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Rheede has exhibited in a coarse delineation of its leaves only — its flowers, in their perfect state, are among the loveliest objects in the vegetable world ; and appear, through a lens, like minute rubies and emeralds in constant motion from the least...

Researches Concerning the Laws, Theology, Learning, Commerce, Etc. of ... - Page 154
by Quintin Craufurd - 1817 - 378 pages
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The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, Volume 7

Bombay Natural History Society - 1893 - 786 pages

...properties. It makes excellent hay, and will keep good in stock for many years. Mr. Fergusson says : — " Its flowers in their perfect state are among the loveliest...sweetest and most nutritious pasture for cattle ; and its usefulness added to its beauty, induced the Hindus, in their earliest ages, to believe that it was...

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