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Page 54
... grenadillas , bananas , pumpkins , plantains , papaws , and chioties fruited
abundantly . The last named is a native of Mexico ; it is a climbing plant with
succulent stems and vine - like leaves , and grows with great rapidity . The fruit ,
of which ...
... grenadillas , bananas , pumpkins , plantains , papaws , and chioties fruited
abundantly . The last named is a native of Mexico ; it is a climbing plant with
succulent stems and vine - like leaves , and grows with great rapidity . The fruit ,
of which ...
Page 65
That they do not eat the leaves themselves I convinced myself ; for I found near
the tenanted chambers , deserted ones filled with the refuse particles of leaves
that had been exhausted as manure for the fungus , and were now left , and
served ...
That they do not eat the leaves themselves I convinced myself ; for I found near
the tenanted chambers , deserted ones filled with the refuse particles of leaves
that had been exhausted as manure for the fungus , and were now left , and
served ...
Page 174
I must have tested some hundreds of leaves , and never shook one without the
ants coming out , excepting on one sicklylooking plant at Pará . In many of the
pouches I noticed the eggs and young ants , and in some I saw a few
darkcoloured ...
I must have tested some hundreds of leaves , and never shook one without the
ants coming out , excepting on one sicklylooking plant at Pará . In many of the
pouches I noticed the eggs and young ants , and in some I saw a few
darkcoloured ...
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| Title | The Naturalist in Nicaragua 561. number of Everyman's library Everyman's library, ed. by Ernest Rhys. Science Everyman's library. Travel and topography 561. number of Everyman's library: Science |
| Author | Thomas Belt |
| Contributor | Thomas Belt |
| Publisher | J.M. Dent & Sons, Limited, 1911 |
| Original from | the University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Digitized | 7 jaan. 2010 |
| Length | 306 pages |
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