The Naturalist on the River Amazons: A Record of Adventures, Habits of Animals, Sketches of Brazilian and Indian Life, and Aspects of Nature Under the Equator, During Eleven Years of TravelHumboldt Publishing Company, 1889 - 774 pages |
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Page 631
... foliage than those growing in moist grounds . The forest was second growth , low , consisting of trees which had the general aspect of laurels and other evergreens in our gardens at home : the leaves glossy and dark green . Some of them ...
... foliage than those growing in moist grounds . The forest was second growth , low , consisting of trees which had the general aspect of laurels and other evergreens in our gardens at home : the leaves glossy and dark green . Some of them ...
Page 668
... foliage possible . Creeping convolvuli and others have made use of the slender lianas and hang- ing air - roots as ladders to climb by . Now and then appears a Mimosa or other tree hav- ing similar fine pinnate foliage , and thick ...
... foliage possible . Creeping convolvuli and others have made use of the slender lianas and hang- ing air - roots as ladders to climb by . Now and then appears a Mimosa or other tree hav- ing similar fine pinnate foliage , and thick ...
Page 688
... foliage during these annual inundations . The great contrast in form and color between the for- ests of the Rio Negro and those of the Ama- zous arises from the predominance in each of different families of plants . On the main river ...
... foliage during these annual inundations . The great contrast in form and color between the for- ests of the Rio Negro and those of the Ama- zous arises from the predominance in each of different families of plants . On the main river ...
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