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Pagina 132
... BOTANY Index . ACETOSELLA , in Botany , a species of OXALIS . See BOTANY Index . ACETOUS , an epithet applied to such substances as are sour , or partake of the nature of vinegar . ACETUM , VINEGAR , the vegetable ACID of the chemists ...
... BOTANY Index . ACETOSELLA , in Botany , a species of OXALIS . See BOTANY Index . ACETOUS , an epithet applied to such substances as are sour , or partake of the nature of vinegar . ACETUM , VINEGAR , the vegetable ACID of the chemists ...
Pagina 140
... Botany , the trivial name of a spe- cies of SPILANTHUS . See BOTANY Index . ACMODÆ , in Ancient Geography , seven islands in the British sea , supposed by some to be the Scilly islands , but by others those of Shetland near the Orkneys ...
... Botany , the trivial name of a spe- cies of SPILANTHUS . See BOTANY Index . ACMODÆ , in Ancient Geography , seven islands in the British sea , supposed by some to be the Scilly islands , but by others those of Shetland near the Orkneys ...
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... BOTANY Index . ALSINASTRUM , in Botany , the trivial name of the elatine . See ELATINE , BOTANY Index . ALSINE , or CHICK WEED . See BOTANY Index . The common chickweed affords a remarkable instance of what is called the sleep of plants ...
... BOTANY Index . ALSINASTRUM , in Botany , the trivial name of the elatine . See ELATINE , BOTANY Index . ALSINE , or CHICK WEED . See BOTANY Index . The common chickweed affords a remarkable instance of what is called the sleep of plants ...
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