The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 3Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 - Natural history |
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... so called in me- mory of John Ellis , F. R. S. a genus of the Pentandria Monogynia class and order . Natural order of Luridæ . Borragineæ , Jussieu . Essential character : corolla fun- MAMMALIA . Plate X. Scott se . nel - form ELL ELL.
... so called in me- mory of John Ellis , F. R. S. a genus of the Pentandria Monogynia class and order . Natural order of Luridæ . Borragineæ , Jussieu . Essential character : corolla fun- MAMMALIA . Plate X. Scott se . nel - form ELL ELL.
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... Essential character : calyx late- ral , two - valved , aggregate , many - flowered . There are eleven species . EMARGINATED , among botanists , an appellation given to such leaves as have a little indenting on their summits : when this ...
... Essential character : calyx late- ral , two - valved , aggregate , many - flowered . There are eleven species . EMARGINATED , among botanists , an appellation given to such leaves as have a little indenting on their summits : when this ...
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... Essential character : male , calyx three - parted ; corolla three - petalled ; stamens long : female , calyx three - parted ; corolla three - petalled ; styles nine ; berry nine - seeded . There are two species ; viz . E. album , white ...
... Essential character : male , calyx three - parted ; corolla three - petalled ; stamens long : female , calyx three - parted ; corolla three - petalled ; styles nine ; berry nine - seeded . There are two species ; viz . E. album , white ...
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... Essential character : calyx none ; petals six , oblong , ovate , concave , acute , three outer , three inner , green spotted ; berry three- celled , with four or five globular seeds.There is but one species , viz . E. marginata , a na ...
... Essential character : calyx none ; petals six , oblong , ovate , concave , acute , three outer , three inner , green spotted ; berry three- celled , with four or five globular seeds.There is but one species , viz . E. marginata , a na ...
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... Essential cha- racter : male , calyx of the ament two - cleft ; corolla none ; stamens seven ; anthers four inferior , three superior : female , calyx two- parted , five - fold ; corolla none ; pistils two ; seeds covered with a berried ...
... Essential cha- racter : male , calyx of the ament two - cleft ; corolla none ; stamens seven ; anthers four inferior , three superior : female , calyx two- parted , five - fold ; corolla none ; pistils two ; seeds covered with a berried ...
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