"Bicolor" Quotes from Famous Books
... several Rubiaceous genera already mentioned, Fritz Muller informs me that two or three species of Psychotria and Rudgea eriantha, natives of St. Catharina, in Brazil, are heterostyled, as is Manettia bicolor. I may add that I formerly fertilised with their own pollen several flowers on a plant of this latter species in my hothouse, but they did not set a single fruit. From Wight and Arnott's description, there seems to be little doubt that Knoxia ... — The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species • Charles Darwin
... Calendula officinalis, common; Meteor; sulphurea; suffruticosa. Calliopsis bicolor marmorata; cardaminefolia; elegans picta. Cosmidium Burridgeanum. Erysimum Perofskianum. Eschscholtzia Californica. Hibiscus Africanus; Golden Bowl. Ipomoea coccinea lutea. Loasa tricolor. Tagetes, various kinds. Thunbergia ... — Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) • L. H. Bailey
... Ferns, where young plants are produced on the surface or tips of the fronds; and Dr. Masters records "the same condition as a teratological occurrence in the leaves of Hyacinthus Pouzolsii, Drosera intermedia, Arabis pumila, Chelidonum majus, Chirita Sinensis, Epicia bicolor, Zamia, ... — The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare • Henry Nicholson Ellacombe |