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Makers of British Botany; a collection of biographies by living botanists — John Shaqi

Makers of British Botany; a collection of biographies by living botanists

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Makers of British Botany; a collection of biographies by living botanists

Botanists -- Great Britain -- Biography; Botany -- Great Britain -- History

"     v.  Flore stamineo: _e.g._ Urticaceae, Polygonaceae,
                       Chenopodiaceae, &c.
    "  vi-ix. Flore Composito seu aggregato: Compositae, with Dipsaceae,
                          _Eryngium_, _Globularia_.
    "     x.  Flore simplici, semine nudo solitario: _e.g._ _Valeriana_,
                          _Mirabilis_, _Agrimonia_.
    "    xi.  Umbelliferae.
    "   xii.  Stellatae: Rubiaceae.
    "  xiii.  Asperifoliae: Boraginaceae.
    "   xiv.  Verticillatae: Labiatae.
    "    xv.  Semine nudo, Polyspermae: _e.g._ _Alisma_, _Ranunculus_,
                       _Potentilla_.
    "   xvi.  Pomiferae: Cucurbitaceae.
    "  xvii.  Bacciferae: _Bryonia_, _Tamus_, _Arum_, _Polygonatum_,
                       _Solanum_, &c.
    "  xviii. Multisiliquae: folliculate plants, _e.g._ _Delphinium_,
                       _Asclepias_, _Sedum_.
    "    xix. Vasculiferae Flore monopetalo: (capsulate Gamopetalae).
                Regulari; Campanulaceae, Primulaceae, Malvaceae,
                       Gentianaceae, &c.
                Irregulari; Scrophulariaceae, _Aristolochia_,
                       _Acanthus_, &c.
    "     xx. Tetrapetalae Siliquosae et Siliculosae: Cruciferae.
                Anomalae; _Papaver_, _Euphorbia_, _Epilobium_, &c.
    "    xxi. Flore Papilionaceo, sive Leguminosae.
    "   xxii. Pentapetalae Enangiospermae sive Vasculiferae: (capsulate
                       Polypetalae), _e.g._ Caryophyllaceae, Cistaceae,
                       Hypericaceae, Geraniaceae, Violaceae.

                  _Monocotyledones._

  Genus  xxiii. Graminifoliae Tricapsulares, radice bulbosa, tuberosa,
                       fibrosa:
                Flore fructus basi cohaerente; Liliaceae.
                Flore summo fructui insidente; Iridaceae, Amaryllidaceae.
                Bulbosis Affines: _Cyclamen_, Orchidaceae, Zingiberaceae.
    "    xxiv.  Graminifoliae Flore stamineo; Gramineae, Cyperaceae,
                       Typhaceae.
    "     xxv.  Anomalae aut Incertae Sedis: e.g. _Nymphaea_, _Trapa_,
                       _Epimedium_, _Sarracenia_, _Piper_, &c.

DE ARBORIBUS ET FRUTICIBUS:
            A. =Flore a Fructu remoto=: (diclinous or dioecious plants).

  Genus  i. Coniferae: _Abies_, _Pinus_, _Cedrus_, _Cupressus_,
                       _Larix_, _Betula_, _Alnus_.
    "   ii. Non-Coniferae:
               Floribus racematim dispositis stamineis: _Buxus_,
                               _Pistacia_.
                     "    in fasciculos congestis: _Empetrum_.
               Juliferae: nuciferae: _Juglans_, _Corylus_, _Carpinus_,
                               _Quercus_, _Fagus_.
                          piluliferae: _Platanus_.
                          lanigerae: _Populus_, _Salix_.
               Bacciferae: _Juniperus_, _Taxus_, _Morus_.

            B. =Flore Fructui contiguo=:

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