Florula Bostoniensis: A Collection of Plants of Boston and Its Environs, with Their Generic and Specific Characters, Synonyms, Descriptions, Places of Growth, and Time of Flowering, and Occasional Remarks |
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... alternate , slender . Calyx leaves seven , linear - lanceolate , two of them external . Corolla irregular , yellow , its tube curv- ed , and hairy within . Stamens two inserted in the sides of the corolla . Style long , persistent ...
... alternate , slender . Calyx leaves seven , linear - lanceolate , two of them external . Corolla irregular , yellow , its tube curv- ed , and hairy within . Stamens two inserted in the sides of the corolla . Style long , persistent ...
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... alternate leaves , and from two to eight flowers . Leaves linear , erect , sheathing at their base . Bractes or involucres close , becoming dry . Pe- duncles flattened on the inside , varying in their proportions to the bractes , but ...
... alternate leaves , and from two to eight flowers . Leaves linear , erect , sheathing at their base . Bractes or involucres close , becoming dry . Pe- duncles flattened on the inside , varying in their proportions to the bractes , but ...
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... alternate , sheathing , the sheaths tubular or entire . Flowers in fascicles on footstalks , terminal and axillary , erect . Glumes white , afterward becoming brown- ish . Seeds surrounded with short hairs . - In low woods and swamps ...
... alternate , sheathing , the sheaths tubular or entire . Flowers in fascicles on footstalks , terminal and axillary , erect . Glumes white , afterward becoming brown- ish . Seeds surrounded with short hairs . - In low woods and swamps ...
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... alternate , with en- tire sheaths ; racemes axillary and terminal . Syn . SCIRPUS SPATHACEUs . Mich . The lower A tall leafy grass . Stem smooth , hardly three sided , cover- ed with numerous short , flat , smooth , spreading leaves ...
... alternate , with en- tire sheaths ; racemes axillary and terminal . Syn . SCIRPUS SPATHACEUs . Mich . The lower A tall leafy grass . Stem smooth , hardly three sided , cover- ed with numerous short , flat , smooth , spreading leaves ...
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... wool . - Au- gust . - Perennial . 19. SPARTINA . SPARTINA CYNOSUROIDES . Muhl . Rough grass . Spikes numerous , alternate or scattered ; pe- T duncles rough ; outer valve of the calyx rough with 16 Class III . Order I.
... wool . - Au- gust . - Perennial . 19. SPARTINA . SPARTINA CYNOSUROIDES . Muhl . Rough grass . Spikes numerous , alternate or scattered ; pe- T duncles rough ; outer valve of the calyx rough with 16 Class III . Order I.
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acuminate acute ament anthers ASTER August.-Perennial awns axillary axils Barren flowers base berry bractes branches bristles capsule celled ciliate colour common corolla corolla five corymbs crenate Culm cylindrical cymes drupe edge entire feet high Fertile flowers five cleft flat fleshy florets Flowers small footstalks frond fruit glabrous Glumes grass grows hairy heart-shaped HEDYSARUM imbricate involucre July.-Perennial leafets leafy Leaves alternate Leaves lanceolate Leaves opposite leaves ovate Leaves pinnate Leaves ternate linear linear-lanceolate lobes loment margin MONOGYNIA Muhl naked nearly nectary nerved numerous obtuse oval Panicle peduncles Perennial petals petals five petioles pinnate pinnatifid pistils plant pubescent purple racemes Receptacle road sides root rough roundish scales scape seeds segments serrate sessile shaped sheaths short shrub Silicle slender species spikelets spikes spreading stalks stamens Stem erect Stem round stigma styles tall tapering teeth terminal ternate toothed tree umbels valved whitish whorls Willd wood yellow
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Page 33 - ... ending in four, rounded segments, with black points, on short footstalks, at the angles, just within which are the anthers, resting erect on the end of filaments which are attached to the tube of the corolla within. The style is twice as long as the corolla, tapering, and ending in an ovate stigma. " Button bush, or river bush, is a frequent ornament of the water side, its insulated thickets furnishing a safe retreat for the nests of the black bird, ( Oriolus phceniceus)." "The appearance of...
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Page ii - Florula Bostoniensis. A Collection of Plants of Boston and its Environs, with their Generic and Specific Characters, Synonyms, Descriptions, Places of Growth, and Time of Flowering, and Occasional Remarks, — by Jacob Bigelow, MD, 1814.
Page 40 - Among the crimson and yellow hues of the falling leaves there is no more remarkable object than the witch-hazel, in the moment of parting with its foliage, putting forth a profusion of gaudy, yellow blossoms, and giving to November the counterfeited appearance of spring.
Page 135 - ... genus without a calyx should have a calyx of three leaves., Linnaeus, in associating this plant with the Anemonies, considered the calyx from its remoteness to be an involuesum, and not a perianth.
Page 64 - Fringed Gentian. — This Gentian is exceeded by few native plants, in the delicacy and beauty of its flowers. The stems are divided toward the top into several erect branches. The leaves are opposite, ovate-lanceolate, smaller than in G. Saponaria. Flowers erect on the ends of the branches. Segments of the corolla of a deep fine purple, fringed at the end, expanded in the sun, erect and twisted at other times; one foot high. Found in bloom in moist places in September and October. This is a very...
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Page ii - Lord 1813, and in the thirty eighth year of the independence of the United States of America, WASHINGTON ALLSTON, Esq.
Page 209 - Petals four, spreading, the two lateral ones narrower, and somewhat waved or twisted. Nectary a large, purple, inflated bag, veined, villous, and longer than the petals. Style over the base of the nectary, supporting two lateral anthers...