Tropical Nature, and Other EssaysMacmillan and Company, 1878 - 356 pages |
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Page 47
... gardens may be taken as representatives , but the equatorial species are very numerous and varied , often forming dense thickets in damp places , and adorning the forest shades with their elegant and curious or showy flowers FERNS . 47.
... gardens may be taken as representatives , but the equatorial species are very numerous and varied , often forming dense thickets in damp places , and adorning the forest shades with their elegant and curious or showy flowers FERNS . 47.
Page 48
Alfred Russel Wallace. forest shades with their elegant and curious or showy flowers . The maranths produce " arrow ... curiously lobed or incised , and sometimes reticulated with large open spaces , as if pieces had been regularly eaten ...
Alfred Russel Wallace. forest shades with their elegant and curious or showy flowers . The maranths produce " arrow ... curiously lobed or incised , and sometimes reticulated with large open spaces , as if pieces had been regularly eaten ...
Page 49
... curious sight to stand under these and look up at the huge vegetable screw formed by the bases of the long drooping leaves . Some have slender - branched trunks , which send out aerial roots ; others are stemless , consisting of an ...
... curious sight to stand under these and look up at the huge vegetable screw formed by the bases of the long drooping leaves . Some have slender - branched trunks , which send out aerial roots ; others are stemless , consisting of an ...
Page 60
... curious that , as most of the species are some- what prickly , so easy and common a mode of protection as the development of stronger spines should here have failed ; and that its place should be supplied by so singular a power as that ...
... curious that , as most of the species are some- what prickly , so easy and common a mode of protection as the development of stronger spines should here have failed ; and that its place should be supplied by so singular a power as that ...
Page 76
... curious points rarely or never observed among those of the temperate zone . The majority , as with us , are truly diurnal , but there are some Eastern Morphide and the entire American family Brassolidæ , which are cre- puscular , coming ...
... curious points rarely or never observed among those of the temperate zone . The majority , as with us , are truly diurnal , but there are some Eastern Morphide and the entire American family Brassolidæ , which are cre- puscular , coming ...
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