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Pinnately compound leaves have the leaflets arranged along the main or mid-vein. odd pinnate: with a terminal leaflet, e.g. Fraxinus (ash). even pinnate: lacking...

particularly the frs., emitting a strong aromatic odor when bruised: lvs. alternate, odd-pinnate, 3-foliolate or rarely simple: fls. dioecious or polygamous, small...

a rare sight in the garden. From a cultivation standpoint this is rather odd — the plant is easy to grow, requiring neither staking nor earthing-up. The...

pith brownish in colour. The leaves are alternately arranged, 25-40 cm long, odd-pinnate with 5–9 leaflets, paired alternately with one terminal leaflet. The...

soils, high up in piedmont plains (1,300 - 1,400 meters elev.). Satavar has odd little pine-needle-like leaves that are uniform, and shiny green. In July...

largely to the difficulty in making herbarium specimens. Many of them are of odd and grotesque form. One species, M. crystallinum, is a common house-plant...

point of view, is alfalfa. One species (and perhaps more) is cult. for the odd pods, which are sometimes used by Old World gardeners as surprises or jokes...

or evergreen trees or shrubs: lvs. alternate, without stipules, simple or odd-pinnate, with opposite lfts. serrate or entire: fls. in terminal or axillary...

species in the flowering plant family Gesneriaceae. Except for two or three odd South American species, all are native to islands of the Caribbean. The genus...

Primula. The genus is native to parts of Africa and Madagascar (with a few odd species in Asia that probably do not belong in the genus). The plants often...

a Spanish physician and botanist). Orchidaceae. Orchids, not showy, but odd and often grotesque. Pseudobulbs none: lvs. variable in size, oblong to linear...

opposite the odd sepal is specially modified, and is known as the labellum (l, in Fig. 2638). In most genera the lateral petals resemble the odd sepal, although...

a rare sight in the garden. From a cultivation standpoint this is rather odd — the plant is easy to grow, requiring neither staking nor earthing-up. The...

Cyclopedia of Horticulture Quassia amara, linn. Shrubby tree: lvs. opposite, odd-pinnate, dark green with bright pink veins; lfts. 5, elliptical-oblong, pointed...

Hardy herbs or sub- shrubs, now and then seen in plantings. Leaves mostly odd-pinnate, sometimes simple: fls. in spikes or racemes, yellow, purple or white;...

living longer than 75 years. Key characteristics: Alternate, compound leaves Odd number of leaflets- has a terminal leaflet Fruit normally grows in groups...

most of the cultivated kinds climbing by means of tendrils, with flowers of odd structure; some of them produce edible fruits. Mostly vines, but some species...

in the hard usually flat and thick pod not opening so readily: lvs. large, odd- pinnate; lfts. opposite, stipellate: fls. showy, in axillary racemes often...

long showy terminal racemes of good- sized fragrant fls.: lvs. alternate, odd-pinnate; lfts. ovate, serrulate, dotted with oil-glands: fls. white. G.C....

shrubs or small trees closely related to Schinus: lvs. alternate, simple or odd-pinnate: fls. small, greenish or whitish, in panicles; petals 5, valvate,...