 ... of such a parasite is, perhaps, the Dodder, one kind of which infests cultivated flax, while others are found on clover, heath, and whin. The gigantic Rafflesia belongs to this class. Without a vestige of foliage, it rises at once from the long slender...  Transactions of the Linnean Society - Page 228by Linnean Society of London - 1822Full view - About this book
 | History - 1829 - 854 pages
...out of another plant, in the manner of the misletoe, and is found in woods, on the roots and stems of those immense climbers which are attached, like cables, to the largest trees in the forest. The flower constitutes the whole of the plant, there being neither leaves, roots, nor a stem. The breadth... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson - Natural history - 1829 - 528 pages
...parasite, growing in woods, on the roots and stems of those immense climbers, generally of the genus Fitis, which are attached, like cables, to the largest trees in the forest. The flower constitutes the whole of the plant, there being neither leaves, roots, nor a stem. It is... | |
 | Lady Sophia Raffles - 1835 - 492 pages
...and more extensively known than I expected : in some districts it is simply called ambem ambem, and it seems to spring from the horizontal roots of those immense climbers or limes which are attached like cables to the largest trees of the forest. It takes three months from... | |
 | 1839
...in the woods on the roots and stems of those immense climbing plants, generally of the genus Vitis, which are attached, like cables, to the largest trees in the forest. The flower constitutes the whole of the plant, there being neither leaves, roots, nor stems. It is... | |
 | Benjamin Maund - Gardening - 1849 - 204 pages
...parasite, growing in woods, on the roots and stems of those immense climbers, generally of the genus Vitis, which are attached, like cables, to the largest trees in the forest. The flower constitutes the whole of the plant, there being neither leaves, roots, nor a stem. Itisa... | |
 | Robert Brown - Botany - 1866 - 630 pages
...account. Sir Stamford, in a letter to Mr. Marsden, states the following particulars : " I find the Krubut or Great Flower to be much more general and more extensively...in connection with the processes on the summit of thepistillum. I have had buds brought in from Manna, Sillibar, the interior of Bencoolen and Laye :... | |
 | World - 1868 - 528 pages
...vestige of foliage, it rises at once from the long slender stems of one of the wild vines of Sumatra — immense climbers, which are attached like cables to the largest trees in the forest. The buds push through the bark like little buttons, continuing to grow until they have the aspect of... | |
 | World - 1874 - 452 pages
...vestige of foliage, it rises at once from the long slender stems of one of the wild vines of Sumatra — immense climbers, which are attached like cables to the largest trees in the forest. The buds push through the bark like little buttons, continuing to grow until they have the aspect of... | |
 | Henry Davenport Northrop - Astronomy - 1887 - 886 pages
...vestige of foliage, it rises at once from the long slender stems of one of the wild vines of Sumatra — immense climbers, which are attached like cables to the largest trees in the forest. The buds push through the bark like little buttons, continuing to grow until they have the aspect of... | |
 | Henry Davenport Northrop - Science - 1887 - 886 pages
...vestige of foliage, it rises at once from the long slender stems of one of the wild vines of Sumatra — immense climbers, which are attached like cables to the largest trees in the forest. The buds push through the bark like little buttons, continuing to grow until they have the aspect of... | |
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