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Dicotyledons and Monocotyledons distinguished alike in vegetative and in reproductive construction, yet showing remarkable parallel sequences in development; and we see that the Dicotyledons are the more advanced and show the greater capacity for further progressive evolution.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 Various
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Dicotyledons endemic to Lesotho include Glumicalyx lesuticus and Dianthus basuticus var. basuticus, and those endemic to the Drakensberg center are Glumicalyx nutans and Craterocapsa montana.
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PURSEGLOVE, J.W. (1974) Tropical Crops: Dicotyledons.
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The sequence of orders in the polypetalous subdivision of Dicotyledons undoubtedly represents a progression from simpler to more elaborate forms, but a great drawback to the value of the system is the inclusion among the Monochlamydeae of a number of orders which are closely allied with orders of Polypetalae though differing in absence of a corolla.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 Various
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This remarkable double fertilization as it has been called, although only recently discovered, has been proved to take place in widely-separated families, and both in Monocotyledons and Dicotyledons, and there is every probability that, perhaps with variations, it is the normal process in Angiosperms.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 Various
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Dicotyledons the gamopetalous forms are admitted to be the highest development and a dominant one of our epoch.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 Various
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This, however, does not entitle us to assume the origin of Monocotyledons from Dicotyledons, although there is manifestly a temptation to connect helobic forms of the former with ranal ones of the latter.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 Various
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Dicotyledons usually store reserve-food in their cotyledons, which may in germination remain below ground (_hypogeal_).
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 Various
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But there is no sound basis for the assumption that the Dicotyledons are derived from Monocotyledons; indeed, the palaeontological evidence seems to point to the Dicotyledons being the older.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 Various
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Dicotyledons, which includes only the families of Nymphaeaceae and Gramineae.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 Various
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