Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A suborder of Diademoida in which the apical system is very large and includes one or more supplementary supra-anal plates.
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Rakata, the largest 'outer' island, contains extensive Neonauclea calycina-dominated moss forest which extends from the summit region down to approximately 650 m.
Ujung Kulon National Park and Krakatau Nature Reserve, Indonesia 2009
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Vascular plants found in Mt. Assiniboine park include American alpine smelowskia Smelowskia calycina, Raynold's sedge Carex raynoldsii, Cusick's Indian paintbrush Castilleja cusickii, stalked-pod locoweed Oxytropis podocarpa, sub-alpine grassland Saussurea nuda and apetalous campion Silene uralensis attenuata.
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The teak forests on lateritic soils have typical understory species represented by Cleistanthus collinus, Holarrherna antidysenterica, Bauhinia racemosa, and Kydia calycina.
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HENRY, A.J. and GRINDLEY, D.N. (1944) The oils of the seeds of Ocimum kilimandscharicum, Euphorbia calycina, E. erythraeae, Sterculia tomentosa, and Trichilia emetica.
Chapter 5 1953
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Kydia calycina, Grislea, Tupistra, Leea occurred, Ficus elastica is not uncommon, one specimen presented itself, which had sprung up on another tree, fifty feet from the ground; this it had destroyed, and the appearance was singular enough.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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(_Kydia calycina_) and from the brinjal respectively.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell
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_Kydia calycina_ is common, as is likewise a large Mimoseous tree.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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Bonnayae sp.fol. spathulatis Ficus elastica. floribus saturate caeruleis, Kydia calycina.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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Shrubs with conspicuous flowers are also common, among which may be noted species of Clematis, Capparis spinosa, Kydia calycina, Mimosa rubicaulis, Hamiltonia suaveolens, Caryopteris
The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir James McCrone Douie 1894
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B. calycina, Lindley manuscripts; glaberrima, foliis planis sparse punctatis oblongo-cuneatis acutis, floribus pedicellatis terminali-axillaribus, laciniis calycinis petaloideis petalis longioribus.
Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 Thomas Mitchell 1823
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