. A general system of botany, descriptive and analytical. In two parts. Part I. Outlines of organography, anatomy, and physiology. Part II. Descriptions and illustrations of the orders. By Emm. Le Maout [and] J. Decaisne. With 5500 figures by L. Steinheil and A. Riocreux. Translated from the original by Mrs. Hooker. The orders arranged after the method followed in the universities and schools of Great Britain, its colonies, America, and India; with additions, an appendix on the natural method, and a synopsis of the orders, by Hooker. Botany. CurcnUgo. Diagram. Curcvligo. Traiisvei-se sect
. A general system of botany, descriptive and analytical. In two parts. Part I. Outlines of organography, anatomy, and physiology. Part II. Descriptions and illustrations of the orders. By Emm. Le Maout [and] J. Decaisne. With 5500 figures by L. Steinheil and A. Riocreux. Translated from the original by Mrs. Hooker. The orders arranged after the method followed in the universities and schools of Great Britain, its colonies, America, and India; with additions, an appendix on the natural method, and a synopsis of the orders, by Hooker. Botany. CurcnUgo. Diagram. Curcvligo. Traiisvei-se section of ovary (mag.). Hypoxidem abound nowliere ; a few inliabit South Africa^ extra-tropical Australia^ India, and the tropical and hot extra-tropical regions of America. Little is known of their properties. The tubers of Curculigo orchioideSj which resemble those of Oi'cJiide^ become when dry transparent like amber j their sub-aromatic bitterness leads to their employ- ment in affections of the urethra. The roots of C. stansj which grows in the Marianne Islands, are edible. The tubers of Hypoxis erecta are prescribed by the natives of North America for the cure of ulcera, and they are used internally for intermittent Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Le Maout, Emm. (Emmanuel), d. 1877; Decaisne, J. (Joseph); Hooker, Frances Harriet Henslow, 1825-1847; Hooker, Joseph Dalton, Sir, 1817-1911; Le Maout, Emm. (Emmanuel), d. 1877. Traite? ge?ne?ral de botanique descriptive et analytique. London, Longmans, Green & Co
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