Tropical nature, and other essaysMacmillan, 1878 - 356 pages |
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Page 41
... resembling a coarse cloth , and in other cases more like horsehair . The flowers are not individually large , but form large spikes or racemes , and the fruits are often beautifully scaled and hang in huge bunches which are sometimes ...
... resembling a coarse cloth , and in other cases more like horsehair . The flowers are not individually large , but form large spikes or racemes , and the fruits are often beautifully scaled and hang in huge bunches which are sometimes ...
Page 47
... resembling at first sight those of some herbaceous flowering - plants . Their numbers may be judged from the fact that in the vicinity of Tarrapoto , in Peru , Dr. Spruce gathered 250 species of ferns , while the single volcanic ...
... resembling at first sight those of some herbaceous flowering - plants . Their numbers may be judged from the fact that in the vicinity of Tarrapoto , in Peru , Dr. Spruce gathered 250 species of ferns , while the single volcanic ...
Page 48
... resembling roasted chestnuts ; when ripe it is sometimes pulped and boiled with water , making a very agreeable sweet soup ; or it is roasted , or cut into slices and fried , in either form being a delicious tropical substitute for ...
... resembling roasted chestnuts ; when ripe it is sometimes pulped and boiled with water , making a very agreeable sweet soup ; or it is roasted , or cut into slices and fried , in either form being a delicious tropical substitute for ...
Page 49
... resemble Yuccas , but have larger leaves which grow in a close spiral screw on the stem . Some are large and palm - like , and it is a curious sight to stand under these and look up at the huge vegetable screw formed by the bases of the ...
... resemble Yuccas , but have larger leaves which grow in a close spiral screw on the stem . Some are large and palm - like , and it is a curious sight to stand under these and look up at the huge vegetable screw formed by the bases of the ...
Page 52
... resembling the light and airy plumes of the bird- of - paradise copied on a gigantic scale in living foliage . Such clumps are often eighty or a hundred feet high , the glossy stems , perhaps six inches thick at the base , spring- ing ...
... resembling the light and airy plumes of the bird- of - paradise copied on a gigantic scale in living foliage . Such clumps are often eighty or a hundred feet high , the glossy stems , perhaps six inches thick at the base , spring- ing ...
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