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Other common species include: Rubus saxatilis, Maianthemum bifolium, Lathyrus vernus, Galium septentrionale, Equisetum sylvaticum and Angelica sylvestris.
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There are 7 species of amphibians and 10 species of reptiles on the territory, including the rare and endemic species Takydromus wolteri, Elaphe schrenki, E. rufodesata, Agristrodon blomhoffi and A. saxatilis.
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In ravines and gallery forests species indicative of a south Guinean climate are present, with lianes very abundant, and species such as Raphia sudanica, Baissea multiflora, Nauclea latifolia, Dalbergia saxatilis, and Landolphia dulcis.
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The best known of the dye Lichens are _Parmelia saxatilis_ and
Vegetable Dyes Being a Book of Recipes and Other Information Useful to the Dyer Ethel M. Mairet
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In Shetland, the _Parmelia saxatilis_ (Scrottyie) is used to dye brown.
Vegetable Dyes Being a Book of Recipes and Other Information Useful to the Dyer Ethel M. Mairet
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The _Parmelia saxatilis_ and _Parmelia omphalodes_, are largely used in the Highlands and West Ireland, for dyeing brown of all shades.
Vegetable Dyes Being a Book of Recipes and Other Information Useful to the Dyer Ethel M. Mairet
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So lately as 1841 (and I presume the practice continues to the present day), Mr. Edmonston stated that, of four or five native dyes, used by the Shetlanders to color cloth and yarns, two at least were furnished by lichens, viz., a _brown dye_ from _Parmelia saxatilis_, under the name of "Scrottyie," and a _red_ one from
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The commonest partridge in Palestine is the Caccabis saxatilis, the Greek partridge.
Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897
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The little Rubus saxatilis is a small British Bramble that is pretty on rockwork, and among the foreign Brambles there are some that should on no account be omitted where ornamental shrubs are grown.
The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare Henry Nicholson Ellacombe 1868
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'Pleurorhizée' or 'Notor-hizée'; so again (p. 400) in Cochlearia saxatilis M.
Darwinism (1889) Alfred Russel Wallace 1868
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