Familiar Lectures on Botany, Practical, Elementary, and Physiological: With a New and Full Description of the Plants of the United States, and Cultivated Exotics, &cHuntington and Savage, 1850 - 466 страница |
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... upper surface of leaves is usually of a deeper green , and sup- posed to perform a more important part in respiration , than the un- der surface . The upper surface also repels moisture ; you may per- ceive upon a cabbage - leaf after a ...
... upper surface of leaves is usually of a deeper green , and sup- posed to perform a more important part in respiration , than the un- der surface . The upper surface also repels moisture ; you may per- ceive upon a cabbage - leaf after a ...
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... upper border of the co- rolla . Fig . 69 . Polypetalous corollas consist of several petals . Each petal consists of two parts , the lamina , and claw . The lamina , ( Fig . 69 , a , ) is the upper , and usually the thinner part of the ...
... upper border of the co- rolla . Fig . 69 . Polypetalous corollas consist of several petals . Each petal consists of two parts , the lamina , and claw . The lamina , ( Fig . 69 , a , ) is the upper , and usually the thinner part of the ...
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... upper ones ex- pand . When the flowers in a spike are crowded very close , an ear is formed , as in Indian corn . 5th . Umbel , ( Fig . 89 , b , ) con- sists of several flower - stalks , of nearly equal length , spread- ing out from a ...
... upper ones ex- pand . When the flowers in a spike are crowded very close , an ear is formed , as in Indian corn . 5th . Umbel , ( Fig . 89 , b , ) con- sists of several flower - stalks , of nearly equal length , spread- ing out from a ...
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... upper and lower ; it contains seeds in one cell , a placenta along the lower suture . The embryo has two cotyledons , and a radicle bor- dering on the hilum . The legume is sabre - form in the bean ; cylin dric in the Cassia , compound ...
... upper and lower ; it contains seeds in one cell , a placenta along the lower suture . The embryo has two cotyledons , and a radicle bor- dering on the hilum . The legume is sabre - form in the bean ; cylin dric in the Cassia , compound ...
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... upper and lower , the latter is attached to the recepta- cle , while the former opens like the lid of a box . This genus may be illustrated by the fruit of the genus Lecythis , ( Fig . 97 ; ) a , represents the lower valve , b , the upper ...
... upper and lower , the latter is attached to the recepta- cle , while the former opens like the lid of a box . This genus may be illustrated by the fruit of the genus Lecythis , ( Fig . 97 ; ) a , represents the lower valve , b , the upper ...
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1-celled 1-flowered 3-lobed 5-cleft 5-parted acuminate acute ament animals anthers axillary base beneath berry botanists Botany bracts branches buds called calyx capsule cauline cells ciliate colour cordate corolla corymbs cotyledons crenate cylindric divisions drupe egret entire filaments filiform florets frond fruit genus germ glabrous glumes grow hairy hispid imbricate involucre involucrum lance-linear lance-ovate lanceolate leaf leafets leafy leaves lanceolate leaves linear leaves opposite leaves ovate legume Linnæus lobes many-seeded margin mucronate naked natural nectary obovate obtuse oval panicle pedicels peduncles perianth pericarp petals petioles pinnate pinnatifid Pistillate flowers pistils plants pollen pubescent racemes radical leaves receptacle resembling root roundish scabrous scales scape seeds segments sepals serrate sessile short Silicle smooth solitary spatha species spikes stamens stamens and pistils Staminate flowers stem erect stigma stipules style sub-sessile subulate terete terminal ternate toothed tree tube umbels upper valves vegetable villose
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