New Voyages and Travels: Consisting of Originals, Translations, and Abridgements, Volume 2Sir Richard Phillips, 1819 - Voyages and travels |
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... leaves are ovate obtuse : peduncles lateral : two - flowered . The stem is short , small , simple : leaves smooth , on short foot- stalks : peduncles single : long : bifid : axillary : corolla larger than the calyx . I found a ...
... leaves are ovate obtuse : peduncles lateral : two - flowered . The stem is short , small , simple : leaves smooth , on short foot- stalks : peduncles single : long : bifid : axillary : corolla larger than the calyx . I found a ...
Page 70
... leaves against the hand , they leave a very agreeable and refreshing odour . It resembles a little the erica , or heath , of Spain ; but may rather be considered as a species peculiar to this strait . 2d . The next plant has but few leaves ...
... leaves against the hand , they leave a very agreeable and refreshing odour . It resembles a little the erica , or heath , of Spain ; but may rather be considered as a species peculiar to this strait . 2d . The next plant has but few leaves ...
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... leaves are like those of the cypress , and of the same colour , and only differ from them in being four - cornered . The fruit is small and black . When we saw them , they were dry and hollow , with a seminal powder within them . The ...
... leaves are like those of the cypress , and of the same colour , and only differ from them in being four - cornered . The fruit is small and black . When we saw them , they were dry and hollow , with a seminal powder within them . The ...
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taining a particular Account of the Icebergs and other Phenomena which | |
Narrative of the Sufferings and Adventures of Henderick Portenger | 1 |
Travels of M Burckhardt in Egypt and Nubia | 1 |
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