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Welwitschia mirabilis, Hook. f. Lvs. 6 ft. or more long, the split ends reclining on the ground, flat and long-narrow, attached at the base to the crown of the wrinkled brown and hard trunk: plant said to persist a century. G.C. III.47:56. J.H. III.46:38. G.W. 9, pp. 294-5.
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Welwitschia (Dr. Friedrich Welwitsch, 1806-1872, botanical traveler, who brought this remarkable plant to notice). Gnetaceae. One of the most singular of plants, sometimes seen in the dried state in museums and rarely grown in botanic gardens.
Welwitschia (Dr. Friedrich Welwitsch, 1806-1872, botanical traveler, who brought this remarkable plant to notice). Gnetaceae. One of the most singular of plants, sometimes seen in the dried state in museums and rarely grown in botanic gardens.