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. 1787 Excerpt: ...colour'd, elastic. Seeds two, large, convex, egg'd, callous, as it were one, two-lobed. 277. CE277. CEDRELA. f Cedro Lees. 183. Cedrela Brown t. 10. f. 1. Cal. Perianth one-leaved, bell'd, very small, five-tooth'd, wither ing Cor. funnel-form, five-petal'd, the tube bellied below: Petals lineoblong, obtuse, erect, ...
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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. 1787 Excerpt: ...colour'd, elastic. Seeds two, large, convex, egg'd, callous, as it were one, two-lobed. 277. CE277. CEDRELA. f Cedro Lees. 183. Cedrela Brown t. 10. f. 1. Cal. Perianth one-leaved, bell'd, very small, five-tooth'd, wither ing Cor. funnel-form, five-petal'd, the tube bellied below: Petals lineoblong, obtuse, erect, adjoin'd to the receptacle at one third beneath. Stam. Filaments five, awl'd, sitting on the receptacle, shorter than the corol. Anthers oblong, bent outwards, at the top. Pist. Proper Receptacle five-angled. Germ globular. Style cylindric, the length of he corol. Stigma headed, deprefs'd. Per. Capjule woody, roundish, five-cell'd, five-valv'd: the valvelets deciduous. Seeds numerous, fleshy, imbricated downwards, terminated by a membranous wing. Receptacle woody, five-angled, free. Obs. // may be compared with Swietenia. 1372. ESCALLONIA. Mutts. S. Cal. Perianth one-leaved, flat, five-tooth'd, permanent. Cor. Petals five, tongued, distant, longer. Stam. Filaments five, linear, the length of the calyx. Anthers incumbent. Pist. Germ beneath, hemispheric. Style cylindric, the length of the Germ. Stigma headed. Per. Berry roundish, crown'd with the calyx, two-cell'd. Seeds numerous, small. 1373. CORYNOCARPUS. Club-fruit.) Forji. gen. no 16. S. Cal. Perianth beneath, five-petal'd: the leaflets oblong, concave. Cor. Petals five, roundish, narrow at the base, erect. Neclary. Leaflets five, erect, petal-form, but narrower, scarcely snorter, augmented at the base with a globular gland, alternating with the petals. Stam. Filaments five, awl'd, from the base of the petals. Anthers oblong. Pist. Germ above, globular. Style short, thread-form. Stigma obtuse. Per. Nut top-club'd, one-seeded. iEED Nucleus oblong. K3 1374. AR1374. ARGOPHyLLUM. White-kdj. ) FWst....
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