British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, 10. köideMitchell, Ames, and White, 1821 |
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... calyx three - leaved ; petals three , equal , growing to the long channelled tube of the nectary ; nectary tube filiform ; border four - parted ; capsule three celled ; nuts three . There is but one species , viz . P. capitatum , which ...
... calyx three - leaved ; petals three , equal , growing to the long channelled tube of the nectary ; nectary tube filiform ; border four - parted ; capsule three celled ; nuts three . There is but one species , viz . P. capitatum , which ...
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... calyx none ; petals five , calycine ; berry supe- rior , ten - celled , ten - seeded . There are six species . PHYTOLOGY , a discourse concerning the kinds and virtues of plants . PHYTOTOMA , the plant - cutter , in na- tural history ...
... calyx none ; petals five , calycine ; berry supe- rior , ten - celled , ten - seeded . There are six species . PHYTOLOGY , a discourse concerning the kinds and virtues of plants . PHYTOTOMA , the plant - cutter , in na- tural history ...
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... calyx three or five - part- ed : corolla three or five - petalled : berry two - celled . There are two species , viz . P. antidesma and P. pentandra , both na- tives of Jamaica . PICRIS , in botany , ox - tongue , a genus of the ...
... calyx three or five - part- ed : corolla three or five - petalled : berry two - celled . There are two species , viz . P. antidesma and P. pentandra , both na- tives of Jamaica . PICRIS , in botany , ox - tongue , a genus of the ...
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... calyx five - leaved ; corolla five - petalled ; fila- ments inserted below the germ ; pericar- pium with from two to five cocculi , unit- ed below , elastic . There is only one spe- cies , viz . P. Racemosus , a native of the West ...
... calyx five - leaved ; corolla five - petalled ; fila- ments inserted below the germ ; pericar- pium with from two to five cocculi , unit- ed below , elastic . There is only one spe- cies , viz . P. Racemosus , a native of the West ...
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... calyx , two lipped , five - cleft ; capsule , one celled . There are five species , natives of many parts of England . PINION , in mechanics , an arbor , or spindle , in the body whereof are several notches , which catch the teeth of a ...
... calyx , two lipped , five - cleft ; capsule , one celled . There are five species , natives of many parts of England . PINION , in mechanics , an arbor , or spindle , in the body whereof are several notches , which catch the teeth of a ...
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