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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1844 Excerpt: ...calycis inserta. Anther2 muticic, apice in tubulos duos productae. Stylus erectus. Stigma depresso-capitatum. Drupa subglobosa sulcato-decagona calyce vestita decem-locularis, loculis monospermis. Semina lenticularia laevissima. Spermodermium tenuissimum albumini arete adhaerens. Albumen semiui conforme, carnosum. Embryo centralis axilis teres, albumine brevior. Frutices ra mosi. Folia sparsa apice mucronato-glandulosa. Racemi axil lares approximate Flores bracteati, coccinei.--DeCaud. Prod. 7. 556. G. Pseudovaccitiium; fruticosa glaberrima pubescensve, foliis ellipticis lanceo Litis, racemis secundis erectis bracteatis, corollis cylindraceis, ovario glabro v. glabrescente.--DeCand. I. c. G. Pseudovaccinium, Chamisso % Schlecktendahl in Linncea, 1.530., 8.-192. Aug. de St. Hilaire, 2. 406. Andromeda coccinea, Schrader in Gotting. Am. 1821. ii. 709. Vaccinium brasiliense, Spreng. Syst. ii. 212. The genus Gaylussacia, so named after M. Gay Lussac, the eminent French Chemist and Philosopher, differs from Vaccinium in the same way as Arctostaphylos from Arbutus--it has but a single seed in each cell. The species are chiefly found in Brazil, where they are common, Peru, and the North of India, and among them are several which, as this species shews, would be worth introducing to cultivation. G. Pseudovaccinium is stated to be a native of sandy open plains in Brazil. Auguste de St. Hilaire says that he found it on the coast from the city of Caravellos in the Province of Porto Seguro as far as the island of St. Catharine, and that it forms a shrub from one to two and a half feet hijh. At least it is to be presumed that this is the plant he means, December, 1844. 2 c although he describes the corolla as somewhat narrow, and the ovary as 5-celled with 1-seeded cells...
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- PublisherRareBooksClub.com
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 1236272803
- ISBN 13 9781236272805
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages76
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