10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FOOTSTALK»
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1
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London
place either by the action of the footstalk, or by the motion of the flat part,
according as each of these modes will most conduce to the final result. Thus,
whenI immersed in water an entire branch of geranium so as to expose the under
surface of ...
2
Encyclopædia britannica: or, A dictionary of arts, sciences, ...
If a little more force be applied, the partial footstalks bend down towards the
common footstalk from which they issue, making with it a more a- cute angle than
before. If the touch be more violent Aill, all the leaves situated on the same side
with ...
Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig, 1797
3
A Botanical Dictionary: Or, Elements of Systematic and ...
The common footstalk of a compound leaf, however much it may resemble a
branch in appearance, may always be certainly distinguished by this
circumstance, that it falls off with the leaves which it supports. Compound leaves
are divided into ...
4
Natural Arrangement of British Plants: According to Their ...
Footstalk winged by the prolongation of the bottom of the leaflets. Melianthus
major. % Twice compounded, decomposila. Second degree of composition ; the
common footstalk divided into secondary ones. Fingered-pinnate, digilalo-
pinnala, ...
5
Encyclopædia Britannica: or, A dictionary of arts and ...
The leaves are simple, alternate, commonly very rough to the touch, and in most
of the herbaceous plants sessile, or attached to the stem and branches without
any footstalk. In the few trees, however, of this order, the leaves have a footstalk,
...
Encyclopaedia Britannica, James Millar, 1810
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Encyclopaedia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, ...
If a little more force be applied, the partial footstalks bend down towards the
common footstalk from which they issue, making with it a more acute angle than
before. If the touch be more violent still, all the leaves situated on the same side
with ...
7
A new and complete dictionary of arts and sciences: ...
... on each footstalk; flowers pale blue, small, inodorous. An infusion of the
Bowers is an excellent test of tiie presence of acids and alkalies. 2. The ndorata.
purple sweet violet, has leaves heart- shaped, notched; flowers deep purple,
single; ...
8
The British Cyclopædia of Natural History: Combining a ...
Her first attack, which is generally made the moment she alights, is usually near
the footstalk, her head being turned towards the apex. Now and then, however,
she places herself near the apex, facing the footstalk. As soon as she has made a
...
Charles Frederick Partington, 1837
9
The Gardeners Kalendar: Directing what Works are Necessary ...
A fingered or handed leaf [digit atum) is one composed of several small leaves
sitting on the top of a common footstalk, but in a strict sense it should be
composed of more than four small leaves, as the Agnus Castus, or Chaste- tree,
fee fig. i .
10
Buffon's Natural history, corrected and enlarged by J. ...
Compound (compositum), when several leaves are supported by one footstalk.
To this term belong Nos. 89, 92, 95, 96,97. But when the leaf agrees with the
above definition, although it should not come under any of the following kinds, it
is still ...
Georges Louis Le Clerc (comte de Buffon.), John Wright (F.Z.S.), 1831
