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In the production and impregnation of the seed a commixture of the secretions of the stamens and style are necessary; and for the production of a bud he thinks the medulla or pith bursts its integuments and mixes with the woody part or alburnum, and these forcing their passage through the rind and bark constitute the bud or viviparous progeny of the vegetable.— The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation
The sap-juice which rises in the vernal months from the roots of trees through the alburnum or sap-wood, owes its sweetness I suppose to a similar digestive power of the absorbent system of the young buds.— The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation
Don Pablo knew the plant to be a species of Strychnos Guapo with his knife first scraped all the bark, as well as the alburnum or white coating, from the rods, which last he flung away.— The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon
The mixture of bark and alburnum was next placed upon a smooth stone, and mashed into a fibre of a yellowish colour.— The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon
It is the bark and a part of the alburnum which contain this terrible poison.— Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2
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