The Naturalist in Nicaragua: A Narrative of a Residence at the Gold Mines of Chontales; Journeys in the Savannahs and Forests. With Observations on Animals and Plants in Reference to the Theory of Evolution of Living Forms |
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Page x
... Papaws—Wegetables—Dependence of Flowers on Insects for their
Fertilization—Insect Plagues—Leaf-cutting Ants : their method of defoliating
Trees : their Nests—Some Trees are not touched by the Ants —Foreign Trees are
very subject ...
... Papaws—Wegetables—Dependence of Flowers on Insects for their
Fertilization—Insect Plagues—Leaf-cutting Ants : their method of defoliating
Trees : their Nests—Some Trees are not touched by the Ants —Foreign Trees are
very subject ...
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Description of San Antonio Walley—Great variety of animal life— Pitcher-
flowered Marcgravias—Flowers fertilized by Hummingbirds—By Insects—
Provision in some flowers to prevent insects, not adapted for carrying the pollen,
from obtaining ...
Description of San Antonio Walley—Great variety of animal life— Pitcher-
flowered Marcgravias—Flowers fertilized by Hummingbirds—By Insects—
Provision in some flowers to prevent insects, not adapted for carrying the pollen,
from obtaining ...
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e g e © 93 SECTION OF SAN ANTONIO LODE . g & g . 94 HUMMING-BIRDs (
Florisuga mellivora, Linn.) III. TONGUES OF HUMMING-BIRD AND
WOODPECKER . 113, 114 PITCHER-FLOWER (Marcgravia nepenth0ldes). g
129 FLOWER of ...
e g e © 93 SECTION OF SAN ANTONIO LODE . g & g . 94 HUMMING-BIRDs (
Florisuga mellivora, Linn.) III. TONGUES OF HUMMING-BIRD AND
WOODPECKER . 113, 114 PITCHER-FLOWER (Marcgravia nepenth0ldes). g
129 FLOWER of ...
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A lovely Creeper (Antigonon leptopus), with festoons of pink and rose-coloured
flowers, adorns some of the gardens. ... wild in the provinces of Matagalpa and
Segovia, where it was one of the great favourites of the flower-loving Indians.
A lovely Creeper (Antigonon leptopus), with festoons of pink and rose-coloured
flowers, adorns some of the gardens. ... wild in the provinces of Matagalpa and
Segovia, where it was one of the great favourites of the flower-loving Indians.
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... orders, but between insects and flowers, leaves, twigs, and bark of trees, and
between insects and inanimate nature. ... that enables predatory species to get
within reach of their prey, as in those spiders that resemble the petals of flowers ...
... orders, but between insects and flowers, leaves, twigs, and bark of trees, and
between insects and inanimate nature. ... that enables predatory species to get
within reach of their prey, as in those spiders that resemble the petals of flowers ...
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| Title | The Naturalist in Nicaragua: A Narrative of a Residence at the Gold Mines of Chontales; Journeys in the Savannahs and Forests. With Observations on Animals and Plants in Reference to the Theory of Evolution of Living Forms |
| Author | Thomas Belt |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | J. Murray, 1874 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 5 okt. 2017 |
| Length | 403 pages |
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