Familiar Lectures on Botany, Practical, Elementary, and Physiological: With an Appendix, Containing Descriptions of the Plants of the United States and Exotics, &c., for the Use of Seminaries and Private StudentsF.J. Huntington & Company, 1838 - 432 pages |
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1-celled 1-flowered 1-seeded 2-valved 5-leaved 5-lobed 5-toothed acuminate acute ament animals anthers axillary base beautiful bell-form beneath berry blossom botanists Botany bracts branches called calyx Calyx 5-cleft Calyx 5-parted capsule 2-celled cauline colour contains cordate corolla corymbs cotyledons cylindric divisions drupe egret entire filaments florets frond fruit genera genus germ glabrous globose grasses Greek grow hairy hispid imbricate involucrum labiate lance-ovate lanceolate leaf leafets leaves lanceolate leaves opposite leaves ovate legume Leguminosa linear Linnæus lobes many-seeded margin naked natural nectary oblong obovate obtuse oval panicle pedicels peduncles perianth pericarp petals petioles pinnate Pistillate flowers pistils plants pubescent purple racemes receptacle resembling root roundish scales scape seeds serrate sessile shrub Silicle smooth spatha species spikes spreading stamens stamens and pistils Staminate flowers stem erect stigma style terminal ternate toothed tree tribe tube tubular umbels valves vegetable villose whorled wood yellow
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