Tropical Nature, and Other EssaysMacmillan and Company, 1878 - 356 pages |
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Alfred Russel Wallace. therefore conclude that other agencies are at work which often completely neutralise the effect which increased altitude must undoubtedly exert . There is another important difference between the temperate and ...
Alfred Russel Wallace. therefore conclude that other agencies are at work which often completely neutralise the effect which increased altitude must undoubtedly exert . There is another important difference between the temperate and ...
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... completely bare , a mass of decaying leaves and twigs and fallen fruits . More frequently it is covered with a dense carpet of selaginella or other lycopodiacea , and these sometimes give place to a variety of herbaceous plants ...
... completely bare , a mass of decaying leaves and twigs and fallen fruits . More frequently it is covered with a dense carpet of selaginella or other lycopodiacea , and these sometimes give place to a variety of herbaceous plants ...
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... completely covered with star- shaped flowers , three inches across and of a rich orange- red colour , making the trees look as if they had been artificially decorated with brilliant garlands . The recent discoveries as to the important ...
... completely covered with star- shaped flowers , three inches across and of a rich orange- red colour , making the trees look as if they had been artificially decorated with brilliant garlands . The recent discoveries as to the important ...
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... completely formed plant . In some cases the root reaches the ground before the seed above falls off . These trees greatly aid the formation of new land , as the mass of aerial roots which arch out from the stem to a considerable ...
... completely formed plant . In some cases the root reaches the ground before the seed above falls off . These trees greatly aid the formation of new land , as the mass of aerial roots which arch out from the stem to a considerable ...
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... completely carpeting the ground with their delicate foliage . Where a large surface of ground is thus covered the effect of walking over it is most peculiar . At each step the plants for some distance round suddenly droop , as if struck ...
... completely carpeting the ground with their delicate foliage . Where a large surface of ground is thus covered the effect of walking over it is most peculiar . At each step the plants for some distance round suddenly droop , as if struck ...
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