Biltmore Botanical Studies, Vol. 1: A Journal of Botany Issued at Irregular Intervals; April 08, 1901 (Classic Reprint)

Biltmore Botanical Studies, Vol. 1: A Journal of Botany Issued at Irregular Intervals; April 08, 1901 (Classic Reprint)
ISBN-10
0331389894
ISBN-13
9780331389890
Category
Science
Pages
196
Language
English
Published
2017-11-19
Publisher
Forgotten Books
Author
Biltmore Herbarium

Description

Excerpt from Biltmore Botanical Studies, Vol. 1: A Journal of Botany Issued at Irregular Intervals; April 08, 1901 A perennial herb 3. 5dm - 1m tall: stems angled and striate, simple or branched, glabrous near the base, the uppermost portions of the stems together with the peduncles clothed with short, jointed, incurved, purplish-colored hairs: radical leaves spatulate, obovate or oblong-obovate, 3 - 12cm long, Smm - Icm broad, mostly 3-nerved; lower cauline leaves linear, linear-oblong or linear-lanceolate, 4°m - 2dm long, 2 - 13mm.broad, 1 - 3inerved, glabrous; upper cauline leaves gradually reduced in length and breadth, becoming in the uppermost mere linear-subulate bracts: involucral bracts 4 - 7mm lbng, subulate pointed, rigid, usually, winged below the middle florets 8-14mm long: corolla externally pubescent, the throat not conspicuously dilated: pappus scales 1 - 2mm long, pointed, entire or lacerate: achenes angled and ribbed, pubescent, 2 - 2.5mm long at maturity: chaff 'of the receptacle linear-subulate. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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