First Steps to Botany [...]Longman, 1826 - 391 pages |
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... called a pre- morse root . - Therefore - 2. Radix præmorsa , a premorse root , which means bitten off , as though the lower part of the root had been bitten away by a person's teeth . It is also called an abrupt , or a stumped , or an ...
... called a pre- morse root . - Therefore - 2. Radix præmorsa , a premorse root , which means bitten off , as though the lower part of the root had been bitten away by a person's teeth . It is also called an abrupt , or a stumped , or an ...
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... called Morsus diaboli , or Divel's bite , of the root ( as it seemeth ) . " " For the superstitious people hold opinion , that the divell for the envie that he beareth to mankind bit it off , bicause it wood be otherwise good for many ...
... called Morsus diaboli , or Divel's bite , of the root ( as it seemeth ) . " " For the superstitious people hold opinion , that the divell for the envie that he beareth to mankind bit it off , bicause it wood be otherwise good for many ...
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... called saranne in their language . At the period of its flowering , the whole ground is covered with its blossoms . The roots are dried in the sun , and pre- served for use ; and when baked , they are ground into flour , of which the ...
... called saranne in their language . At the period of its flowering , the whole ground is covered with its blossoms . The roots are dried in the sun , and pre- served for use ; and when baked , they are ground into flour , of which the ...
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... called " air plants . " The last description of root which I intend to notice , is the parasitic , or that root which , in place of being fixed in the ground , is inserted into the bark of trees and other plants , and lives upon their ...
... called " air plants . " The last description of root which I intend to notice , is the parasitic , or that root which , in place of being fixed in the ground , is inserted into the bark of trees and other plants , and lives upon their ...
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... called the Matakee tree , whose roots , he says , " spread above ground in such a manner that they will conceal a score of men from each other ; " and he farther mentions that a man on horseback can ride through the interstices ; and ...
... called the Matakee tree , whose roots , he says , " spread above ground in such a manner that they will conceal a score of men from each other ; " and he farther mentions that a man on horseback can ride through the interstices ; and ...
Common terms and phrases
afford animals anther appearance beautiful blossoms botanist Botany branches buds bulb called calyx capsule CAULIS clothed colour common compound flower contains corolla covered culm cuticle different species Digynia earth example feet ferns filaments fleshy floating florets FOLIUM frond fructification fruit Fuci Fucus garden genera genus grasses green grow hairs hence herb insects instance INVOLUCRUM Jamaica juice kind latter leaf leaf-stalk leaflets leaves Legume Lichen lily Linnæus means Monogynia mosses named native nature nourishment observe palm peduncle perhaps perianth pericarp petals petiole pinnate pinnate leaf pistil plants pollen primrose produce RADIX receptacle remarkable resemble root round says scarcely sea-weeds seed-vessels seeds shrub silicle Sir J. E. Smith sometimes stalk stamens stem stipe succulent plants surface sweet tendrils term thick thorn Travels trees TRIANDRIA Trigynia trunk tube tubers umbel vegetables violet volva Voyage winds Withering wood
Popular passages
Page 256 - Over hill, over dale, Thorough bush, thorough brier, Over park, over pale, Thorough flood, thorough fire, I do wander everywhere, Swifter than the moon's sphere; And I serve the fairy queen, To dew her orbs upon the green.
Page 295 - To hear the lark begin his flight And singing startle the dull night From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise...
Page 369 - THERE is a flower, a little flower, With silver crest and golden eye, That welcomes every changing hour,
Page 373 - There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore. There is society where none intrudes, By the deep sea, and music in its roar; I love not man the less, but nature more...
Page 295 - Whilst summer lasts, and I live here, Fidele, I'll sweeten thy sad grave: Thou shalt not lack The flower, that's like thy face, pale primrose; nor The azur'd hare-bell, like thy veins; no, nor The leaf of eglantine, whom not to slander, Out-sweeten'd not thy breath...
Page 155 - Some glossy-leaved, and shining in the sun, The maple, and the beech of oily nuts Prolific, and the lime at dewy eve Diffusing odours : nor unnoted pass The sycamore, capricious in attire, Now green, now tawny, and, ere autumn yet Have changed the woods, in scarlet honours bright...
Page 287 - Whatever earth, all-bearing mother, yields In India, East or West, or middle shore In Pontus, or the Punic coast, or where Alcinous reign'd, fruit of all kinds, in coat Rough, or smooth rind, or bearded husk, or shell, She gathers, tribute large, and on the board Heaps with unsparing hand ; for drink, the grape She crushes, inoffensive must, and meaths From many a berry, and from sweet kernels pressed She tempers dulcet creams...
Page 258 - Sir, believe me, upon my relation for what I tell you, the world shall not reprove. I have been in the Indies, where this herb grows, where neither myself, nor a dozen gentlemen more of my knowledge, have received the taste of any other nutriment in the world, for the space of one and twenty weeks, but the fume of this simple only: therefore, it cannot be, but 'tis most divine.