 | 1858 - 708 lehte
...roots buried far beneath the soil, feel little the effects of the scorching sun. The number of these which have tuberous roots is very great ; and their...under circumstances where that appendage is necessary to act as a reservoir for preserving its life; and the same thing occurs in Angola to a species of... | |
 | 1857 - 588 lehte
...little the effects of the scorching sun. The number of these which have tuberous roots is тегу great ; and their structure is intended to supply...under circumstances where that appendage is necessary to act as a reservoir for preserving its life; and the same thing occurs in Angola to a species of... | |
 | 1858 - 256 lehte
...roots buried far beneath the soil, feel little the effects of the scorching sun. The number of these which have tuberous roots is very great; and their...under circumstances where that appendage is necessary to act as a reservoir for preserving its life; and the same thing occurs in Angola to a species of... | |
 | 1858 - 930 lehte
...little the effects of the scorching sun. The number of these which have, tuberous roots is very great j and their structure is intended to supply nutriment...a plant, not generally tuber-bearing, becoming so unuer circumstances where that appendage is necessary to act as a reservoir for preserving its life... | |
 | David Livingstone - 1858 - 788 lehte
...roots buried far beneath the soil, feel little the effects of the scorching sun. The number of these which have tuberous roots is very great; and their...during the long droughts, they can be obtained nowhere eke. Here we have an example of a plant, not generally tuberbearing, becoming so under circumstances... | |
 | Alexander Mackay - 1861 - 790 lehte
...plants. The number of these that have tuberous roots is very great, and their structure i* euch as to supply nutriment and moisture, when, during the long droughts, they can be obtained nowhere else. The traveller sees a small plant witli linear leaves, with a stalk not thicker than a crow's quill... | |
 | David Livingstone - 1868 - 810 lehte
...roots buried far beneath the soil, fcel little the effects of the scorching sun. The number of these which have tuberous roots is very great ; and their...Here we have an example of a plant, not generally tuberLaaring, becoming so under circumstances where that appendage is necessary to act as a reservoir... | |
 | Alexander Mackay - 1870 - 356 lehte
...plants. The number of these that have tuberous roots is very great, and their structure is such as to supply nutriment and moisture, when, during the long droughts, they can be obtained nowhere else. The traveller sees a small plant with linear leaves, with a stalk not thicker than a crow's quill ;... | |
 | David Livingstone - 1872 - 806 lehte
...roots buried far beneath the soil, feel little the effects of the scorching sun. The number of these which have tuberous roots is very great ; and their...Here we have an example of a plant, not generally tubcrtearing, becoming so under circumstances where tliat appendage is necessary to act as a reservoir... | |
 | Alexander Mackay - 1876 - 720 lehte
...that have tuberous r»»ts is very great, and their structure is such as to supply nutriment ::iul moisture, when, during the long droughts, they can be obtained nowhere else. The traveller sees a small plant with linear leaves, with a. stalk not thicker than a crow's quill... | |
| |
... remarkable region is astonishing, even to those who are familiar with India. It usually rises in tufts with bare spaces between, or the intervals are occupied by creeping plants, which, having their roots buried far beneath the soil, feel little the... 
