 | 1838 - 398 páginas
...day altogether of a pink colour; as if to enhance its beauty it is sweet scented. Like others of its tribe, the petals and stamens pass gradually into...each other, and many petaloid leaves may be observed which have vestiges of an anther. The petals next to the " Some drawings were sent home by Mr. Schomburgk... | |
 | 1838 - 590 páginas
...to enhance its beauty, it is sweet scented. Like others of its tribe, possesses a fleshy disc, and petals and stamens pass gradually into each other, and many petaloid leaves may be observed, which have vestiges of an anther. We met them afterwards frequently; and the higher we advanced the... | |
 | Prideaux John Selby, William Jardine - 1838 - 616 páginas
...it is sweet scented. Like others of its tribe it possesses a fleshy disk, and the petals and stamen pass gradually into each other, and many petaloid leaves may be observed which have vestiges of another. The petals next to the leaves of the calix are fleshy, and possess... | |
 | Botanical Society of London - 1839 - 140 páginas
...to enhance its beauty, it is sweet-scented. Like others of its tribe it possesses a fleshy disk, and the petals and stamens pass gradually into each other, and many petaloid leaves may be observed which have vestiges of an anther. The petals next to the leaves of the calyx are fleshy, and possess... | |
 | 1840 - 386 páginas
...day altogether of a pink colour; as if to enhance its beauty, it is sweet-scented. Like others of its tribe, the petals and stamens pass gradually into...each other, and many petaloid leaves may be observed which have vestiges of an anther. The petals next to the leaves of the calyx are fleshy, and possess... | |
 | 1842 - 496 páginas
...is sweet scented. Like others of its tribe it possesses a fleshy disc, and petals and stamens which pass gradually into each other, and many petaloid leaves may be observed which have vestiges of an anther. We met them afterwards frequently, and the higher we advanced the... | |
 | 1850 - 610 páginas
...day altogether of a pink colour; as if to enhance its beauty, it is sweet-scented. Like others of its tribe, the petals and stamens pass gradually into...each other, and many petaloid leaves may be observed which have vestiges of an anther. The petals next to the leaves of the calyx are fleshy, and possess... | |
 | George Lawson - 1851 - 124 páginas
...add to the charm of this noble Water-Lily, it difl'uses a sweet scent. As in the case of others in the same tribe, the petals and stamens pass gradually...anther. The seeds are numerous, and imbedded in a spongy substance. Ascending the river, we found this plant frequently, and the higher we advanced,... | |
 | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Philip Henry Gosse - 1857 - 312 páginas
...add to the charm of this noble water-lily, it exhales a sweet scent. As in the case of other flowers of the same tribe, the petals and stamens pass gradually into each other ; and many petaled leaves may be seen bearing the vestiges of an anther. The seeds axe numerous, and imbedded... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson Page - 1859 - 662 páginas
...enhance its beauty, it is sweet-scented ; and, like others of its tribe, it possesses a fleshy disk, and petals and stamens pass gradually into each other, and many petaloid leaves may be observed which have vestiges of an anther." 1 The color of thono I KW wia very much the same on both aider,... | |
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of the same tribe, the petals and stamens pass gradually into each other, and many petaloid leaves may be observed bearing vestiges of an anther. The seeds are numerous, and imbedded in a 