The Treasury of Botany a Popular Dictionary of Vegetable Kingdom - Couverture souple

Moore, Thomas; Lindley, John

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 3742830309 ISBN 13 : 9783742830302

Editeur : Hansebooks, 2016

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The Treasury of Botany a Popular Dictionary of Vegetable Kingdom is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1870. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres.As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature.Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

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Ci)e CrraiE furs ol I atanp. 654 LACAUSSADEA. Potylotrya. LACE-BARK. The inner bark of LageU aU nU aH a. LACEPEDEA. AM exican shrub, described bj Eunth as a dI stS nct genus, but which has gmce proved to be a spedes ofT urpinia. LACE-LEAF PLANT. Ouvtrandra. LACERATE, LACERUS. Irregularly divided by deep incisions. LACHENAUA. A genus of Lilyworts froT nth Cape of Good Hope, consisting gf biilbous plants, with lanceolate lorate often spotted leaves, and erect flower-scapes bearing a raceme of pendulous flowers, the yellow colour being predominant among them. The perianth is bI x-parted, with th segments connivent Into a cylindrical tabe, the throe exterior ones shorter than the others; there are six stamens,aad a threecelled many-ovuled ovary which becomes am nibranaceou8 three-winged capsule, containing but few geeds. L. pendula, I tO eola, tricolor, and qiM dricolor are familiar I nhabiU nts of our greenhouaea, and very ornamental In the spring months. [T. M.1 LA0HN2EA. Gape shrubs of the ThymelacecB tderiving their name from the woolly hairs that densely clothe their flowers. The inflorescence consists of terminal flowerheadsfrequently surrounded by bracts. The perianth is coloured, tnbular, jointed below, the lower portion persistent, the limb divided Into four segments, and having attached to it, at its junction with the tube, eight stamens in two rows, and as many scales (petals ?) inserted lower down than the stamens, and pU ced opposite to the divisions of the limh. [M. T. M.] LAOHNOCATTLON. A genus of ErioeaulacecB. They have fibrous roots, a very short stem, linear-lanceolate leaves, sheathed peduncles, and villous capitules of unisexual flowers. They are natives of Virginia, Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and other parts of North A merica. [J. H. B.] LACHNOSTACHYS. An Australian genus of A maranthaeecet consisting of woolly shrubs, with opposite rigid
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Hansebooks
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3742830309
• ISBN 13: 9783742830302
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 724
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible