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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1831 Excerpt: ...are solitary, but there is a 2-leaved involucre, which, probably, occasionally produces more than one flower. The flower itself is large, an inch and a half and more in diameter, sometimes bearing stamens only; at other times, both stamens and pistils, and these perfect. The stamens are three-fourths of an inch long: filaments compressed: anthers oblong, yellow. Pistils numerous.: style, or awn, as long as the stamens, very silky, naked only above. The leaves are as described by M. Kunth; and the stem is angled and downy In the subjoined List, I hare confined myself to the plants preserved in the Herbarium. Many seeds were collected which have been distributed to different gardens; and several of the plants raised from them proved exceedingly interesting, and have been published by Dr. Graham in the Edin. Phil. Journ., and by myself in the Botanical Magazine.--Ed. 2. Ranunculus Guzmannii; foliis superne petiolisque villosis, radicalibus suborbiculatis trifidis, lobis apice grosse dentatis, superioribus 3-fidis lobis oblongis integris, caule erecto piloso paucifloro, calyce adpresso villosissimo. DC.--Humb. Tabl. Phys. des Reg. Eg. p. 69. Humb. et Kunth, Nov. Gen. v. 5. p. 43. De Less. Ic. v. 1. t. 34. De Cand. Prodr. v. I. p. 29.--p. nanus; foliis profunde partitis. Hab. p. Pastures at Pasco. The solitary specimen of this plant, brought home by Mr. Cruckshanks, agrees well with Humboldt's description and with De Lessertfs figure, except that the stem is scarcely 4 inches high, and the leaves are very deeply divided. The roots are fasciculated, a span long.--This is a truly alpine species of Ranunculus. It is among the plants noticed by M. de Humboldt in describing the vegetable features, at different elevations, of the aequinoctial regions. "Still high...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781130119176
  • Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Publisher Imprint: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 140
  • Spine Width: 8 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1130119173
  • Publisher Date: 06 Mar 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 263 gr


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