Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum, Or, the Trees and Shrubs of Britain: Native and Foreign, Hardy and Half-hardy, Pictorally and Botanically Delineated, and Scientifically Described : with Their Propagation, Culture Management, and Uses in Arts, in Useful Plantations, and in Landscape Gardening ; Preceded by a Historical and Geographical Outline of the Trees and Shrubs of Temperate Climates and Conductors Throughout the World ; in 8 Vol.: 4 of Letterpress ... and 4 of Plates. From Asclepiada'ceae, p. 1257., to Coryla'ceae, p. 2030., inclusive, Volume 3Longman, Orme, Green and Longmans, 1844 - 6 pages |
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Page 1260
... glabrous . Branches rough , rooting . Leaflets 9 , ovate , acuminated , coarsely serrated . Racemes terminal , corymbose , on long peduncles . Tube of corolla 5 times longer than the calyx . ( Don's Mill . , iv . p . 225. ) A beautiful ...
... glabrous . Branches rough , rooting . Leaflets 9 , ovate , acuminated , coarsely serrated . Racemes terminal , corymbose , on long peduncles . Tube of corolla 5 times longer than the calyx . ( Don's Mill . , iv . p . 225. ) A beautiful ...
Page 1289
... glabrous , and flat on their upper surface , of a very glaucous green , and placed very near each other . The flowers are small , greenish , and axillary ; usually solitary . The stamens are generally longer than the divisions of the ...
... glabrous , and flat on their upper surface , of a very glaucous green , and placed very near each other . The flowers are small , greenish , and axillary ; usually solitary . The stamens are generally longer than the divisions of the ...
Page 1312
... glabrous and glossy above , and hirsutely villous beneath . Flowers in terminal groups . Calyx externally silkily villous ; its lobes ovate , obtuse . ( Wikström , quoted in Bot . Reg . , t . 822. ) A low shrub , with pretty pinkish ...
... glabrous and glossy above , and hirsutely villous beneath . Flowers in terminal groups . Calyx externally silkily villous ; its lobes ovate , obtuse . ( Wikström , quoted in Bot . Reg . , t . 822. ) A low shrub , with pretty pinkish ...
Page 1313
... glabrous . Flowers terminal , aggregate , sessile , glabrous , striated . Lobes of the calyx acute . A native of Switzerland and Hungary . ( Spreng . Syst . , ii . p . 237. ) This plant is said to have been introduced in 1819 , and to ...
... glabrous . Flowers terminal , aggregate , sessile , glabrous , striated . Lobes of the calyx acute . A native of Switzerland and Hungary . ( Spreng . Syst . , ii . p . 237. ) This plant is said to have been introduced in 1819 , and to ...
Page 1314
... glabrous ; and the flowers termínal and sessile . ( Lois . in N. Du Ham . , i . p . 28. ) It is a native of China and Japan , which was introduced into Britain in 1771 , and forms an erect shrub , greatly resembling D. póntica in ...
... glabrous ; and the flowers termínal and sessile . ( Lois . in N. Du Ham . , i . p . 28. ) It is a native of China and Japan , which was introduced into Britain in 1771 , and forms an erect shrub , greatly resembling D. póntica in ...
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