 At the base of each pair of leaflets, on the mid-rib, is a crater-formed gland which, when the leaves are young, secretes a honey-like liquid. Of this the ants are very fond, and they are constantly running about from one gland to another, to sip up the...  The Naturalist in Nicaragua - Page 220by Thomas Belt - 2005 - 448 lehteLimited preview - About this book
 | 1880 - 1118 lehte
...leaflets, on the mid-rib, is a crater-shaped gland, which, when the leaves are young, secretes a honey-like liquid. Of this the ants are very fond ; and they...there is, when the leaf first unfolds, a little yellow fruit-like body united by a point at its base to the end of the pianule. Examined through a microscope,... | |
 | James Samuelson, Henry Lawson, William Sweetland Dallas - 1875 - 486 lehte
...leaflets, on the mid-rib, is a craterformed gland, which, when the leaves are young, secretes a honey-like liquid. Of this the ants are very fond, and they are constantly running about from one gland to the other to sip up the honey as it is secreted. But this is not all ; there is a still more wonderful... | |
 | William Farren White - 1883 - 310 lehte
...leaflets, on the mid-rib, is a craterformed gland, which, when the leaves are young, secretes a honey-like liquid. Of this the ants are very fond ; and they...there is, when the leaf first unfolds, a little yellow fruit-like body united by a point at its base to the end of the pinnule. Examined through a microscope,... | |
 | John Ellor Taylor - 1884 - 370 lehte
...leaflets, on the mid-rib, is a crater-formed gland which, when the leaves are young, secretes a honey-like liquid. Of this the ants are very fond, and they are...there is, when the leaf first unfolds, a little yellow fruit-like body, united by a point at its base to the end of the pinnacle. Examined through a microscope,... | |
 | George Massee - 1891 - 280 lehte
...leaflets, on the mid-rib, is a crater-formed gland which, when the leaves are young, secretes a honey-like liquid. Of this the ants are very fond, and they are...there is, when the leaf first unfolds, a little yellow fruit-like body united by a point at its base to the end of the pinnacle. Examined through a microscope,... | |
 | William Farren White - 1895 - 264 lehte
...leaflets, on the mid-rib, is a crater-formed gland, which, when the leaves are young, secretes a honey-like liquid. Of this the ants are very fond ; and they...is secreted. But this is not all ; there is a still See The Naturalist in Nicaragua, p. 218. more wonderful provision of more solid food. At the end of... | |
 | 1896 - 758 lehte
...leaflets on the midrib is a crater-formed gland which, when the leaves are young, secretes a honey-like liquid. Of this the ants are very fond, and they are...honey as it is secreted. But this is not all; there is still another provision of more solid food. At the end of each of the small divisions of the compound... | |
 | 1915 - 618 lehte
...leaflets, on the mid-rib, is a craterformed gland, which, when the leaves are young, secretes a honey-like liquid. Of this the ants are very fond ; and they...honey as it is secreted. But this is not all; there is still a more wonderful provision of more solid food. At the end of each of the small divisions of the... | |
 | Michael Vincent O'Shea, Ellsworth D. Foster, George Herbert Locke - 1917 - 872 lehte
...gland, which, when the leaves are young, secretes a honey-like liquid. Of this the ants are very fond ; they are constantly running about from one gland to...there Is. when the leaf first unfolds, a little yellow fruit-like body united by a point at Its base to the end of the pinnule. Examined through a microscope,... | |
 | Charles Herbert Sylvester - 1922 - 526 lehte
...gland, which, when the leaves are young, secretes a honey-like liquid. Of this the ants are very fond ; they are constantly running about from one gland to...there is, when the leaf first unfolds, a little yellow fruit-like body united by a point at its base to the end of the pinnule. Examined through a microscope,... | |
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