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Allium Descendens Purple-headed Garlick

Class and Order. Hexandria Monogynia. Generic Character. Cor. 6-partita, patens. Spatha multiflora. Umbella congesta. Caps. supera. Specific Character and Synonyms. ALLIUM descendens caule subteretifo...

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Amaryllis Atamasco Atamasco Lily

Class and Order. Hexandria Monogynia. Generic Character. Cor. hexapetaloidea, irregularis. Filamenta fauci tubi inserta, declinata, inæqualia proportione vel directione. Linn. Fil. Specific Char...

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Aquilegia Canadensis Canadian Columbine

Class and Order. Polyandria Pentagynia. Generic Character. Cal. 0. Petala 5. Nectaria 5 corniculata, inter petala. Caps. 5 distinctæ. Specific Character and Synonyms. AQUILEGIA canadensis nectar...

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Arabis Alpina Alpine Wall-cress

Class and Order. Tetradynamia Siliquosa. Generic Character. Glandulæ nectariferæ 4, singulæ intra calycis foliola, squamæ instar reflexæ. Specific Character and Synonyms....

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Buchnera Viscosa Clammy Buchnera

Class and Order. Didynamia Angiospermia. Generic CharactThe Botanical Magazineer. Cal. obsolete 5-dentatus. Corollæ limbus 5-fidus, æqualis: lobis cordatis. Caps. 2-locularis. Specific Cha...

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Chironia Baccifera Berry-bearing Chironia

Class and Order. Pentandria Monogynia. Generic Character. Cor. rotata. Pistillum declinatum. Stamina tubo corollæ infidentia. Antheræ demum spirales. Peric. 2-loculare. Specific Character...

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Disandra Prostrata Trailing Disandra

Class and Order. Heptandria Monogynia. Generic Character. Cal. sub 7-partitus. Cor. rotata, subseptem-partita. Caps. 2-locularis, polysperma. Specific Character and Synonyms. DISANDRA prostrata. Linn....

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Erica Cerinthoides Honeywort-flower'd Heath

Class and Order. Octandria Monogynia. Generic Character. Cal. 4-phyllus. Cor. 4-fida. Filamenta receptaculo inferta. Antheræ bifidæ. Caps. 4-locularis. Specific Character and Synonyms. ERI...

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Fagonia Cretica Cretian Fagonia

Class and Order. Decandria Monogynia. Generic Character. Cal. 5-phyllus. Petala 5, cordata. Caps. 5-locularis, 10-valvisi, loculis 1-spermis. Specific Character and Synonyms. FAGONIA cretica spinosa,...

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