| 1841 - 450 pages
...the traveller's friend. It differs from most other trees, in having all its branches in one place, like the sticks of a fan, or the feathers of a peacock's tail. At the extremity of each branch grows a broad double leaf, several feet in length, which spreads itself... | |
| 1853 - 486 pages
...were thus ranged all in one plane. The branch struck off from one of the intermedia! sides, at what in the transverse section would be at right angles with...contour the old Jewish candlestick, as sculptured on the arch of Titus. Mr. M. then went on to show that Ulodenriron was not, as surmised by the authors... | |
| 1853 - 488 pages
...were thus ranged all in one plane. The branch struck off from one of the intermedial sides, at what in the transverse section would be at right angles with...work, Mr. M. had been accustomed, he said, to think of Ulodendron—though his evidence on the subject was still far from ample — as a plant somewhat resembling... | |
| Hugh Miller - 1864 - 368 pages
...We found it to differ," he says, " from most other trees, in having all its branches in one place, like the sticks of a fan, or the feathers of a peacock's tail." The ulodendron seems also to have had its branches all in one place; but, besides this peculiarity,... | |
| Hugh Miller - 1865 - 530 pages
...1 believe, its botanic name. We found it to differ from most other trees in having all its brandies in one plane, like the sticks of a fan or the feathers of a peacock's tail." I may further mention, that the specimen which showed me tin' abrupt cactus-like terminations of Ulodendron... | |
| Beauties - 1866 - 310 pages
...from Madagascar. It differs from most other trees in having all its branches in one plane ; that is, like the sticks of a fan or the feathers of a peacock's tail. At the extremity of each branch grows a broad double leaf, several feet in length, which spreads out... | |
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