Manual of Botany for North America: Containing Generic and Specific Descriptions of the Indigenous Plants and Common Cultivated Exotics, Growing North of the Gulf of Mexico |
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Manual of Botany, for North America: Containing Generic and Specific ... Amos Eaton No preview available - 2018 |
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1-celled 1-flowered 2-valved 3-lobed 3-nerved 3-sided 5-cleft 5-leaved 5-parted 5-toothed acuminate acute anthers apex Apothecia awned axillary base beneath berry bracts branches calyx capsule cauline ciliate compressed cordate corol corymbed crenate culm cylindric divisions egret elongated entire Exotic few-flowered filaments filiform florets flowers flowers-calyx frond fruit germ glabrous glaucous globose glumes hairy hirsute hispid imbricate involucre lance-oblong lance-ovate leafets leafy leaves lance-linear leaves lanceolate leaves linear leaves oblong leaves opposite leaves ovate leaves ternate legumes lobes many-flowered many-seeded margin membranaceous mucronate naked nectary nerved oblong-ovate obovate obtuse oval panicle pedicels peduncles peristome petals petioles pileus pilose pinnate pinnatifid pistillate pistillate spikes plant pubescent racemes radical leaves receptacle roundish scabrous scales scape seeds serrate sessile short shorter silicle slender smooth solitary Southern spikelets spreading stamens staminate spike stem erect stem simple stigma stipe stipules style sub-sessile subulate terete terminal ternate toothed umbels upper valves villose