The Naturalist in NicaraguaJ. M. Dent & Sons, 1911 - 306 pages |
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Page 144
... plants , and stunted trees replaced the dry gravelly soil of the Juigalpa district . The low trees bore innumerable epiphytal plants on their trunks and boughs . Many of these are species of Tillandsia , which sit perched up on the ...
... plants , and stunted trees replaced the dry gravelly soil of the Juigalpa district . The low trees bore innumerable epiphytal plants on their trunks and boughs . Many of these are species of Tillandsia , which sit perched up on the ...
Page 172
... plants that were not touched by the ants , the thorns turned yellow and dried up into dead but persistent prickles ... plants , and the protection the latter secured by the attendance of ants attracted by the honey . I found many plants ...
... plants that were not touched by the ants , the thorns turned yellow and dried up into dead but persistent prickles ... plants , and the protection the latter secured by the attendance of ants attracted by the honey . I found many plants ...
Page 253
... plants also . Alph . de Candolle has remarked that in large groups of plants which have many terrestrial and only a few aquatic species the latter have a far wider distribution than the former . It is well known to botanists that many ...
... plants also . Alph . de Candolle has remarked that in large groups of plants which have many terrestrial and only a few aquatic species the latter have a far wider distribution than the former . It is well known to botanists that many ...
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