Florigraphia Britannica; Or, Engravings and Descriptions of the Flowering Plants and Ferns of Britain, Volume 3Groombridge, 1857 - Botany |
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acuminate acute albumen angular Anthers apex awl-shaped axillary axis Barren flowers base beak beneath bifid bracteas branched British Flora brown Calyx Capsules Carex carpels Catkins celled CHAR colour compressed Corolla cylindrical dark downy elliptic English Botany entire feet high Fertile flowers filaments five five-cleft fleshy Florets flowering in July footstalk four GENUS glaucous globose green hairs hairy herbaceous Hooker imbricated inches long Inflorescence Involucre Involucrum Juss keel leaflets leafy Legume ligulate linear lanceolate Linn margin membranous mid-rib numerous oblong obovate obtuse Ovary ovate lanceolate pale panicle Pappus pedicles peduncles Perennial Perianth petals petiolated pubescence racemes Radicle ribbed Root fibrous rough round roundish scales seeded segments sepals serrated sessile sheaths short shrub silky slender smooth solitary species spike spikelets spreading stalk Stamens Stem erect Stigmas Stigmas three stipules striated Style Synopsis tapering teeth terminal three lobed toothed tree tubular umbel unequal upper whole plant yellow
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