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The Genera of Plants, a Fragment, Containing a Part of Liriogamæ Richard Anthony Salisbury No preview available - 2018 |
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3-fidum 3-loculare 3-valve æstate evanida Albuca Albumen alterna Amaryllis anceps anguste Antheræ apice autumno Botanist Bractea 1-riæ Bractes breviores brevissima Bulb Bulbus Bulbus ovatus Caulis cernui Chapel Allerton confluentia Corolla Corolla Tubus dehiscens deorsum Dicotyledones disco Embryo erecti Fasciculus fere Fila Filamenta Filaments inserted floral Envelope Flores albi Flowers Folia foliis fructu Genera Genus glabra glauca gracilis Herba in Promontorio Herbæ Hilum HORT inodori interiora J. B. KER JACQ juxta KER in Bot Lacinia lanceolata latiora Leaves lineari-attenuata lineari-lanceolata linearia LINNÉ loculis loculorum longa longior lorata marcescentia Massonia melliferous membranaceum minus Monocotyledones multo nomen nunc nutantes Ornithogalum parum patentia Pedicelli breves Pedicelli longi Pedicels Peduncle Pedunculus medio foliorum Pericarpium Pericarpium superum Petala in Tubum Petals Plant poris præter Radix receptaculo regularia sæpe sæpius Scilla Seeds Semina seriebus sessile sessilia singulis loculis solidus Species Spica Stigma Stigma 3-lobum Stipula Stylus subulata teres Tube tubi Tunica vegeta viridia
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