice appearance Arthur's Seat banks basi Bauh birds bivalvis Braid Hill breviora brevis Bulbus Burman canal Capsula Cardigan Bay Carnarvon Cassia Fistula Caulis cavity Cloudy cock colour common Corstorphine Craiglockhart Cramond Curtis Dict Duddingston Duddingston Loch duodenum Dytis Edinburgh elytra fere Folia foliis frequent genus Hist Hort hyænas inches insect intestine island King's Park Kirby Leach Linn Linnæus loculis longi longitudine Marsh membrane Menai basin Menai Strait mountains mustard plant oblongæ observed obtusis occurs Ovarium papillæ Pedicelli Pentland Hills perianthii laciniis Pistilla places plentiful posterior rocks Rumphius Salisbury Craigs Samou scapo Scapus scarce Scotland side Snowdon Spatha species specimens spider Spreng Stamina perianthio staminibus Staph Steph Stigma stones Stylus teres subtus Suppl supra surface teretes tion tree trigona Umbella univalvi Willd Wind SSE wood
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Page 237 - This guest of summer, The temple-haunting martlet, does approve, By his loved mansionry, that the heaven's breath Smells wooingly here : no jutty, frieze, Buttress, nor coigne of vantage, but this bird Hath made his pendent bed, and procreant cradle : Where they most breed and haunt, I have observed, The air is delicate.
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