Flora Cestrica: an herborizing companion for the young botanists of Chester County, state of Pennsylvania: by William DarlingtonLindsay & Blakiston, 1853 - 498 pages |
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1-celled ½ an inch 12 inches long 5-lobed acuminate acute Akenes albumen aments anthers apex apothecia axillary base Berry bracts branches Calyptra Calyx Capsule carpels Cestr ciliate clusters Corolla corymbs Culms dense dioicous disk drupe elongated erect feet high fleshy florets frequent Fronds fruit glaucous globose glumes hairy half an inch Heads of flowers herbs imbricated inches in length involucre July June lance-linear lance-oblong lanceolate leaflets leafy leaves alternate Legume linear lobes low grounds margin membranaceous Moist monoicous naked nearly numerous oblong obtuse Octo oval ovary ovate ovoid pale palea panicle pedicels peduncles Perennial Perianth Peristome Petals petioles pistillate plant pubescent purple purplish racemes Radical leaves scales Scape seeds sepals Sept serrate sessile sheaths short slender smooth smoothish solitary sometimes species spikelets spikes Stamens Stem stem-leaves stigmas stipules style subsessile subulate summit tapering terete terminal Thallus Tournef trees umbels upper verticillate woodlands