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The "Alisma" was a test of observation and draughtsmanship.
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Calamus abundant, Cyperaceae in profusion, Ranuncul. aquatic, Alisma ditto.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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Alisma abundant in swamps: small partridges: no chakor: hares, swifts, rock-pigeons.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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(_Alisma_), a plant with long-stalked, oval, ribbed leaves, and a much-branched panicle of small, white flowers, is very common in marshes and ditches, and the various species of arrowhead
Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses Douglas Houghton Campbell
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_Lilium_, _Saxifraga_, _Begonia_, _Achimenes_, normally produce leaf-buds or bulbs in the inflorescence; so, too, leafy shoots are sometimes found in _Alisma natans_, _Juncus uliginosus_, _Chlorophytum
Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants Maxwell T. Masters
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The _Hydrocharis_, or Frog's-Bit, and the _Alisma_, or Water-Plantain, are also easily obtained, hardy and useful, as well as pleasing.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 47, September, 1861 Various
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Nonkreem jheel, Alisma, Villarsia! and Potamogeton occur.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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In some water plants, as _Sagittaria_, _Alisma_, _Potamogeton_, &c., the leaf-stalks are apt to get flattened out into ribbon-like bodies; and
Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants Maxwell T. Masters
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“Alisma” was a test of observation and draughtsmanship.
The Life of John Ruskin Collingwood, W G 1911
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Therfield Heaths; _Alisma ranunculoides_ and _Potamogeton coloratus_ only on Ashwell Common; and of the great burnet (_Poterium officinale_) the sole record is that of a plant gathered near Ashwell in 1840. 2.
Hertfordshire Herbert Winckworth Tompkins 1901
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