Grasses Of Great Britain

Author : Anne Pratt
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780656355723
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (557 download)

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Download or read book The Flowering Plants, Grasses, Sedges,& Ferns of Great Britain and Their Allies, the Club Mosses, Horsetails, Etc (Classic Reprint) written by Anne Pratt and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-11 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Flowering Plants, Grasses, Sedges,& Ferns of Great Britain and Their Allies, the Club Mosses, Horsetails, Etc Calyx 4 - 5-lobed, not falling off corolla generally irregular, often 2-lipped, overlapping when in bud stamens usually 4, 2 long and 2 short, sometimes 2 or 5; ovary 2-celled style 1; stigma 2-lobed; capsule 2-celled, 2 - 4-valved, or opening by pores seeds few or numerous. This is a large and important order, consisting chicfly of herbaceous, but, in some cases, of shrubby plants, inhabiting all parts of the world. Many powerful medicinal plants are contained in it, as the F oxglove and the Hedge-hyssop (gratiola oficinalz's) while it contributes many beautiful flowers to our gardens, and makes our waysides gay with its Mulleins, Speedwells, and other lovely wild flowers. 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.