The Natural History of Pliny, Volum 4H. G. Bohn, 1856 - 544 sider |
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Side 30
... resemble our starch . 58 The Hordeum distichum of Linnæus . 59 Hordeum hexastichum of Linnæus . The Hordeum vulgare , or com- mon barley , has but four rows . 60 These varieties are not known at the present day , and Fée questions if ...
... resemble our starch . 58 The Hordeum distichum of Linnæus . 59 Hordeum hexastichum of Linnæus . The Hordeum vulgare , or com- mon barley , has but four rows . 60 These varieties are not known at the present day , and Fée questions if ...
Side 45
... resemble a soft reed in appearance . The head is similar to that of the poppy , being of a rose colour : the beans enclosed in this head are not above thirty in number ; the leaves are large , and the fruit is bitter and odoriferous ...
... resemble a soft reed in appearance . The head is similar to that of the poppy , being of a rose colour : the beans enclosed in this head are not above thirty in number ; the leaves are large , and the fruit is bitter and odoriferous ...
Side 46
... resemblance to the fitch ; the pod in the black and the red kinds is more firmly closed than in the white ones . 61 Pisum sativum of Linnæus . 62 Meaning a wart or pimple on the face . 63 Cicer arietinum of the botanists . 64 66 Gigni ...
... resemblance to the fitch ; the pod in the black and the red kinds is more firmly closed than in the white ones . 61 Pisum sativum of Linnæus . 62 Meaning a wart or pimple on the face . 63 Cicer arietinum of the botanists . 64 66 Gigni ...
Side 48
... may possibly be meant , but their roots bear no resemblance to the radish . 78 An enormous price , apparently . 78 The Brassica napus of Linnæus . same nature as the rape , thrives equally well in 48 [ Book XVIII . PLINY'S NATURAL HISTORY .
... may possibly be meant , but their roots bear no resemblance to the radish . 78 An enormous price , apparently . 78 The Brassica napus of Linnæus . same nature as the rape , thrives equally well in 48 [ Book XVIII . PLINY'S NATURAL HISTORY .
Side 87
... resemblance of the Greek name to another word 4 of theirs , meaning a " pig , " have imagined that the constellation receives its name from that word , and have consequently given it , in their ignorance , the name of " Suculæ , " or ...
... resemblance of the Greek name to another word 4 of theirs , meaning a " pig , " have imagined that the constellation receives its name from that word , and have consequently given it , in their ignorance , the name of " Suculæ , " or ...
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