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. 1871 Excerpt: ...Lachanodes, DO.--Capitulum homogamum, fioribus ad 5 albis tubulosis 5-lobis hermaphroditis. Involucrum angustum; foliola ad 5, 1-serialia, anguste linearia, acuta, apice non sphacelata, basi calyculata. Receptaculum parvum, planum, papillosum, nudum. Corolla tubus elongatus, gracilis, basi dilatatus; linibus angustus; ...
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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. 1871 Excerpt: ...Lachanodes, DO.--Capitulum homogamum, fioribus ad 5 albis tubulosis 5-lobis hermaphroditis. Involucrum angustum; foliola ad 5, 1-serialia, anguste linearia, acuta, apice non sphacelata, basi calyculata. Receptaculum parvum, planum, papillosum, nudum. Corolla tubus elongatus, gracilis, basi dilatatus; linibus angustus; lobi elongati, lineares, revoluti, 3-nerves. Anthera exsert, elongat, ecaudat, connectivo apice brevi. Styll rami elongati, filiformes, revoluti, apice truncati, papillosi. Pappus pluriserialis, pilis rigidulis scaberulis albis. Achanium angustum, angulatum, obscure costatum.--Arbor parva, ramulis robustis. Folia alterna, petiolata, dentata. Capitula in paniculas axillares horizontaliter patentes disposita, pendula. 1 . prenanthiflora, Burch. in DC. Prod. vi. 442.--Mtkania arborea, Boxb. in Beatson's St. Helena Tracts, 313 (non Kunth). Solidago Leucadendron, Willd. Sp. PI. iii. 2054. Hab. St. Helena, on Diana's Peak, and on Sandy Bay ridge, alt. 2-2500 ft. Flowering October to February. Bed or purple Cabbage-tree, Burchell. "He" and " She Cabbage-tree," Roxburgh.. Arbor parva, 5-15 ped. alta, trunco crasso, cortice pallido, ligno molli, ramis paucis ultimis rubro-purpureis robustis fragilibus. Folia apices versus ramulorum sparsa, magnitudine valde varia, in plantis junioribus subsessilia, obovato-lanceolata, 1-2-pedalia, in adultis 2-5-pollicaria, in petiolum brevem v. sub quilongum angustata, obovato-oblonga, obtuse irregulariter dentata, oarnosula, superne glabra, nitida, subtus subfurfuraceo-tomentosa v. glabrata, l te viridia, costa purpurea, juniora subtus albo-lanata. Capitula-J-poll. longa, in paniculas horizontaliter patentes axillares disposita, pendula, ramis ramulis peduncu...
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