Plant-life: Popular Papers on the Phenomena of BotanyM. Japp, 1881 - 216 страница |
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... feet . Vast quantities , again , occur in beds under the guise of a white powder , which is called mountain meal , and is actually mixed with flour in some parts of Sweden , though it is perfectly inert , and can serve merely to ...
... feet . Vast quantities , again , occur in beds under the guise of a white powder , which is called mountain meal , and is actually mixed with flour in some parts of Sweden , though it is perfectly inert , and can serve merely to ...
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... feet . These are the dimensions of Ce- reus giganteus or Suwarrow , the lar- FIG . 76 . gest species . The flowers are very beautiful , and of a light cream . colour . Mr. Smith says of this species : " It is a native of the hot , arid ...
... feet . These are the dimensions of Ce- reus giganteus or Suwarrow , the lar- FIG . 76 . gest species . The flowers are very beautiful , and of a light cream . colour . Mr. Smith says of this species : " It is a native of the hot , arid ...
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... feet in height , with a diameter of about two feet at middle height , and gradually taper- ing , both upwards and downwards , to about one foot . They are most frequently unbranched , but some of the older ones have branches , which ...
... feet in height , with a diameter of about two feet at middle height , and gradually taper- ing , both upwards and downwards , to about one foot . They are most frequently unbranched , but some of the older ones have branches , which ...
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... feet , and as it produces large numbers of stiff sharp spines is exten- sively used as a hedge - plant . In Mexico this species is largely cultivated to afford food for the Cochineal insect ( Coccus ) , for which purpose another species ...
... feet , and as it produces large numbers of stiff sharp spines is exten- sively used as a hedge - plant . In Mexico this species is largely cultivated to afford food for the Cochineal insect ( Coccus ) , for which purpose another species ...
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... feet . We had been told that we should find water , . . . but we looked about for it in vain , as we were exceedingly thirsty . At last we turned to the pitcher - plants , but the water contained in the pitchers ( about half a pint in ...
... feet . We had been told that we should find water , . . . but we looked about for it in vain , as we were exceedingly thirsty . At last we turned to the pitcher - plants , but the water contained in the pitchers ( about half a pint in ...
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animal antheridia antherozoids anthers archegonia bear beautiful bees Berberry branches called cell-wall Chapter Chara chlorophyll cilia Club-moss colour conidia consists containing corolla delicate Desmids Diatoms Ecidium Equisetum sylvaticum feet fernery ferns fertilisation filaments flowers fluid fronds fruit Fucus fungi germinating give graminis green grow growth heath herb honey hypha hyphæ Illustrations inches insects Isoëtes JAPP AND COMPANY'S known labellum large number leaf leaves lichen MARSHALL JAPP microscope moisture mosses mould Mucor mycelium Nature number of cells oogonium Orchis oxygen Penicillium Peronospora petals pistil pitcher pitcher-plant plants pollen pollen grains pollinia ponds Potato fungus produced prothallus Protococcus protoplasm Puccinia rain-water readers remarkable resemblance roots says Scale-moss seeds seen self-fertilisation set free side species specimens Sporange sporangia spores stalk stamens starch stem stigma substance surface tion Torula trees tube vegetable whilst wood zoospores
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