CHAMBERS'S ENCYCLOPAEDIA: A DICTIONARY OF UNIVERSAL KNOWLEDGE FOR THE PEOPLE. IN TEN VOLUMES. VOL. II.1872 |
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... leaves . It produces berries , of the size of a middle - sized cherry , tion with Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton and Dr. Lardner , he started The Monthly Chronicle , a literary periodical , published by Longman & Co .; and latterly was editor ...
... leaves . It produces berries , of the size of a middle - sized cherry , tion with Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton and Dr. Lardner , he started The Monthly Chronicle , a literary periodical , published by Longman & Co .; and latterly was editor ...
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... leaves . The flowers grow in threes , sessile in the axils of the leaves , and are beautiful and extremely curious . The calyx is a thick , leathery cup , divided into five ovate segments . The corolla consists of three distinct rings ...
... leaves . The flowers grow in threes , sessile in the axils of the leaves , and are beautiful and extremely curious . The calyx is a thick , leathery cup , divided into five ovate segments . The corolla consists of three distinct rings ...
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... leaf with its sheathing base ) is elongated and acute , whilst in A. vulgaris it is very short , and appears as if cut off . A variety , so little different as scarcely to deserve the name , but with somewhat broader leaves and more ...
... leaf with its sheathing base ) is elongated and acute , whilst in A. vulgaris it is very short , and appears as if cut off . A variety , so little different as scarcely to deserve the name , but with somewhat broader leaves and more ...
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... leaves , which still bears in America the name of Benzoin , or Benjamin Tree , and is also called Spice- wood or Fever - bush . It has a highly aromatic bark , which is stimulant and tonic , and which is much used in North America in ...
... leaves , which still bears in America the name of Benzoin , or Benjamin Tree , and is also called Spice- wood or Fever - bush . It has a highly aromatic bark , which is stimulant and tonic , and which is much used in North America in ...
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... leaves are ordinarily chewed in the manner just described , which are also called B. - PEPPER or PAWN . Some of them are very exten- sively cultivated , particularly Chavica Betle , C. Siraboa , and C. Malamiri , climbing shrubs with ...
... leaves are ordinarily chewed in the manner just described , which are also called B. - PEPPER or PAWN . Some of them are very exten- sively cultivated , particularly Chavica Betle , C. Siraboa , and C. Malamiri , climbing shrubs with ...
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