Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain, Native and Foreign, Hardy and Half-hardy, Pictorially and Botanically Delineated, and Scientifically and Popularly Described; with Their Propagation, Culture, Management, and Uses in the Arts, in Useful and Ornamental Plantations, and in Landscape-gardening; Preceded by a Historical and Geographical Outline of the Trees and Shrubs of Temperate Climates Throughout the World, Volume 3The Author, 1844 - Botany |
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Page 1294
... sexes polygamous ; sepals expanded during the flowering ; and ochreas entire at the top . The polygamous condition of the sexes consists in the flowers of the same plant being some bi- sexual , some female . ( Vent . ) It is a shrub ...
... sexes polygamous ; sepals expanded during the flowering ; and ochreas entire at the top . The polygamous condition of the sexes consists in the flowers of the same plant being some bi- sexual , some female . ( Vent . ) It is a shrub ...
Page 1304
... Sexes dioecious . Fruit large . ( Nutt . Gen. , i . p . 259. ) A running twiggy shrub , 2 ft . or 3 ft . high , in its native swamps , in Virginia and Carolina ; intro- duced in 1810. Leaves opaque , oblong - oval , at- tenuated towards ...
... Sexes dioecious . Fruit large . ( Nutt . Gen. , i . p . 259. ) A running twiggy shrub , 2 ft . or 3 ft . high , in its native swamps , in Virginia and Carolina ; intro- duced in 1810. Leaves opaque , oblong - oval , at- tenuated towards ...
Page 1316
... sexes upon distinct plants . - Male . Flowers borne in lateral racemes , about 3-5 in a raceme , and disposed in 1-2 pairs , with a terminal odd one . Calyx spreadingly bell - shaped , 3 - parted ; its æstivation valvate . Nectary disk ...
... sexes upon distinct plants . - Male . Flowers borne in lateral racemes , about 3-5 in a raceme , and disposed in 1-2 pairs , with a terminal odd one . Calyx spreadingly bell - shaped , 3 - parted ; its æstivation valvate . Nectary disk ...
Page 1321
... sexes upon distinct plants . Male flower . Calyx arched , seeming as if constituted of 2 leaves connate at the tip . Stamens 4 , not extended out of the calyx . - Female flower , Calyx tubular , cloven at the top , including the ovary ...
... sexes upon distinct plants . Male flower . Calyx arched , seeming as if constituted of 2 leaves connate at the tip . Stamens 4 , not extended out of the calyx . - Female flower , Calyx tubular , cloven at the top , including the ovary ...
Page 1323
... Sexes apparently dicecious . Fruit roundish - ovate , of about the size of a small cherry , car- tilaginous , covered with silvery scales , having 8 grooves ; the flesh dry , farinaceous , eatable ; the nucule subcylindric , its ...
... Sexes apparently dicecious . Fruit roundish - ovate , of about the size of a small cherry , car- tilaginous , covered with silvery scales , having 8 grooves ; the flesh dry , farinaceous , eatable ; the nucule subcylindric , its ...
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