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... Essential character ; silicle lanceolate , one - celled , one - seeded , decidu- ous , bivalve ; valves navicular . There are five species , of which I. tinctoria , dyer's woad , is a biennial plant , with a fusiform , fibrous root ...
... Essential character ; silicle lanceolate , one - celled , one - seeded , decidu- ous , bivalve ; valves navicular . There are five species , of which I. tinctoria , dyer's woad , is a biennial plant , with a fusiform , fibrous root ...
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... Essential cha- racter : calyx four - cleft ; corolla none ; cap . sule four - celled , covered by the calyx . There is but one species , viz . I. palustris , which bears a great resemblance to peplis portulaca ; it is creeping and ...
... Essential cha- racter : calyx four - cleft ; corolla none ; cap . sule four - celled , covered by the calyx . There is but one species , viz . I. palustris , which bears a great resemblance to peplis portulaca ; it is creeping and ...
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... Essential character : calyx none ; petals five ; nectary trifid , tubular ; cap- sule recurved , many - seeded . There are three species . ISOSCELES triangle , in geometry , one that has two equal sides . See GEOMETRY . ISSUE , in law ...
... Essential character : calyx none ; petals five ; nectary trifid , tubular ; cap- sule recurved , many - seeded . There are three species . ISOSCELES triangle , in geometry , one that has two equal sides . See GEOMETRY . ISSUE , in law ...
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... Essential character : corolla ringent ; capsule two- celled , opening with an elastic claw ; sta- mina with a single anther . There are eighty species , mostly natives of the Cape of Good Hope and the East Indies . There are only two ...
... Essential character : corolla ringent ; capsule two- celled , opening with an elastic claw ; sta- mina with a single anther . There are eighty species , mostly natives of the Cape of Good Hope and the East Indies . There are only two ...
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... Essential character : corolla six - parted , three of the parts larger , spreading , one two - parted ; stigma two - plated . There are two species , viz . K. galanga , galangale ; and K. rotun- da . As these are both natives of the ...
... Essential character : corolla six - parted , three of the parts larger , spreading , one two - parted ; stigma two - plated . There are two species , viz . K. galanga , galangale ; and K. rotun- da . As these are both natives of the ...
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