The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Том 4Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 - 684 стор. |
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... plants while saturated with moisture : if that were to happen , the whole would be destroyed ; whereas , by a periodical inunda- tion the grass is sheltered from frost ; and , by drawing off the water as the spring ad- vances , and at ...
... plants while saturated with moisture : if that were to happen , the whole would be destroyed ; whereas , by a periodical inunda- tion the grass is sheltered from frost ; and , by drawing off the water as the spring ad- vances , and at ...
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... plant , with a fusiform , fibrous root : stem upright , round and sinooth , woody at bottom , branched at top ; stem leaves from two to three inches long , and scarcely half an inch in breadth ; flowers small , terminating the stem and ...
... plant , with a fusiform , fibrous root : stem upright , round and sinooth , woody at bottom , branched at top ; stem leaves from two to three inches long , and scarcely half an inch in breadth ; flowers small , terminating the stem and ...
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... plant ; stem stony , jointed , the joints longitudinally striate , united by spongy or horny junctures , and covered by a soft porous cellular flesh or bark ; mouth beset with oviparous po- lypes . There are six species . I. hippuris ...
... plant ; stem stony , jointed , the joints longitudinally striate , united by spongy or horny junctures , and covered by a soft porous cellular flesh or bark ; mouth beset with oviparous po- lypes . There are six species . I. hippuris ...
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... plants agree with the grasses in the glumes of their flowers , and the sheaths of their leaves ; they differ in having the stems filled with pith , whereas in grasses it is hollow . The rushes form an intermediate link between the ...
... plants agree with the grasses in the glumes of their flowers , and the sheaths of their leaves ; they differ in having the stems filled with pith , whereas in grasses it is hollow . The rushes form an intermediate link between the ...
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... plant with the females , but at a distance from them ; they are commonly on distinct plants . The female flowers are succeeded by roundish berries , which are at first " green , and when ripe are of a dark purple colour . They continue ...
... plant with the females , but at a distance from them ; they are commonly on distinct plants . The female flowers are succeeded by roundish berries , which are at first " green , and when ripe are of a dark purple colour . They continue ...
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The British Encyclopedia, Or Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ..., Том 4 William Nicholson Повний перегляд - 1809 |
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