 | Sir William Henry Sleeman - India - 1844 - 510 pages
...acre for the portion they till. The long straws of the plants reach up to the surface of the waters, upon which float their green leaves ; and their pure...latter part of the afternoon. The nut grows under the water after the flowers decay, and is of a triangular shape, and covered with a tough brown integument... | |
 | Baden Henry Baden-Powell - Decorative arts - 1868 - 790 pages
...extracted from COL. SLBEMAN'S " Rambles of an Indian Officer." The long stalks of the plants reach np to the surface of the water (in which they grow),...flowers decay, and is of a triangular shape, and covered with a tough brown integument adhering strongly to the kernel, which is white and esculent, and of... | |
 | Heber Drury - Botany - 1873 - 536 pages
...acre for the portion they tilL The long straws of the plants reach up to tho surface of the water, upon which float their green leaves ; and their pure...latter part of the afternoon. The nut grows under the water after the flowers decay, and is of a triangular shape, and covered with a tough brown integument... | |
 | Edward Balfour - India - 1873 - 1230 pages
...long stulks of the plants reach up to the surface of the water, upon which their green leaves flout, and their pure white flowers expand beautifully among...The nut grows under water after the flowers decay ; it is of a triangular simpe, and covered with a tough brown integument adhering strongly to the kernel,... | |
 | Gurgaon (India : District) - 1883 - 522 pages
...than English ideas,) and the soil of the bed of the pond should not be under the influence of 'reh.' The long stalks of the plants reach up to the surface...flowers decay, and is of a triangular shape, and covered with a tough brown integument adhering strongly to the kernel, which is white and esculent, and of... | |
 | Bombay (India : State) - 1886 - 424 pages
...acre for the portion they till. The long straws of the plants reach up to the surface of the water, upon which float their green leaves ; and their pure...latter part of the afternoon. The nut grows under the water after the flowers decay, and is of a triangular shape and covered with a tough brown integument... | |
 | Lewis Adolphus Bernays - Agriculture - 1888 - 252 pages
...acre for the portion they till. The long straws of the plants reach up to the surface of the water, upon which float their green leaves ; and their pure...latter part of the afternoon. The nut grows under the water after the flowers decay, and is of a triangular sliape, and covered with a tough brown integument... | |
 | 1893 - 650 pages
...acre for the portion they till. The long straws of the plants reach up to the surface of the water, upon which float their green leaves; and their pure...latter part of the afternoon. The nut grows under the water after the flowers decay, and is of a triangular shape, and covered with a tough brown integument... | |
 | Pharmacy - 1894 - 1150 pages
...portion they till. The long straws of the plants reach up to the surface of the water, upon which tioat their green leaves ; and their pure white flowers...latter part of the afternoon. The nut grows under the water after the flowers decay, and is of a triangular shape, and covered with a tough brown integument... | |
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The long straws of the plants reach up to the surface of the waters, upon which float their green leaves ; and their pure white flowers expand beautifully among them in the latter part of the afternoon. The nut grows under the water after the flowers... 