Recreations in BotanyHarper, 1893 - 216 страница |
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... purple jew- els . Small , sorry insects are caught among these ruby glands , which close over them like tentacles , and entan- gle them , and imprison them with purple threads . In- side the glands an extraordinary activity is aroused ...
... purple jew- els . Small , sorry insects are caught among these ruby glands , which close over them like tentacles , and entan- gle them , and imprison them with purple threads . In- side the glands an extraordinary activity is aroused ...
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... purple arethusa , or more curious than the stemless lady's - slipper . The family is found in all its rich variety only in the tropics , where they are often fragrant . In Java alone there are three hundred species . The calyx and ...
... purple arethusa , or more curious than the stemless lady's - slipper . The family is found in all its rich variety only in the tropics , where they are often fragrant . In Java alone there are three hundred species . The calyx and ...
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... purple , changing to brilliant blue . " In fact , the younger flower is blue , changing with age to red . Such inaccuracies should not disturb the student . He learns , on the whole , to admire the marvellous thor- oughness with which ...
... purple , changing to brilliant blue . " In fact , the younger flower is blue , changing with age to red . Such inaccuracies should not disturb the student . He learns , on the whole , to admire the marvellous thor- oughness with which ...
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... purple , laven- der , brown , yellow , and white . Blue orchids are rare . The perfume of many orchids is so strong as to be- tray their presence before the eye has discovered them . The United States orchids east of the Mississippi are ...
... purple , laven- der , brown , yellow , and white . Blue orchids are rare . The perfume of many orchids is so strong as to be- tray their presence before the eye has discovered them . The United States orchids east of the Mississippi are ...
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... purple , pink , and yel- low - and woolly hairs grow within like a felt lining . It is a small bog herb , but you would gladly pay the penalty of wet feet could you but secure this nymph for your collection . " The tints of purple and ...
... purple , pink , and yel- low - and woolly hairs grow within like a felt lining . It is a small bog herb , but you would gladly pay the penalty of wet feet could you but secure this nymph for your collection . " The tints of purple and ...
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algæ animals anthers archegonia autumn bark bear beautiful belong berries bloom blossoms blue botanist botany bracts branches called calyx cells cellular clusters color common cone-bearing cones corolla covered daisy decay delicate disk Drosera edible feet high ferns fertilized flat fleshy flowers forests fronds fruit fungi fungus genus glands golden-rod grains grasses green grow growth hairs inches indusium insects labellum larvæ leaf leaflets leaves lichens liverworts living look microscope moist mosses mould orchids ovary ovules parasitic petals petiole pines pink pistils plants pods pollen pollen-grains pollinia produce prothallus protonema protoplasm purple rocks rootlets roots SEA-WEED seeds sepals shrubs side soil sometimes species spike sporangia spores spot spring stalk stamens stamens and pistils stem stigma stomata surface tall thallus thick tiny tissue trees tropics trunk twisted upper vegetable world wind woods yellow
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