The Religio Medici & Other Writings of Sir Thomas BrowneJ. M. Dent, 1931 - 296 pages |
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Page 198
... flowers of one leaf have often five divisions , answered by a like number of calicular leaves ; as Gentianella , Convol- vulus , Bell - flowers . In many the flowers , blades , or staminous shootes and leaves are all equally five , as ...
... flowers of one leaf have often five divisions , answered by a like number of calicular leaves ; as Gentianella , Convol- vulus , Bell - flowers . In many the flowers , blades , or staminous shootes and leaves are all equally five , as ...
Page 206
... flowers do open first at the stalk . That white flowers have yellow thrums or knops . That the nebbe of Beans and Pease do all look downward , and so presse not upon each other ; And how the seeds of many pappous or downy flowers lock ...
... flowers do open first at the stalk . That white flowers have yellow thrums or knops . That the nebbe of Beans and Pease do all look downward , and so presse not upon each other ; And how the seeds of many pappous or downy flowers lock ...
Page 219
... flowers , and the flowers themselves lye wrapt about the seeds , in their rudiment and first formations , which being advanced the flowers fall away ; and are therefore contrived in variety of figures , best satisfying the intention ...
... flowers , and the flowers themselves lye wrapt about the seeds , in their rudiment and first formations , which being advanced the flowers fall away ; and are therefore contrived in variety of figures , best satisfying the intention ...
Contents
RELIGIO MEDICI | 3 |
LETTER TO A FRIEND UPON OCCASION OF THE DEATH | 149 |
THE GARDEN OF CYRUS OR THE QUINCUNCIALL LOZENGE | 167 |
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