10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCITAMINEOUS»
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1
American Journal of Pharmacy
BY JONATHAN PEREIRA, M-D., F-R-S- 86 11.5IN a preceding paper*' 1 have
shown, that in the east the name of Grain of Paradise is applied to the Ceylon
cardamom; and, thinking it probable that. other scitamineous fruits may have
probably ...
2
Pharmaceutical Journal;: A Weekly Record of Pharmacy and ...
Another kind of Amomitm Malegueta pepper, is the A. Mclegueta, Eoscoe, figured
in that author's work on Scitamineous Plants. The flowers are small, the leaves
long and narrow, and the fruits very large and pear-shaped. The fruits of both ...
3
The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal
21. On the Leaves used by the Chinese in lining Tea-Chests. —Much conjecture
and doubt has existed respecting the plant which produces these leaves. Some
have supposed them to belong to a scitamineous plant; while others, and with ...
In Europe the Palmetto and Date are not found farther north than 43° 40'. The
Scitarninese, especially the species of Heliconia, cease at a height of 410 toises.
Near the summit of the Silla de Caraccas (1103 toises) grew a scitamineous plant
, ...
5
The Floriculture Magazine, and Miscellany of Gardening
Cuphea Melvilla, P. M. 8-197 A handsome old plant. Curcuma Roscoeana, P. M.
7-1 A showy free-growing Scitamineous plant. Dichorizandra thvrsiflora, P. M. 3-
127 Dombey a cannabina, B. M. 3619 Related to Astrapiea. Drimoniabicolor ...
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The Pharmaceutical Journal ...: A Weekly Record of Pharmacy ...
That monocotyledons are more capable of resisting the action of water, par'
ticularly palm and scitamineous plants, but the grasses and sedges perish. 3.
That fungi, mosses, and all the lowest forms of vegetation disappear. 4. That ferns
have ...
7
Contributions towards the materia medica & natural history ...
1'l1is Scitamineous plant is named after the prefecture of E H? Kau-clzuu fu, in
Canton province, formerly called E; E, Kau-liang. This department still yields the
fmit sometimes called KI: E % Hungtau-k'au, or “ red nutmegs.” There is a Lesser
...
Frederick Porter Smith,
1871
8
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of ...
The people confound this alpine scitamineous plant with the arborescent mina,
under the name of carice. We saw neither its fruit nor flowers. We are surprised to
meet with a monocotyledonous family, believed to be exclusively found in the hot
...
9
The Encyclopædia of Geography: Comprising a Complete ...
... with that eminent philosopher, suppose ourselves transported into the region
where nature has delighted in combining the most majestic forms, grouped in the
most striking manner ; that country of the Palms and the scitamineous plants, ...
Hugh Murray, William Wallace, Robert Jameson,
1839
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Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of ...
The people confound this alpine scitamineous plant with the arborescent
gramina, under the name of carice. We saw neither its fruit nor flowers. We are
surprised to meet with a monocotyledonous family, believed to be exclusively
found in the ...
Alexander von Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland, Thomasina Ross,
1872