A Manual Flora of Madeira and the Adjacent Islands of Porto Santo and the Desertas, Part 1J. Van Voorst, 1868 |
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A Manual Flora of Madeira and the Adjacent Islands of Porto Santo and the ... Richard Thomas Lowe No preview available - 2022 |
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acuminate acute anth axillary base beneath branches broadly Brot Buch cal.-tube Camacha Caniço carpels ciliate compressed Curral das Freiras cymes dark gr deciduous densely Desf diam disk distinct elongate erect filiform fleshy foliage full gr Funchal globose Godr hairs hairy Herb herbaceous hilum imbricate inconspicuous Koch lanceolate leafy less lfts ligulate linear lines long Linn lobes longer Machico naked nearly oblong obovate obtuse oval ovate panicle Pappus pedic petioles Pico pods Porto da Cruz pubescent purple rarely reflexed round scales of inv scarcely Seeds Seixal sessile Seub shining short shorter shortly simple slender slightly smooth sometimes spec spreading stalked Stam stiff stigma stip straight style terminal thick thickly toothed Tribe tube tuft umbels upper upwards Whole pl woody
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Page 576 - Averni, tollunt se celeres, liquidumque per ae'ra lapsae sedibus optatis geminae super arbore sidunt, discolor unde auri per ramos aura refulsit. quale solet silvis brumali frigore viscum 205 fronde virere nova, quod non sua seminat arbos, et croceo fetu teretis circumdare truncos — talis erat species auri frondentis opaca ilice, sic leni crepitabat brattea vento.
Page 82 - Yet, parch'd with scalding thirst and hunger fierce, Though to delude them sent, could not abstain ; But on they roll'd in heaps, and up the trees Climbing, sat thicker than the snaky locks That curl'd Megsera.