This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1891 edition. Excerpt: ...patulo, galea angulo superiore rotundato inferiore acuto, filamentis anticis dense hirsutis posticis glabris vel leviter barbatis. Galen infra apioem broviuimo dentata margine glabra filamentis antiois tantum hirsutis, corolla. atropurpurea....... P. alr0pur;/urea. Gales edentota mnrgine pubeecente ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1891 edition. Excerpt: ...patulo, galea angulo superiore rotundato inferiore acuto, filamentis anticis dense hirsutis posticis glabris vel leviter barbatis. Galen infra apioem broviuimo dentata margine glabra filamentis antiois tantum hirsutis, corolla. atropurpurea....... P. alr0pur;/urea. Gales edentota mnrgine pubeecente filamentis nntioh dense postich loviter hirsutis, corolla orobrolcuca: -tubo corolla; glabro caule elato polyphyllo....... P. ezallalu. tubo corolloe intus hirsuto, caule luperne tantum folinto.. P. sumanu. 74. Limnogena. P. limnogonu Kerner; Oesterr. Bot. Zeitachr. xii, 362. Humilis caulibus simplicibus, foliia lanceolatis pinnatifidis segmentis ovato-lanceolatis serrato-dentatis caulinis sparsis paucis radicalia czespitoua excedentibus, spica terminali longiuacnla calyce campanulato pedicellato noc fisao dentibus deltoideia integris corollae tubo recto exserto labio galeam subaequanto patulo, filamentis anficis hirsutis. Corolla parvula, capsula calyce 2-plo longiore........ P. limuogeua. Humilea caulibus simplicibus foliia oblongo-lanceolatis pinnahsectis aegmentis anguate lanceolatis serratis caulinis aparsis paucis radicalibua caaspitosis minoribus, spica brevi calycc campanulato nec fisso profunde dentato dentibus angustis integris corollaa tubo rccto exsurto gnlca angulo superiore obtuso inferiom acute labio gnleam subzequante patulo. llumilis vol oluticr hirsuta foliis pectinatifidis sparsis spica laxa ceutripeta calyce cuinpauuluto corolla: tubo recto exserto labio galea breviore patulo, galea obtusissima inlra spicem miuutissime bidonticulata. Humiles hirsutae (glabriuscula P. olympica) foliis pectinatifidis sparsis spica densa centrifuge. calyce campanulato corolloe roseae tubo recto exserto labio patulo galea obtusissima. Spica..
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Very Good. Folio. Bound in contemporary quarter black leather. Gilt lettering on spine. 4 raised bands. Marbled boards. In protective mylar. Good binding and cover. Minor wear to extremities. Front board starting. Japanese character stamp on title page. Pencil notation on title page dating purchase from bookstore in Japan, 1951. 196 pages: illustrations; 35 cm. Clean, unmarked pages with tanning. Sir David Prain M.D., FRS was a Scottish physician and botanist. Prain duly went to India as a physician / botanist in the Indian Medical Service, and in 1887 was appointed curator of the Calcutta herbarium. In 1898 he was promoted director of the Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta as well as the Botanical Survey of India, and superintendent of Cinchona Cultivation in Bengal, remaining there until 1905. From 1898 to 1905 he also served as Professor of Botany at the Medical College of Calcutta. In 1905 he became Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Pedicularis is a genus of perennial green root parasite plants currently placed in the broomrape family Orobanchaceae (the genus previously having been placed in Scrophulariaceae). The highest diversity is in eastern Asia, with 352 species accepted in China alone.
