An Introduction to the Study of Botany: Including a Treatise on Vegetable Physiology, and Descriptions of the Most Common Plants in the Middle and Northern States |
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1-celled 1-flowered 1-seeded 2-3 feet high 2-valved 5-cleft 5-parted acuminate acute ament anthers awned axillary bark base belong beneath berry bipinnate bracts branches buds calyx caps capsule ciliate color contains cordate corolla corymb cotyledons culm deciduous dentate drupe fertile filaments florets foot high frond fruit genera genus germen glume green grows hairy imbricate inches high inferior involucrum July-Aug June-July lanceolate leaf leaflets leafy leaves lanceolate leaves ovate linear linear-lanceolate lobes many-seeded margin mucronate naked nearly nectary oblong obovate obtuse ORDER ovate-lanceolate panicle pedicels peduncles perianth pericarp petals petioles pinnate pistils plants Prop pubescent purple racemes receptacle root scabrous scales scape seeds segments serrate sessile sheaths Shrub silicle smooth species spikelets spikes stalk stamens stamens and pistils stem 2 feet stem erect sterile stigma style Swamps terete terminal ternate tree tribe umbels upper valves vegetable vessels Wet meadows yellow