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Caryophylleæ (Sp hisp nica W)

Caryophylleæ (Sp hisp nica W) — from Encyclopedia of Plants (1910)

Sp. 1-2. 1304 hispánica W.

Spanish Owlin my.s Ap Spain 1800. S co Quer.fl.6.t.15. f.2 228. KENI'GIA. W.

KOENIGIA.

Polygoneæ. Sp. 1. 1305 islándica W.

Iceland cu ap Ap Iceland 1773. S co Lam. ill. t. 51 1295 1299 1293 1294 1297 History, Use, Propagation, Culture, 223. Eriocaulon. Eρiov, wool, and κauλoς, a stem; in allusion to the velvety stem of some species. Only one kind, E. septangulare, has been found in Britain. The species are all very curious, and deserving of more attention than they have received at the hands of cultivators. 224. Montia. In honor of Joseph de Monti, professor of botany and natural history at Bologna in the beginning of the 18th century. The plants are small inconspicuous weeds. 225. Mollugo. The Roman name of what is supposed to be our Galium mollugo, which the present plant resembles in its whorled leaves and inconspicuous appearance.

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