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A fixation disparity is not constant within a certain observer, but can vary depending on the viewing conditions. If test prisms with increasing amount are placed in front of the observer’s eyes, the fixation disparity changes in the eso direction with base-in prisms and in the exo direction with base-out prisms (Fig. 3).
The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species. The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species is a book by Charles Darwin first published in 1877. [1] It is the fifth of his six books devoted solely to the study of plants (excluding The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication [2]).
The Maddox rod test can be used to subjectively detect and measure a latent, manifest, horizontal or vertical strabismus for near and distance. The test is based on the principle of diplopic projection. [1] Dissociation of the deviation is brought about by presenting a red line image to one eye and a white light to the other, while prisms are ...
An inflorescence, in a flowering plant, is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a system of branches. [1] An inflorescence is categorized on the basis of the arrangement of flowers on a main axis (peduncle) and by the timing of its flowering (determinate and indeterminate). [2]
Iris (plant) Iris. (plant) Iris is a flowering plant genus of 310 accepted species [1] with showy flowers. As well as being the scientific name, iris is also widely used as a common name for all Iris species, as well as some belonging to other closely related genera. A common name for some species is flags, while the plants of the subgenus ...
Leaf whorls on a woody tree, Brabejum stellatifolium. In botany, a whorl or verticil is a whorled arrangement of leaves, sepals, petals, stamens, or carpels that radiate from a single point and surround or wrap around the stem or stalk. [1][2] A leaf whorl consists of at least three elements; a pair of opposite leaves is not called a whorl.
Epilobium angustifolium L. Chamerion angustifolium (L.) Holub. Chamaenerion angustifolium is a perennial herbaceous flowering plant in the willowherb family Onagraceae. It is known in North America as fireweed and in Britain and Ireland as rosebay willowherb. [1] It is also known by the synonyms Chamerion angustifolium and Epilobium angustifolium.
Chocolate Cosmos. Higher maintenance than annual cosmos, this perennial species (Cosmos atrosanguineus) bears dark red flowers that smell like chocolate until fall temperatures dip below 50 ...