 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 474 pagine
...expanded therein, has fome refemblance tb the figure of a bell with its mouth upwaids ; and i* ufually about half an inch long, and a quarter of an inch in diameter. Thefe bells, or colonies, are to be found adhering to the large leaves of duckweed, and 4j other aquatic... | |
 | Ebenezer Sibly - 1802 - 420 pagine
...expanded therein, has fome refemblance to the figure of a bell with its mouth upwards; and is ufually about half an inch long, and a quarter of an inch in diameter. Thefe bells, or colonies, are to be found adhering to the large leaves of duckweed, and other aquatic... | |
 | 1835 - 748 pagine
...which is 23ft. — Ju,',n Sharman, Gardener to Sir John C. T/iorold, Hart. Syston Park, near Grant/mm, Oct. 16. 1834. We received several of the fruit, which...of the finest objects of the kind in the country. We have often wished for some description of the gardens at Syston Park, and should be glad if our... | |
 | John Saunders - 1858 - 806 pagine
...or five-eighths long each. This would give to each chamber in the tube, when finished, a clear space half an inch long, and a quarter of an inch in diameter (it being perfectly cylindrical). In each of these chambers, as the work goes on, a quantity of bee-bread,... | |
 | David Livingstone - 1868 - 814 pagine
...various parts, but chiefly on the abdomen : the skin is raised in small elevated cicatrices, each nearly half an inch long and a quarter of an inch in diameter, so that a number of them may constitute a star, or other device. The dark color of the skin presents... | |
 | David Livingstone - 1872 - 806 pagine
...various parts, but chiefly on the abdomen : the skin is raised in small elevated cicatrices, each nearly half an inch long and a quarter of an inch in diameter, so that a number of them may constitute a star, or other device. The dark color of the skin prevents... | |
 | American Association for the Advancement of Science - 1874 - 766 pagine
...greatly, the largest being over two inches long and an inch in diameter and the smallest not more than half an inch long and a quarter of an inch in diameter. The longer and more slender specimens, such as fig. 7, are more common than those that are shorter... | |
 | American Association for the Advancement of Science - 1874 - 726 pagine
...greatly, the largest being over two inches long and an inch in diameter and the smallest not more than half an inch 'long and a quarter of an inch in diameter. The longer and more slender specimens, such as fig. 7, are more common than those that are shorter... | |
 | James William Buel - 1884 - 832 pagine
...various parts, but chiefly on the abdomen : the skin is raised in small elevated cicatrices, each nearly half an inch long and a quarter of an inch in diameter, so that a number of them may constitute a star or other device. The dark color of the skin prevents... | |
 | 1886 - 442 pagine
...British Museum. The capsules are sessile, oblong in outline, with low waved ribs, all equal. They are half an inch long and a quarter of an inch in diameter, and are crowned by the relics of the perianth. GUSSONEA EXILIS Kid]., only hitherto known from Madagascar,... | |
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... nearly half an inch long and a quarter of an inch in diameter, so that a number of them may constitute a star, or other device. 
