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Dermatological complaint
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
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CAMEEZ
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eruption
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The pistil consists of a stigma supported on the style; but in some Compositæ, the male florets, which of course cannot be fecundated, have a rudimentary pistil, for it is not crowned with a stigma; but the style remains well developed and is clothed in the usual manner with hairs, which serve to brush the pollen out of the surrounding and conjoined anthers.
Nature of tendrils—BIGNONIACEÆ, various species of, and their different modes of climbing—Tendrils which avoid the light and creep into crevices—Development of adhesive discs—Excellent adaptations for seizing different kinds of supports.—POLEMONIACEÆ—_Cobæa scandens_ much branched and hooked tendrils, their manner of action—LEGUMINOSÆ—COMPOSITÆ—SMILACEÆ—_Smilax aspera_, its inefficient tendrils—FUMARIACEÆ—_Corydalis claviculata_, its state intermediate between that of a leaf-climber and a tendril-bearer.
When we reflect on the wide separation of these plants in the series, and when we know that in some of the largest, well-defined orders, such as the Compositæ, Rubiaceæ, Scrophulariaceæ, Liliaceæ, &c., species in only two or three genera have the power of climbing, the conclusion is forced on our minds that the capacity of revolving, on which most climbers depend, is inherent, though undeveloped, in almost every plant in the vegetable kingdom.
The Compositæ bear what are called double flowers by the abnormal development of the corolla of their central florets.
The largest bush in the island (belonging to the family of Compositæ) is scarcely so tall as our gorse.