10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RAPHIS»
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A new universal etymological technological, and pronouncing ...
(raphis, a needle, and lithos, a atone, Gr.) A mineral of a whitish oolonr,
composed of needle-formed crystals, diverging BHghtly as from a centre ; lustre
glassy and silky. Constituents— silica, 66.478 ; lime, 14. 750; alumina, 6.160;
protoxide of ...
John Craig (F.G.S.),
1849
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Diatoms: Biology and Morphology of the Genera
Systema raphis centrale vel excentricum. Extrema centralia interna raphis
unciformia aut fissurae internae trans centrum continuae. Fissurae terminales
latus idem versus vel a se ex adverso flexae. Cingulum ex taeniis apertis saepe
porosis ...
F. E. Round, R. M. Crawford, D. G. Mann,
1990
3
The annals and magazine of natural history, zoology, botany ...
botanists,it must now be admitted that the British Dictyogens also truly and
naturally differ, in the possession of this character of raphis-bearing, from their
nearest neighbours of other orders. And the same character has been found in
every ...
4
The Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Zoology, Botany, ...
Thus Vitaceaa must surely be entitled to the character of a 'raphis-bearing order.
But whether this character will always certainly prove diagnostic, as now seems
probable, can only be decided after a complete examination of all the orders in ...
5
Quarterly journal of Micrscopical Science
All our plants of this order are raphis- bearers. This character is common in the
root, leaves, perianth, and ovary of Asparagus, &c., and more remarkable in the
perianth than in the leaves of Ruscus. Liliacece. — Of the four tribes of this order,
...
6
Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science
Had the observers duly distinguished the different forms of crystals, and instead
of examining the very common raphis-bearing Monocotyledons, confined their
attention to the Grasses, Sedges, Rushes, Pondweeds, Water Plantains, ...
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The Transactions of the Microscopical Society of London
hand lens. In the ripe berry the raphides generally occur naked, either singly or in
the characteristic bundles, destitute of a cell-wall. Araceat. — But the raphis-cells
are so large and plain in the berry of Arum maculatum, and thus continue for a ...
8
Plant Taxonomy: past, present, and future
Specific epithet aculeate, meaning “a small needle”; referring to the small leaflets
Rhapidophyton Iljin: Greek raphis ... tri = three, raphis = needle; referring to the
presence of bristles in the spikelets Acicularis = shaped like a needle Aciculifer ...
9
A General System of Gardening and Botany: Founded Upon ...
Fruit ovate, much contracted at the raphis, turgid, somewhat tetragonal, flattish on
both sides at the back. Mericarps marked with an oval impression on the back,
having 5 obsolete ribs : 2 lateral ribs flat, seated in the commissure. 1 1 Fragosa.
George Don, Philip Miller,
1834
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A General History of the Dichleamydeous Plants ... Arranged ...
Fruit ovate, much contracted at the raphis, turgid, somewhat tetragonal, flattish on
both sides at the back. M ericarps marked with an oval impression on the back,
having 5 obsolete ribs: 2 lateral ribs flat, seated in the commissure. 11 Fanoosa.
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