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BS'^ GYNANDRIA POLYANDRIA.
marina u ZOSTERA pericarpiis feffilibus. Syji. nat. 605.
Sp. pi 1374. {Ger. em. 1569. /. 8. Oed. Dan, t.
1^. cpt,)
Grafs-WnKk. JngUs.
It is thrown up on the fea-coafts frequently. %*
VIII.
The leaves are long, narrow, linear, and grafs-like,
fheath'd with JiipuU at the bale. The flowers
grow on one fide of a thin fiat, Wncav fpad^Xy
^ imbedded in a cavity on one fide of the leaf,
at its bafe. The Jlamina and germina grow al-
ternate to each other upon thcfpadix, about ten
in number of each fort.
Linn-^us informs us, that the humble Inhabitants
of Gothland in Sweden condefcend to thatch their
houfes, fluff their beds, and manure their land
with this plant.
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Volume 1
DescriptionVol. I.
ShelfmarkBlair.153
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Flora Scotica: or, a systematic arrangement, in the Linnaean method, of the native plants of Scotland and the Hebrides
DescriptionBy John Lightfoot. 2 volumes. (Bound together with vol. 2 beginning at p. 545.)
ShelfmarkBlair.153-154
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DescriptionA selection of books from a collection of more than 500 titles, mostly on religious and literary topics. Also includes some material dealing with other Celtic languages and societies. Collection created towards the end of the 19th century by Lady Evelyn Stewart Murray.
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