The principles of botany, and of vegetable physiology : translated from the German of D.C. Willdenow.

  • Carl Ludwig Willdenow
Date:
1811
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Credit: The principles of botany, and of vegetable physiology : translated from the German of D.C. Willdenow. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    plants when the anther^e communicate their dust to the neighbouring parts. 9. Caprification, (caprijicatioJ, that species of im- pregnation whicii is not performed immediately by the plants themselves. 10. Watches, (vigilicc), \vhen flowers open or shut at a particular hour of the day or night. 11. Setting, (grossijicatio), when after florescence the future fruit begins to swell. ] 2. Maturation, (maturatio), when the fruit be- comes ripe. 13. Dissemination, (dissemmatio), the manner in which the fruit, after it becomes ripe, scatters its seeds. N. In the Physiology we shall treat particularly of these several periods. §8. The various sizes of plants and of their parts have given occasion to the following measures. 1. A hair-breadth, (capillus,) the measure of a hair, or the twelfth part of a line. 2. A line, (Ihiea), the length of the white cres- cent at the root of the nail of the middle finger, or the twelfth part of an inch. 3. A nail length, (unguis), the length of the nail of the middle finger, or half an inch. 4. An inch, (polle.v, uncia), the length of the first joint of the thumb, the twelfth part of a foot. 5. A hand-breadth, (palmus,), the breadth of the four fingers of the hand, or three inches.