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Page v
... Types to illustrate the Natural Orders on the plan of the late Professor Henslow . In a book for use in Britain there is no difficulty on this head , for so many plants are ... Type - species is within reach throughout our islands .
... Types to illustrate the Natural Orders on the plan of the late Professor Henslow . In a book for use in Britain there is no difficulty on this head , for so many plants are ... Type - species is within reach throughout our islands .
Page vi
Daniel Oliver. Type - species is within reach throughout our islands . But in India the case is very different . Few easily recognisable species have a sufficiently general distribution , or , if they have , it often happens that some ...
Daniel Oliver. Type - species is within reach throughout our islands . But in India the case is very different . Few easily recognisable species have a sufficiently general distribution , or , if they have , it often happens that some ...
Page vii
... Type - species . Dr. Thomson and Mr. Edge- worth have also very kindly given me much help in intro- ducing some local or native names of commoner species ; a matter upon which I have no personal knowledge . Kew , London , August 1869 ...
... Type - species . Dr. Thomson and Mr. Edge- worth have also very kindly given me much help in intro- ducing some local or native names of commoner species ; a matter upon which I have no personal knowledge . Kew , London , August 1869 ...
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... Type - species in Part II . of this book , simply noting whether the pistil be apocarpous or syncarpous . The number of carpels is given in the No. column . Of the PERIANTH ( cohesion or its absence ) , polyphyllous , gamophyllous ...
... Type - species in Part II . of this book , simply noting whether the pistil be apocarpous or syncarpous . The number of carpels is given in the No. column . Of the PERIANTH ( cohesion or its absence ) , polyphyllous , gamophyllous ...
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... Type - specimens to subordinate groups . 2. The specific and generic names of plants . Individuals . Species . Genera . 3. The Binomial method of naming plants . Diagnostic characters . 4. Arrangement of genera under superior groups ...
... Type - specimens to subordinate groups . 2. The specific and generic names of plants . Individuals . Species . Genera . 3. The Binomial method of naming plants . Diagnostic characters . 4. Arrangement of genera under superior groups ...
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Adhesion albumen alternate simple leaves anthers apocarpous axillary axils bracts branches called calyx carpels cells cloth coherent Cohesion coloured common consists Corolla corolla-lobes cotyledons Crown 8vo cultivated dehiscing Dicotyledons dioecious distinct Edition ELEMENTARY embryo entire leaves epigynous Epipetalous erect exalbuminous examined Family Fcap filaments florets flower-head Flowers regular foliage-leaves fruit Gamopetalous Gamophyllous Gamosepalous gardens genera genus glumes Hypogynous imbricate indefinite Indian species indusium inflorescence irregular leaf lobes minute Monadelphous Monocotyledons Natural Order numerous OBSERVE one-seeded opposite Orange Organ outer ovary Ovary inferior Ovary one-celled Ovary superior ovules panicles pedicel peduncle Pentandrous Perianth pericarp Perigynous petals petiole pinnate Pinnule Pistil placenta plants pollen Polypetalous Polysepalous racemes radicle receptacle regular flowers root Seeds solitary sepals sessile sheathing shrubs spikelets spikes sporanges Stamens stem stigma stipules structure Sub-type succulent Syncarpous terminal TREATISE Trees or shrubs tropical two-celled Type-species umbels unisexual usually valvate Vertical section Zinnia
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