The elements of botany : structural and physiological : with a sketch of the artificial modes of classification, and a glossary of technical terms / by John Lindley.

John Lindley

Date:: 1861

Credit: The elements of botany : structural and physiological : with a sketch of the artificial modes of classification, and a glossary of technical terms / by John Lindley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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