Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Volume 14, Part 1Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... plants ; and in the natural method ranking under the 34th order , Cucurbitacea . The calyx is pentaphyl- lous ; there are five petals ; the nectarium a crown ; the berry is pedicillated . There are near 30 different fpecies ; all of ...
... plants ; and in the natural method ranking under the 34th order , Cucurbitacea . The calyx is pentaphyl- lous ; there are five petals ; the nectarium a crown ; the berry is pedicillated . There are near 30 different fpecies ; all of ...
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... plants ; and in the natural method ranking under the 45th order , Umbellata . The fruit is an elliptical com . preffed plane ; the petals are involuted and entire . There are only two fpecies of this genus ; the prin- cipal of which is ...
... plants ; and in the natural method ranking under the 45th order , Umbellata . The fruit is an elliptical com . preffed plane ; the petals are involuted and entire . There are only two fpecies of this genus ; the prin- cipal of which is ...
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... plants , whofe roots decay foon after their feeds are perfected , fo the ground , having no crop upon it , is again plough ed for corn ; and this is the conftant round which the lands are employed in by the better fort of farmers . But ...
... plants , whofe roots decay foon after their feeds are perfected , fo the ground , having no crop upon it , is again plough ed for corn ; and this is the conftant round which the lands are employed in by the better fort of farmers . But ...
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... plant makes no small share of the fward ; and it is equally good for wet and dry land , growing naturally upon gravel and clay in moft parts of England : which is a plain indication how eafily this plant may be cul- tivated to great ...
... plant makes no small share of the fward ; and it is equally good for wet and dry land , growing naturally upon gravel and clay in moft parts of England : which is a plain indication how eafily this plant may be cul- tivated to great ...
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... plant colonies here ever fince . About the middle of the Strait is a promontory call ed Cape Froifard , which is the most foutherly on the continent of South America . On the coafts of Patagonia lie a great number of iflands , or ...
... plant colonies here ever fince . About the middle of the Strait is a promontory call ed Cape Froifard , which is the most foutherly on the continent of South America . On the coafts of Patagonia lie a great number of iflands , or ...
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