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" Acacia, however, bears hollow thorns, and each leaflet produces honey in a centre-formed gland at the base, and a small sweet pear-shaped body at the tip. In consequence, it is inhabited by myriads of a small ant which nests in the hollow thorns, and... "
The Colour-sense: Its Origin and Development: An Essay in Comparative Psychology - Page 137
by Grant Allen - 1879 - 282 lehte
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On British Wild Flowers Considered in Relation to Insects

Sir John Lubbock - 1875 - 212 lehte
...mushrooms on. The acacia, however, bears hollow thorns, and each leaflet produces honey in a crater-formed gland at the base, and a small, sweet, pear-shaped...consequence, it is inhabited by myriads of a small ant, Psmdomyrma bicolor, which nests in the hollow thorns, and thus finds meat, drink, and lodging all provided...
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The Fortnightly Review, 27. köide

1877 - 938 lehte
...mushrooms on. The acacia, however, bears hollow thorns, and each leaflet produces honey in a crater-formed gland at the base, and a small, sweet, pearshaped...consequence, it is inhabited by myriads of a small ant, Pseudomyrma bicolor, which nests in the hollow thorns, and thus finds meat, drink, and lodging all...
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Flowers: Their Origin, Shapes, Perfumes, and Colours

John Ellor Taylor - 1878 - 402 lehte
...grow small fungi on. The Acacia, however, bears hollow thorns, and each leaflet produces honey in a gland at the base, and a small, sweet, pearshaped...consequence, it is inhabited by myriads of a small ant (Pseudomyrma bicolor), which nests in the hollow thorns, and thus finds meat, drink, and lodging all...
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On certain relations between plants and insects: a lecture

John Lubbock (1st baron Avebury.) - 1878 - 24 lehte
...produces honey in a centre-formed gland at the base, and a small sweet pear-shaped body at the tip. la consequence, it is inhabited by myriads of a small ant which nests iu the hollow thorns, and thus finds meat, drink, and lodging all provided for it. These ants are continually...
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Chapters in popular natural history

John Lubbock (1st baron Avebury.) - 1882 - 244 lehte
...on. The Acacia, however, bears hollow thorns, while each leaflet produces honey in a crater-formed gland at the base, and a small, sweet, pear-shaped...consequence, it is inhabited by myriads of a small ant, which nest in the hollow thorns, and thus find meat, drink, and lodging all provided for them. These ants...
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The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live in

Sir John Lubbock - 1892 - 492 lehte
...bears hollow thorns, while each leaflet produces honey in a crater-formed gland at the base, as well as a small, sweet, pearshaped body at the tip. In consequence...most efficient bodyguard, not only driving off the leaf-eating ants, but, in Belt's opinion, rendering the leaves less liable to be eaten by herbivorous...
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Life and the Conditions of Survival: The Physical Basis of Ethics, Sociology ...

Brooklyn Ethical Association - 1895 - 440 lehte
...on. The Acacia, however, bears hollow thorns, while each leaflet produces honey in a crater-formed gland at the base, and a small, sweet, pear-shaped...for it. These ants are continually roaming over the plant,and constitute a most efficient body-guard, not only driving off the leaf-cutting ant, but rendering...
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On Buds and Stipules

Sir John Lubbock - 1899 - 286 lehte
...bears hollow thorns, while each leaflet produces honey in a crater-formed gland at the base, as well as a small sweet, pear-shaped body at the tip. In consequence...most efficient bodyguard, not only driving off the leafeating ants, but, in Belt,s opinion, rendering the leaves less liable to be eaten by herbivorous...
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On Buds and Stipules

Sir John Lubbock - 1899 - 280 lehte
...bears hollow thorns, while each leaflet produces honey in a crater-formed gland at the base, as well as a small sweet, pear-shaped body at the tip. In consequence...most efficient bodyguard, not only driving off the leafeating ants, but, in Belt's opinion, rendering the leaves less liable to be eaten by herbivorous...
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Littell's Living Age, 133. köide

1877 - 852 lehte
...mushrooms on. The acacia, however, bears hollow thorns, and each leaflet produces honey in a crater-formed gland at the base, and a small, sweet, pear-shaped...consequence, it is inhabited by myriads of a small ant, 1'seudomyrma bicolor, which nests in the hollow thorns, and thus finds meat, drink, and lodging all...
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