The Vegetable Kingdom; Or, The Structure, Classification, and Uses of Plants: Illustrated Upon the Natural System, 1-2. sējumiBradbury & Evans, 1853 - 984 lappuses |
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xxii. lappuse
... bark is embraced by some parasitical climber ; then comes the Couratari legalis , a high tree , whose timber is used in house - building ; it forms a stem 60 or 70 feet high without a branch , and then spreads into a hemispherical head ...
... bark is embraced by some parasitical climber ; then comes the Couratari legalis , a high tree , whose timber is used in house - building ; it forms a stem 60 or 70 feet high without a branch , and then spreads into a hemispherical head ...
22. lappuse
... bark . The utricles form- ing a lateral branchlet , proceeding either from the upper joint of the branch , or occasionally from the lowest . Tribe 1. Hydrogas- trida - Frond produced from a single vesicle or tube , rarely from several ...
... bark . The utricles form- ing a lateral branchlet , proceeding either from the upper joint of the branch , or occasionally from the lowest . Tribe 1. Hydrogas- trida - Frond produced from a single vesicle or tube , rarely from several ...
47. lappuse
... bark . In the tropics they lay hold of evergreen leaves . Their chosen climate is one that is temperate and moist ; aspects to the north or west are also their favourite resort , for they shun the rays of the noon - day sun . No place ...
... bark . In the tropics they lay hold of evergreen leaves . Their chosen climate is one that is temperate and moist ; aspects to the north or west are also their favourite resort , for they shun the rays of the noon - day sun . No place ...
83. lappuse
... bark of the stock . remarks that in Pilostyles and Cytinus , where the plants are closely approximated , their possible origin from a common base or thallus , is rendered the more probable by the parasites in the former genus , which is ...
... bark of the stock . remarks that in Pilostyles and Cytinus , where the plants are closely approximated , their possible origin from a common base or thallus , is rendered the more probable by the parasites in the former genus , which is ...
89. lappuse
... bark of the root of the plant , which is henceforward the stock . Vascular tissue forms in the axis of this mass , which swells , and displacing more bark , enlarges to a tuberous rhizome , that in most cases finally envelopes the root ...
... bark of the root of the plant , which is henceforward the stock . Vascular tissue forms in the axis of this mass , which swells , and displacing more bark , enlarges to a tuberous rhizome , that in most cases finally envelopes the root ...
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1-celled abortion acrid Acrogens Adans æstivation affinity albumen Alliance America anatropal anthers apex appear aromatic astringent Aubl axile axillary axis bark base Benth Blum Blume Botanists bracts Brown called calyx calyx and corolla Candolle capsule carpels cells cellular character Class colour Corda corolla cotyledons disk distinct drupe embryo employed Endl Endlicher Endogens erect Exogens filaments fleshy albumen flowers fruit GENERA genus herbaceous hilum hypogynous imbricated India juice Juss Jussieu Kunth latter Leaves alternate Lichens Lindl Linn lobes Lour Mart Martius Meisner membranous Miers Monocotyledons monopetalous naked Natural Orders Nees opposite ovary ovules parietal peculiar pendulous perianth perigynous petals pistil placenta plants pollen polypetalous Presl Prodr radicle regarded remarkable resemblance root Salisb seeds sepals sessile shrubs simple solitary sometimes species spiral spore-cases spores stamens stem stigma stipules structure style superior Tournef trees tropical tube usually valvate valves vegetable Wight Willd
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136. lappuse - ... as it acquires solidity, till at last it is almost as hard as ivory. The liquor contained in the young fruits becomes acid if they are cut from the tree and kept some time. From the kernels the Indians fashion the knobs of walking-sticks, the reels of spindles, and little toys, which are whiter than ivory, and as hard, if they are not put under water ; and if they are, they become white and hard again when dried. Bears devour the young fruit with avidity.
36. lappuse - Small deep-coloured specimens, thickly covered with warts, are also said to be more powerful than those of a larger size and paler colour. The usual mode of taking the Fungus is, to roll it up like a bolus, and swallow it without chewing, which, the Kamchatkadales say, would disorder the stomach.
269. lappuse - A branch is cut, corresponding to the length and diameter of the sack wanted. It is soaked a little, and then beaten with clubs until the inner bark separates from the wood.
338. lappuse - ... either equal in number to the petals, and alternate with them, or, if more numerous, some regular multiple of the petals.
x. lappuse - Its object is to give a concise view of the state of Systematical Botany at the present day, to show the relation or supposed relation of one group of plants to another, to explain their geographical distribution, and to point out the various uses to which the species are applied in different countries.
36. lappuse - It is said that, from time immemorial, the inhabitants have known that the Fungus imparts an intoxicating quality to that secretion, which continues for a considerable time after taking it. For instance, a man moderately intoxicated to-day will, by the next morning, have slept himself sober, but (as is the custom), by taking a teacup of his urine he will be more powerfully intoxicated than he was the preceding day.
319. lappuse - The tree has, moreover, the property of rendering the toughest animal substances tender by causing a separation of the muscular fibre — its very vapor even does this ; newly killed meat suspended over the leaves, and even old hogs and poultry, when fed on the leaves and fruit, become ' tender in a few hours !'
109. lappuse - The grains which extend farthest to the north in Europe are barley and oats. These, which in the milder climates are not used for bread, afford to the inhabitants of the northern parts of Norway and Sweden, of a part of Siberia and Scotland, their chief vegetable nourishment.
32. lappuse - I have counted above 10,000,000), so subtle (they are scarcely visible to the naked eye, and often resemble thin smoke), so light (raised, perhaps, by evaporation into the atmosphere), and are dispersed in so many ways, (by the attraction of the sun, by insects, wind, elasticity, &c.), that it is difficult to conceive a place from which they can be excluded.
376. lappuse - ... is one of the species most known as yielding the Rhatany root of commerce, but all the species (of Krameria), as far as known, are intensely astringent. In Peru an extract is made from this species which is a mild, easily assimilated astringent medicine, possessed of great power in passive, bloody or mucous discharges...