Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh Volume 9-10 - Edinburgh Royal Botanic Garden, Paperback

• Release Date   9/13/2013
• ISBN-13   9781230023878 | 978-1-230-02387-8
• ISBN   1230023879 | 1-230-02387-9
• Format   Paperback
• Author(s)   Edinburgh Royal Botanic Garden
• This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 edition. Excerpt: ...obloriga vel oblongo-elliptica apice obtusa distincte mucronata margine cartilaginea leviter crenulata pilis contortis paucis (mox deciduis) praesertim basim late cuneatam versus obsita, pagina superiore atro-viridi squamis peltatis argenteis contiguis uniformibus obtecta, inferiore opertu denso nitente squamarum imbricatarum uniformium primo argentearum demum ochracearum occulta, costa media supra sulcata subtus prominula squamis laxioribus vestita venis primariis utrinque occultis. petiolus ad 1.5 cm. longus plerumque brevior dense lepidotus nonnunquam pilos contortos paucos gerens. Umbella terminalis 3-4-flora. bracteae dense pubescentes. pedicelli validi circ. 6 mm. longi sub calyce lepidoti. prophylla filiformia pedicellos aequantia. Calyx circ. 9 mm. longus basi cupularis lobis 5 aequalibus vel subaequalibus circ. 7 mm. longis (sub fructu ad 1 cm. accrescentibus) 4 mm. latis membranaceis ligulatis viridibus conspicue carinatis extus lepidotis margine pilis longis circumcirca ciliatis. Corolla extus lepidota circ. 2.5 cm. longa profunde fissa tubo circ. 8 mm. longo cylindrico basi 5-gibboso extus puberulo intus pubescente limbi disco ampliato tubum aequante lobis 5 circ. 1.3 cm. longis 1 cm. latis oblongis subacutis. Stamina 10 subaequalia corolla longiora circ. 3 cm. longa filamentis supra basim dense villosis. Ovarium parvum circ. 3.5 mm. longum viride dense lepidotum. stylus circ. 3 cm. longus basi pilosus stamina subaequans. Capsula nigra recta albido-lepidota circ. 1.4 cm. longa 4 mm. lata (matura?) basi calyce adpresso inclusa. Species Rh. hippophaeoidi, Balf. f. et W. W. Sm. forsan affinis sed major et ramulorum squamulis biformibus, laminae margine petioloque pilis longis obsitis, calycis lobis majoribus circumcirca ciliatis,...