Bingley's practical introduction to botany. Illustrated by references under each definition to plants of easy access, and by numerous figures, comprising also a glossary of botanic terms : with some account of the history of the science / by John Frost.

  • William Bingley
Date:
1831
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Credit: Bingley's practical introduction to botany. Illustrated by references under each definition to plants of easy access, and by numerous figures, comprising also a glossary of botanic terms : with some account of the history of the science / by John Frost. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    pointing towards the extremity of the leaf, as in the nettle and rose [69] . . . 128 Some leaves are doubly serrated, or have the teeth again cut into other little teeth, as in Can- terbury bells [70] • . . . . 129 Crenate, or scalloped, when the teeth are rounded and not directed towards either end of the leaf, as in ground ivy [71] . . 130 Dentate, or toothed, beset with projecting horizontal and somewhat distant teeth, of the same substance as the leaf, as in the corn blue bottle (centaurea cyanus) [72] . . 131 Spinous, beset with prickles, as in the thistles ^73J 132 Unarmed, as opposed to spinous . 133 Wavy (repandum), having the border with numerous minute angles, and small segments of circles alternately, as infringed buckbean (me- nyanthes nymphoides) [74] .. 234 Glandular (glandulosum), beset with nume- rous little glands, as in mountain St. John's wort (hypericum montanum) . , 13, Revolute, when the margin is turned or rolled backward, as in marsh Andromeda (andromeda P°lifolia) ' jo6 Involute is the reverse of revolute, as in com- mon butterwort (pinguicula vulgaris) . ] 37