8 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FIVE-FACED BISHOP»
Discover the use of
five-faced bishop in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
five-faced bishop and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Flora of the British Isles
... 13 Fiorin, 1173 Fir, 46 Fireweed, 478 Five-faced Bishop, 792 Flax, 298-9
Fleabane, 833, 844-6 Flea-sedge, 1114 Fhxweed, 185 Flote-grass, 1123
Flowering Rush, 936 FlueUen,680 Fry Honeysuckle, 790 Fry Orchid, 1037
Foeniculum Mill., ...
A.R. Clapham, E.F. Warburg, T.G. Tutin, 1965
2
The country diary of a Cheshire man
Egged on, perhaps, by the merry spring cry of the peewits, unsubdued by rain
and frost and snow, two more plants have come into flower this week — the "
brook-creeper" and the "five- faced bishop," as my neighbours call them. Brook-
creeper ...
Arnold Whitworth Boyd, 1946
3
Know Your Common Plant Names
FIVE FINGERS Pseudopanax arboreus (S) FIVE FINGERS Svnaonium auritum (
W) FIVE SPOT Nemophile maculata (Ki FIVE-FACED BISHOP Adoxa
moschatellina (H) FIVE-LEAF GRASS Potentilla reptans (H) FIVE-SPOT BABY
Nemophila ...
Brian Davis, Brian Knapp, Brian J. Knapp, 1992
4
The Illustrated Plant Lore: A Unique Pot-Pourri of History, ...
Five-faced bishop, Town hall clock, glory less, bulbous whiskers and hollow root
are all country names of the plant. The plant is a symbol of Christian watchfulness
, because the four petals of the flower face north, south, east and west.
5
Systematic guide to flowering plants of the world
Flowers small, pale yellowish-green, usually in cluster of 5 at top stem, 1 facing
upwards, others facing outwards in 4 directions (hence names Townhall Clock
and Five-faced Bishop). Calyx 2-lobed in top flower, 3-lobed in side flowers.
Corolla ...
Stanley Arthur Manning, 1965
6
Mountain flowers in colour
... 271 Feather Grass 901, 176 Felwort 554, 222 Fern tribe 406-10 Fescue 911,
177 Figwort 1127, 1129-30, 341-2 Figwort family 338-52 Fingers and Toes 268
Fir 876, 399 Fireweed 94, 292 Five-faced Bishop 361 Flannel.flower 376 Flax
386.
Anthony Julian Huxley, 1973
7
A field guide in color to wild flowers
O Moschatel, Townhall Clock, Five-faced Bishop (Adoxa moschatellina)
Adoxaceae 8— 10 cm IM: No possibility of confusion with other species. D:
Flowers in a stalked, terminal head. Individual flowers greenish yellow,
inconspicuous.
8
New Flora of the British Isles
This new edition includes the addition of more than 160 species, so that 4,800 taxa are now covered in varying degrees of detail. It also incorporates the new molecular system of classification based on DNA sequences.
