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Page 184
Every few yards discovered some new species , filling the mind with delight at
their beauty and variety . In dryer and more stony places , a pinnatifid clubmoss
stood up amongst the stones in crisp tufts , like the parsley fern on mountain -
sides ...
Every few yards discovered some new species , filling the mind with delight at
their beauty and variety . In dryer and more stony places , a pinnatifid clubmoss
stood up amongst the stones in crisp tufts , like the parsley fern on mountain -
sides ...
Page 255
Whilst the distribution of water - mollusks may be thus accounted for , the greater
variety and more restricted range of the land species is not explained . They have
at least equal means of dispersion , compared with the sluggish , mud - loving ...
Whilst the distribution of water - mollusks may be thus accounted for , the greater
variety and more restricted range of the land species is not explained . They have
at least equal means of dispersion , compared with the sluggish , mud - loving ...
Page 256
This variety is in the ratio of the continuity of their habitats in time and space . It
follows also ... the competition of improved varieties than by physical causes ; so
that when variation is most checked old forms will longest survive . Therefore I ...
This variety is in the ratio of the continuity of their habitats in time and space . It
follows also ... the competition of improved varieties than by physical causes ; so
that when variation is most checked old forms will longest survive . Therefore I ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Naturalist in Nicaragua 561. number of Everyman's library 561. number of Everyman's library, ed. by Ernest Thys. Travel & topography 561. number of Everyman's library: Travel and topography |
| Author | Thomas Belt |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | J.M. Dent, 1928 |
| Original from | University of Texas |
| Digitized | 6 veeb. 2008 |
| Length | 306 pages |
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