Hardwicke's Science-gossip: An Illustrated Medium of Interchange and Gossip for Students and Lovers of Nature, 2. köideMordecai Cubitt Cooke, John Ellor Taylor Robert Hardwicke, 1867 |
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... genus , whose species are even yet far from being all known . These insects are genuine parasites , living upon vegetables , and in these temperate climates there is hardly a single plant but what supports its own species of Aphis ...
... genus , whose species are even yet far from being all known . These insects are genuine parasites , living upon vegetables , and in these temperate climates there is hardly a single plant but what supports its own species of Aphis ...
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... genus Peziza , the gelatina hymenea becomes blue with Iodine . In P. cochleata , Huds . , and P. violacea , Pers . , it does so , and the thecæ more intensely so at their extreme apices . In other species the thecæ alone , especially at ...
... genus Peziza , the gelatina hymenea becomes blue with Iodine . In P. cochleata , Huds . , and P. violacea , Pers . , it does so , and the thecæ more intensely so at their extreme apices . In other species the thecæ alone , especially at ...
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... genus , Professor Huxley has named " Ophiderpeton , " having reference to its elongated , snake - like form , rudimentary limbs , peculiar head , and compressed tail . In outward form Ophiderpeton somewhat re- sembles Siren lacertina ...
... genus , Professor Huxley has named " Ophiderpeton , " having reference to its elongated , snake - like form , rudimentary limbs , peculiar head , and compressed tail . In outward form Ophiderpeton somewhat re- sembles Siren lacertina ...
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... genus , several others are found in the same formation . The Ferns of this period are , however , inferior to those of the Fig . 74. Otopteris acuminata . preceding , but the genus Otopteris is well repre- sented . This genus is ...
... genus , several others are found in the same formation . The Ferns of this period are , however , inferior to those of the Fig . 74. Otopteris acuminata . preceding , but the genus Otopteris is well repre- sented . This genus is ...
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... genus , including fifty - three British species . The valve has distinct ribs , or costæ , with central and terminal nodules ( fig . 77 ) . STAURONEIS is a much smaller genus , of which we have but sixteen British representatives . The ...
... genus , including fifty - three British species . The valve has distinct ribs , or costæ , with central and terminal nodules ( fig . 77 ) . STAURONEIS is a much smaller genus , of which we have but sixteen British representatives . The ...
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