Encyclopædia Britannica: or, A dictionary of arts and sciences, compiled by a society of gentlemen in Scotland [ed. by W. Smellie]. Suppl. to the 3rd. ed., by G. Gleig, Volume 4 |
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Page 62
... plants or vegetables , to enable us to ftudy their properties and ufes . Vegetables confift of an innumerable fucceffion of individuals which it is impoffible to examine , and would be useless if it were poffible . It is therefore ...
... plants or vegetables , to enable us to ftudy their properties and ufes . Vegetables confift of an innumerable fucceffion of individuals which it is impoffible to examine , and would be useless if it were poffible . It is therefore ...
Page 63
... plants into various divifions ; first into fome very general divifions which may reduce them into a small compafs , then to fubdivide these ge- neral divifions into others less comprehenfive , and thefe into others , till we arrive at ...
... plants into various divifions ; first into fome very general divifions which may reduce them into a small compafs , then to fubdivide these ge- neral divifions into others less comprehenfive , and thefe into others , till we arrive at ...
Page 64
... plants are arranged into 24 divifions , called claffes . In 23 of these claffes , the flowers , or the pif- tils and ftamens , or at least the ftigmas and anthers , are evident . The 24th clafs comprehends all plants in which the ...
... plants are arranged into 24 divifions , called claffes . In 23 of these claffes , the flowers , or the pif- tils and ftamens , or at least the ftigmas and anthers , are evident . The 24th clafs comprehends all plants in which the ...
Page 65
... plants , or on plants which bear flowers with piftils and ftamens , others with ftamens or with piftils , or flowers of both kinds . The 21ft clafs contains thofe plants which have Rowers of different kinds on the fame plant , fome ...
... plants , or on plants which bear flowers with piftils and ftamens , others with ftamens or with piftils , or flowers of both kinds . The 21ft clafs contains thofe plants which have Rowers of different kinds on the fame plant , fome ...
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... plant . 2. DIOSCIA . When the flowers are anther - ftigmate and anthered , or anther - ftigmate and stigmate , on two different individual plants . 3. TRIOECIA . When the flowers of one individual plant of the fame fpecies are anther ...
... plant . 2. DIOSCIA . When the flowers are anther - ftigmate and anthered , or anther - ftigmate and stigmate , on two different individual plants . 3. TRIOECIA . When the flowers of one individual plant of the fame fpecies are anther ...
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1-feeded 1-fperma 2-celled 2-locul 2-locularis 2-valved 5-cleft 5-leaved 5-petaled 5-phyllus againſt alfo almoſt alſo America anthers arch Bacca bafe becauſe Berry branches cafes calyx Cape Capf capfule Catkin clafs colour confequence confiderable confifts corolla Cows Drupa Drupe Europe faid fame feed-veffel feeds feems fegments ferve feven feveral fhort fhould fide fimple firft fituation florets flowers fmall fmell fmooth fome fometimes fomewhat foon Four fpecies fpikes fpirit fruit ftalk ftamens ftamina ftem ftyle fubftance fubject fuch fufficient fuperior fupport fwine goats hermaphrodite himſelf horfes houſe Indies inferior inferted Involucrum Jamaica king laft leaves lefs Legume lofs many-feeded moft moſt muſt naked nectary obferved occafion oppofite ORDO ovate panicle parliament perfon petals piftil plants polyfperma prefent purpoſe racemes raiſed refuſe root Sect Seeds ſmall ſpecies Stam Stigma Styl tafte thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe Three fpecies tion tree TRIANDRIA umbel uſed Weft
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