 | John Lindley, John Torrey - 1831 - 486 Seiten
...limits of the Cape, 9 in Barbary, 3 in the East Indies, 4 in China and Japan, and 2 in New Holland They are found in the driest situations, where not a blade...grass nor a particle of moss can grow, on naked rocks, old walls, sandy hot plains, alternately exposed to the heaviest dews of night, and the fiercest rays... | |
 | John Lindley - 1836 - 570 Seiten
...and Japan, and 2 in New Holland. To these are to be added several species from the Himalayas. They are found in the driest situations, where not a blade...grass nor a particle of moss can grow, on naked rocks, old walls, sandy hot plains, alternately exposed to the heaviest dews of night and the fiercest rays... | |
 | William Benjamin Carpenter - 1842 - 286 Seiten
...succulent plants, which flourish under circumstances that would be fatal to almost all others. They are found in the driest situations, where not a blade...grass nor a particle of moss can grow, on naked rocks, old walls, sandy hot plains, alternately exposed to the heaviest dews of night, and to the fiercest... | |
 | William Benjamin Carpenter - 1848 - 600 Seiten
...succulent plants, which flourish under circumstances that would be fatal to almost all others. They are found in the driest situations, where not a blade...grass nor a particle of moss can grow, on naked rocks, old walls, sandy hot plains, alternately exposed to the heaviest dews of night, and to the fiercest... | |
 | Mrs. Loudon (Jane) - 1848 - 410 Seiten
...flowers produced in clustered heads or cymes. " The species," says Mr. Don, " are found in the dry situations where not a blade of grass nor a particle of moss can grow, on naked rocks, old walls, sandy hot plains, alternately exposed to the heaviest dews of night, and the fiercest rays... | |
 | Samuel Prout Newcombe - 1851 - 402 Seiten
...HOUSBLEEE. (Parts, <$'£.)• — These plants have thick "succulent" leaves. It it said, that "they are found in the driest situations, where not a blade...nor a particle of moss can grow ; on naked rocks, old walls, and sandy hot plains exposed to the heavy dews of night, and the scorching mid-day rays."... | |
 | Eli Bowen - 1852 - 456 Seiten
...Tetragcma, probably allied to the above species, which are found at the Cape of Good Hope. They occur in the driest situations", where not a blade of grass nor a particle of moss can grow, on naked rocks, old walls, or hot sandy plains, alternately exposed to the heaviest dews of night, and the most intense... | |
 | John Lindley - 1853 - 1076 Seiten
...China and Japan, and 2 in New Holland To these are to be added several species from the Himalayas. They are found in the driest situations, where not a blade...grass nor a particle of moss can grow, on naked rocks, old walls, sandy hot plains, alternately exposed to the heaviest dews of night and the fiercest rays... | |
 | John Lindley - 1853 - 1066 Seiten
...China and Japan, and 2 in New Holland To these are to be added several species from the Himalayas. They are found in the driest situations, where not a blade...grass nor a particle of moss can grow, on naked rocks, old walls, sandy hot plains, alternately exposed to the heaviest dews of night and the fiercest rays... | |
 | Charles Alexander Johns - 1853 - 450 Seiten
...and starlike flowers, inhabiting most parts of the world, especially the south of Africa, and growing in the driest situations, where not a blade of grass nor a particle of moss can live ; on naked rocks, old walls, or sandy, hot plains, — alternately exposed to the heaviest dews... | |
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They are found in the driest situations, where not a blade of grass nor a particle of moss can grow, on naked rocks, old walls, sandy hot plains, alternately exposed to the heaviest dews of night and the fiercest rays of the noon-day sun. Soil is to them... 
