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Where there is sufficient ground water, hammadas are covered by Anrthirrnum ramosissimuma and Ononis angustissima.
Sahara desert 2007
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_Ononis monophylla_ and _Fragaria monophylla_ may be cited as instances of the suppression of the lateral leaflets.
Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants Maxwell T. Masters
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Some change is to be observed in the vegetation, see Catalogue, two or three Labiata, an Ononis, an Aconite, Tussilago? etc. among the most striking, Ammannia and Bergioides, remarkable as tropical forms, but it is now hot enough for any plant: rice fields crowded with Cyperaceae and
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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In Ononis columnæ five of the alternate stamens are rudimentary; and in some species of Viola three stamens are in this state, two retaining their proper function, but being of very small size.
VII. Miscellaneous Objections to the Theory of Natural Selection 1909
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It has been identified with the Ononis spinosa by some.
Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897
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_Calluna vulgaris_ occur on European heaths; white flowers of _Brunella vulgaris_, _Ononis repens_, _Thymus vulgaris_ and others may be seen in many localities in the habitats of the colored species.
Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation Hugo de Vries 1891
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From this it may well be called "hindering," just as the Ononis, from the same habit of catching the plough and harrow, has obtained the prettier name of "Rest-harrow."
The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare Henry Nicholson Ellacombe 1868
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NAfcitur OnotU m culfa & inCulcii, eque ramls & radice fefe ara tro imflicantibus, acukatisc [; fpinis, queis boues pungit, Kesla fouis diciturfiqrem] Ononis profert croceum, yt plurimum yerbpur - pureum & candKantem, pifeUisfmtlem, licetminorem. huius radix a - renulasrenum peryrtnarn potenter •attrahit, ataue adeo comminuip ctu& iUius vias qbjiruant.
Pedanii Dioscoridis Anazarbei De medicinali materia libri sex Dioscórides , Dioscorides Pedanius , Joannes Ruellius 1550
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The Rest Harrow (_Ononis arvensis_), a troublesome weed, very common in our ploughed fields, has a root [321] which affords a sweet viscid juice, and hence it is popularly known as "Wild
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie
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