Letters on the Elements of Botany ... Translated ... with Notes, and Twenty-four Additional Letters ... By Thomas Martyn ... The Fourth Edition, with Corrections and ImprovementsB. & J. White, 1794 - 24 pages |
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almoſt alſo ament anthers baſe becauſe berry Blackw botaniſt bractes branches called calyx capsule character circumſtance claſs claſſes cloſe colour common confifting corolla Curt Curtis dear coufin diftinguiſhed diſtinct diviſion Duham edges fame feeds fide filaments filva firſt firſt order five florets flowers fome fructification fruit gardens genera genus germ herbaceous hift incloſed lance-ſhaped laſt leaflets leaves legume leſs LETTER Linnĉus lobes Lond Mill moſt naked nectary notched oblong obſerve obtufe Orchis ovate panicle paſtures peduncles petals petioles pinnate piſtil piſtilliferous flowers plants preſent purple racemes receptacle reſembling reſt roundiſh ruſt ſame ſcales ſcarcely ſecond ſection ſegments ſeparate ſeveral ſhall ſhaped ſhort ſhorter ſhould ſhrubs ſmall ſmaller ſmooth ſome ſometimes ſpecies ſpike ſpots ſpreading ſtalk ſtamens ſtaminiferous flowers ſtand ſtem ſtigma ſtructure ſtudy ſtyle ſuch ſuppoſe ſyſtem theſe thoſe trees tribe trifid umbellate uſe whoſe wild yellow