Biblical Botanical Gardens Society- USA

Bibliography

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Balfour, J.H. 1857. The Plants of the Bible: Trees and Shmbs. T. Nelson & Sons. London. 54 pp.

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 Reference

Manners and customs in Bible lands.

Fred H. Wight, Moody Press, Chicago, 1953

http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/

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The survey of western Palestine: The fauna and flora of Palestine.

Henry Baker Tristram (1822-1906) Palestine Exploration Fund, London, 1885.

http://www.archive.org/stream/

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Glossary 

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Withy

1 : willow; especially : any of various willows whose pliable twigs are used for furniture and basketry

2 : a flexible slender twig or branch

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Calyx

A sepal (from Latin separatus "separate" + petalum "petal") is a part of the flower of angiosperms (flowering plants). Sepals in most flowers are green and lie under the more conspicuous petals. As a collective unit the sepals form a calyx, whereas the collection of petals is called the corolla. Together, these two structures are known as the perianth of the flower.

The petals and sepals are usually differentiated into colorful petals and green sepals. The term tepal is usually applied when the petals and sepals are undifferentiated and look similar, or the petals are absent and the sepals are colorful. When the flower is in bud, the sepals enclose and protect the more delicate floral parts within. Morphologically they are modified leaves. The calyx (the sepals) and the corolla (the petals) are the outer sterile whorls of the flower, which together form what is known as the perianth'.^[1]

The number of sepals in a flower (called merosity) is indicative of the plant's classification: eudicots have typically four or five sepals, whereas monocots and palaeodicots have three, or some multiple of three, sepals.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calyx_(botany)

in·vo·lu·cre  (nv-lkr)
A series of bracts beneath or around a flower or flower cluster. French, from Latin involcrum, wrapper, envelope.

a highly conspicuous bract or bract pair or ring of bracts at the base of an inflorescence

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