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 1272
... sessile , acute at both ends . Flowers solitary , extra - axillary , pedicellate . Corolla funnel - shaped . Sta mens exserted . Calyx unequally 5 - toothed . Corolla purple , with a white bottom . Berry oblong , red . ( Don's Mill ...
... sessile , acute at both ends . Flowers solitary , extra - axillary , pedicellate . Corolla funnel - shaped . Sta mens exserted . Calyx unequally 5 - toothed . Corolla purple , with a white bottom . Berry oblong , red . ( Don's Mill ...
Page 1291
... sessile , or nearly so . The female flowers are not obvious . The male flowers are not showy ; though their number , grouped character , and the yellow anthers prominent from them , render the flowering of the shrub obvious . They have ...
... sessile , or nearly so . The female flowers are not obvious . The male flowers are not showy ; though their number , grouped character , and the yellow anthers prominent from them , render the flowering of the shrub obvious . They have ...
Page 1311
... sessile . ( Vahl Symb . , 1. p . 28. ) A native of Spain , and of the neighbourhood of Montpelier , where it forms a shrub 3 ft . high , flowering from February to April . Introduced in 1815 ; but rare in collections . The leaves are of ...
... sessile . ( Vahl Symb . , 1. p . 28. ) A native of Spain , and of the neighbourhood of Montpelier , where it forms a shrub 3 ft . high , flowering from February to April . Introduced in 1815 ; but rare in collections . The leaves are of ...
Page 1312
... sessile , a few together , and surrounded by leaves , that in some measure involucrate them . ( Bot . Mag . , t . 1917. ) A native of Crete , where it grows to the height of 2 ft . , and produces its flowers during the greater part of ...
... sessile , a few together , and surrounded by leaves , that in some measure involucrate them . ( Bot . Mag . , t . 1917. ) A native of Crete , where it grows to the height of 2 ft . , and produces its flowers during the greater part of ...
Page 1313
... sessile , tipped with a small mucro , 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 ...
... sessile , tipped with a small mucro , 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 ...
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