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... genus of plants of the natural family of Euphorbiacea . The species are found in India and in America , are climbing in habit , and some are remark- able for stinging as violently as nettles . TRAGOPO'GON , or Goat's Beard , a genus of ...
... genus of plants of the natural family of Euphorbiacea . The species are found in India and in America , are climbing in habit , and some are remark- able for stinging as violently as nettles . TRAGOPO'GON , or Goat's Beard , a genus of ...
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... genus of plants of the natural family of Onagraria , but sometimes appended to the Halorageę , sometimes formed into a distinct order Hydrocaryes , Water - nuts . The fruit is furnished with spines , and the species are commonly called ...
... genus of plants of the natural family of Onagraria , but sometimes appended to the Halorageę , sometimes formed into a distinct order Hydrocaryes , Water - nuts . The fruit is furnished with spines , and the species are commonly called ...
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... genus constituted by Dillenius , and applied to a variety of forms of Fungi belonging to this group , but now arranged under other genera . They included all kinds of the lower forms of plants which possessed a gelatinous character ...
... genus constituted by Dillenius , and applied to a variety of forms of Fungi belonging to this group , but now arranged under other genera . They included all kinds of the lower forms of plants which possessed a gelatinous character ...
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... genus of the natural family of Rutacea the fruit of which is armed with prickles . It is termed Caltrops , from the pronged instruments formerly em- ployed and still in use in the East for obstructing the progress of cavalry . The ...
... genus of the natural family of Rutacea the fruit of which is armed with prickles . It is termed Caltrops , from the pronged instruments formerly em- ployed and still in use in the East for obstructing the progress of cavalry . The ...
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... genus of Meliacea , containing but two or three African and about a dozen American and West Indian species . Some of these are trees , but most of them erect or climbing shrubs with unequally pinnate or trifoliate leaves and axillary ...
... genus of Meliacea , containing but two or three African and about a dozen American and West Indian species . Some of these are trees , but most of them erect or climbing shrubs with unequally pinnate or trifoliate leaves and axillary ...
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