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... plant visited.1 There are many humble - bees , of different species from ours , in tropical America ; but none of them ... plants it is important that the insects specially adapted for the fertilisa- tion of their flowers should be ...
... plant visited.1 There are many humble - bees , of different species from ours , in tropical America ; but none of them ... plants it is important that the insects specially adapted for the fertilisa- tion of their flowers should be ...
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... plant at Pará . In many of the pouches I noticed the eggs and young ants , and in some I saw a few dark- coloured ... plants that do not provide houses , but attract ants to their leaves and flower - buds by means of glands secreting ...
... plant at Pará . In many of the pouches I noticed the eggs and young ants , and in some I saw a few dark- coloured ... plants that do not provide houses , but attract ants to their leaves and flower - buds by means of glands secreting ...
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... plants also . Alph . de Candolle has remarked that in large groups of plants which have many terrestrial and only a few aquatic species the latter have a far wider distribution than the former . It is well known to botanists that many ...
... plants also . Alph . de Candolle has remarked that in large groups of plants which have many terrestrial and only a few aquatic species the latter have a far wider distribution than the former . It is well known to botanists that many ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 3 |
Commence journey up San Juan riverPalms and wild canes | 13 |
CHAPTER III | 27 |
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