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This is a real shame as her literary talent transcends trend to reveal a real skill with words, whether in comedic stories, as in her Al Capsella series, or in more serious work.
Archive 2008-02-01 tanita davis 2008
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This is a real shame as her literary talent transcends trend to reveal a real skill with words, whether in comedic stories, as in her Al Capsella series, or in more serious work.
The WritingYA Weblog: Wicked Cool Overlooked Books: Fangs of Fear tanita davis 2008
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(_Capsella bursa-pastoris_), × ½. _r_, the main root.
Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses Douglas Houghton Campbell
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-- _A-D_, successive stages in the development of the flower of _Capsella_, × 50.
Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses Douglas Houghton Campbell
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Candolle [404] cites and figures a curious form of _Capsella
Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants Maxwell T. Masters
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One of the commonest of weeds, and at the same time one of the most convenient plants for studying the characteristics of the dicotyledons, is the common shepherd's-purse (_Capsella bursa-pastoris_) (Figs. 93-95).
Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses Douglas Houghton Campbell
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A similar change has been observed in _Capsella bursa-pastoris_.
Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants Maxwell T. Masters
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The orbicular fruits of Heeger's shepherd's purse (_Capsella heegeri_) recall similar fruits of other cruciferous genera, as for instance, _Camelina_.
Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation Hugo de Vries 1891
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The same doubt exists as to the origin of the _Capsella heegeri_ of Solms-Laubach, and of the oldest recorded mutation, that of _Chelidonium laciniatum_ in Heidelberg about 1600.
Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation Hugo de Vries 1891
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Among the second are these: Medicago lupulina, or nonesuch; Trifolium repens, or white clover; Lathyrus pratensis, or meadow lathyrus; Capsella bursa pastoris, or shepherd's purse; Vicia peregrina, or broad-podded vetch; Convolvulus arvensis, or small bindweed; Pterotheca nemausensis, a sort of hawkweed; and Poa pratensis, or smooth-stalked meadow-grass.
Bramble-Bees and Others Jean-Henri Fabre 1869
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