Botanical Society of Edinburgh: Transactions and proceedings, 第 1-2 卷

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Botanical Society of Edinburgh, 1844
 

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第 xxxi 頁 - SCHOOL BOTANY; Or, an Explanation of the Characters and Differences of the principal Natural Classes and Orders of Plants belonging- to the Flora of Europe, in the Botanical Classification of DE CANDOLLE.
第 52 頁 - Now in zoology no one person can subsequently claim an authority equal to that possessed by the person who is the first to define a new genus or describe a new species ; and hence it is that the name originally given, even though it may be inferior in point of elegance or expressiveness to those subsequently proposed, ought as a general principle to be permanently retained. To this consideration we ought to add the injustice of erasing the name originally selected by the person to whose labours we...
第 xxxi 頁 - CONVERSATIONS ON VEGETABLE PHYSIOLOGY; comprehending" the Elements of Botany, with their application to Agriculture.
第 156 頁 - This is a very beautiful genus, its species presenting elegant star-like arrangements of green corpuscles, some of which closely resemble in form the stars and badges of honor worn in Europe. There appears to me to be much confusion in the specific characters, arising from the circumstance, that the number of corpuscles in the different rows has been made a character of specific importance. From what I have seen of the species, I am satisfied that the number of corpuscles in a star is liable to great...
第 xii 頁 - ... wide-mouthed glass bottle, covered with a lid. In watching the bottle from day to day, I observed that the moisture which during the heat of the day arose from the mould...
第 52 頁 - For these reasons, we have no hesitation in adopting as our fundamental maxim, the " law of priority," viz. § 1. The name originally given by the founder of a group or the describer of a species should be permanently retained, to the exclusion of all subsequent synonyms (with the exceptions about to be noticed...
第 xxix 頁 - Hortus Britannicus ; a Catalogue of all the Plants, indigenous or cultivated in the Gardens of Great Britain, arranged according to the Natural System, Sfc.
第 92 頁 - From the joints proceed numerous whorled pectinated fibres [adventitious roots], of which the lower ones are as stout as the original fusiform root: these, descending in a conical manner to the bottom of the water, form a beautiful system of shrouds and stays to support the stem like a mast in an erect position, while the pressure on the soft mud is lessened by the buoyancy of the hollow internodes.
第 xxiv 頁 - Address delivered at the Anniversary Meeting of the Geological Society of London by William John Hamilton, Esq., President of the Society : — " The Geological Map of India by Mr.
第 xxviii 頁 - Abredonensis : comprehending a List of the Flowering Plants and Ferns found in the Neighbourhood of Aberdeen ; with Remarks on the Climate, the Features of the Vegetation, 8fc.

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