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"Saxifraga" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... which so eminently characterize the seeds of the Lithospermum officinale (common gromwell) were deemed a certain indication of their efficacy in calculous and gravelly disorders; for a similar reason, the roots of the Saxifraga granulata (white saxifrage) gained reputation in the cure of the same disease; and the Euphrasia (eye-bright) acquired fame, as an application in complaints of the eye, because it exhibits a black spot in its corolla resembling the pupil. The blood-stone, the Heliotropium of the ancients, ...
— A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive • John Stuart Mill
... Oederi VAHL. Eritrichium villosum BUNGE. Myosotis silvatica HOFFM. Astragalus alpinus L. Oxytropis campestris (L.) DC. Dryas octopetala L. Sieversia glacialis B. BR. Potentilla emarginata PURSH. Saxifraga oppositifolia L. Saxifraga bronchialis L. Saxifraga Hirculus L. Saxifraga stellaris L. Saxifraga nivalis L. Saxifraga hieraciifolia WALDST. &c. KIT. Saxifraga punctata L. Saxifraga cernua L. Saxifraga rivularis L. Saxifraga caespitosa L. Chrysosplenium alternifolium L. Rhodiola ...
— The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II • A.E. Nordenskieold
... It is not rare to find hermaphrodite plants and others with separated sexes within the same genus; and it is common to find some of the species dichogamous and others maturing their sexual elements simultaneously. The dichogamous genus Saxifraga contains proterandrous and proterogynous species. (12/6. Dr. Engler 'Botanische Zeitung' 1868 page 833.) Several genera include both heterostyled (dimorphic or trimorphic forms) and homostyled species. Ophrys ...
— The Effects of Cross & Self-Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom • Charles Darwin |
Words linked to "Saxifraga" : family Saxifragaceae, star saxifrage, mother-of-thousands, Saxifraga oppositifolia, Saxifragaceae, Saxifraga hypnoides, mossy saxifrage, rockfoil, purple saxifrage, meadow saxifrage, breakstone, saxifrage family, fair-maids-of-France, yellow mountain saxifrage, starry saxifrage, strawberry geranium, rosid dicot genus, Saxifraga stellaris |
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