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  • Other Macronesian endemic species found in laurisilva are Arbutus canariensis, Ilex canariensis, Visnea mocanera, Picconia excelsa, Heberdenia excelsa, Salix canariensis, and Viburnum tinus.

    Canary Islands dry woodlands and forests 2008

  • Cork oak forests are characterized by a very rich evergreen and subtropical-like mixing of small trees and high shrubs such as Laurus nobilis, Arbutus unedo, Erica arborea, Ilex aquifolium, Phillyrea latifolia, P. angustifolia, Viburnum tinus, Cytisus villosus, and Myrtus communis.

    Mediterranean woodlands and forests 2007

  • In this way Plo - tinus introduced a dialectics of beauty and ugliness and conceived of beauty as creativity and a plastic force.

    Dictionary of the History of Ideas HERBERT DIECKMANN 1968

  • As Augustine's views on these and other questions were derived from Plo - tinus and, indirectly, from Plato, this is to be expected.

    Dictionary of the History of Ideas JULIUS WEINBERG 1968

  • As Augustine's views on these and other questions were derived from Plo - tinus and, indirectly, from

    Dictionary of the History of Ideas 1925

  • Alexandrian laurel, and the _tinus_ as more ductile; but without any good evidence.

    Sylva, Vol. 1 (of 2) Or A Discourse of Forest Trees John Evelyn 1663

  • The stiffest - stemmed species - box, yew, Osmanthus delavayi - have little difficulty, but those with more flexible stems - Viburnum tinus and Phillyrea angustifolia - can stand only so much before they bend downwards and tear or snap.

    Top stories from Times Online 2010

  • The stiffest - stemmed species - box, yew, Osmanthus delavayi - have little difficulty, but those with more flexible stems - Viburnum tinus and Phillyrea angustifolia - can stand only so much before they bend downwards and tear or snap.

    Top stories from Times Online 2010

  • It comes in pink too, if you are so inclined (V. tinus 'Eve Price')

    Blogposts | guardian.co.uk 2009

  • It is probably Phormium cookianum 'Tricolor' and it is being held in check by a gigantic Vibrunum tinus behind it - the pair having crushed the life out of a Jerusalem sage (Phlomis russeliana) between them.

    getreading - Reading Post - RSS feed 2009

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