Tropical Nature, and Other EssaysMacmillan and Company, 1878 - 356 pages |
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Page 47
... fact that in the vicinity of Tarrapoto , in Peru , Dr. Spruce gathered 250 species of ferns , while the single volcanic mountains of Pangerango in Java ( 10,000 feet high ) is said to have produced 300 species . Ginger - worts and wild ...
... fact that in the vicinity of Tarrapoto , in Peru , Dr. Spruce gathered 250 species of ferns , while the single volcanic mountains of Pangerango in Java ( 10,000 feet high ) is said to have produced 300 species . Ginger - worts and wild ...
Page 51
... fact that the flowering season for each kind lasts but a few weeks , while different species flower almost every month in the year . It is also due to the manner of growth of orchids , generally in single plants or clumps which are ...
... fact that the flowering season for each kind lasts but a few weeks , while different species flower almost every month in the year . It is also due to the manner of growth of orchids , generally in single plants or clumps which are ...
Page 60
... fact that one species has been naturalized as a weed over so wide an area in the tropics , seems to show that it possesses some advantage over the generality of tropical weeds . It is however curious that , as most of the species are ...
... fact that one species has been naturalized as a weed over so wide an area in the tropics , seems to show that it possesses some advantage over the generality of tropical weeds . It is however curious that , as most of the species are ...
Page 71
... fact a great variety of mammals , birds , and reptiles , but they are widely scattered and all excessively shy of man . The region is so exten- sive , and uniform in the forest clothing of its surface , that it is only at long intervals ...
... fact a great variety of mammals , birds , and reptiles , but they are widely scattered and all excessively shy of man . The region is so exten- sive , and uniform in the forest clothing of its surface , that it is only at long intervals ...
Page 78
... been collected and studied . Perhaps no group exhibits the distinctions of species and genera with such precision and distinctness , due , as Mr. Bates . has well observed , to the fact that all the 78 TROPICAL NATURE , AND OTHER ESSAYS .
... been collected and studied . Perhaps no group exhibits the distinctions of species and genera with such precision and distinctness , due , as Mr. Bates . has well observed , to the fact that all the 78 TROPICAL NATURE , AND OTHER ESSAYS .
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