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... tropics - Scarcity of gold in the valley gravels - Difference of the Mollusca on the east and west coast of the Isthmus of Darien - The refuge of the tropical American animals and plants during the glacial period - The lowering of the ...
... tropics - Scarcity of gold in the valley gravels - Difference of the Mollusca on the east and west coast of the Isthmus of Darien - The refuge of the tropical American animals and plants during the glacial period - The lowering of the ...
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... tropical America ; but none of them frequented the flowers of the scarlet runner , and to that circumstance we may safely ascribe its sterility . An analogous case has been long known . The vanilla plant ( Vanilla planifolia ) has been ...
... tropical America ; but none of them frequented the flowers of the scarlet runner , and to that circumstance we may safely ascribe its sterility . An analogous case has been long known . The vanilla plant ( Vanilla planifolia ) has been ...
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... tropical America have been modified together . Varieties of plants that arose unsuitable for the ants have had an immense advantage over others that were more suitable ; and thus through time every indigenous tree that has survived in ...
... tropical America have been modified together . Varieties of plants that arose unsuitable for the ants have had an immense advantage over others that were more suitable ; and thus through time every indigenous tree that has survived in ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 3 |
Commence journey up San Juan riverPalms and wild canes | 13 |
CHAPTER III | 27 |
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