The Naturalist in Nicaragua: A Narrative of a Residence at the Gold Mines of Chontales; Journeys in the Savannahs and Forests; with Observations on Animals and Plants in Reference to the Theory of Evolution of Living FormsE. Bumpus, 1888 - 403 pages |
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... flowers , leaves , twigs , and bark of trees , and between insects and inanimate nature . They serve often for concealment , as when leaves are imitated by leaf - insects and many butterflies , or for a disguise that enables predatory ...
... flowers , leaves , twigs , and bark of trees , and between insects and inanimate nature . They serve often for concealment , as when leaves are imitated by leaf - insects and many butterflies , or for a disguise that enables predatory ...
Page 15
... flowers , and the green was further varied here and there by the white stems of the cecropia trees . Now and then we passed more open spots , affording glimpses into the forest , where grew , in the dark shade , slender - stemmed palms ...
... flowers , and the green was further varied here and there by the white stems of the cecropia trees . Now and then we passed more open spots , affording glimpses into the forest , where grew , in the dark shade , slender - stemmed palms ...
Page 44
... flowers amongst the dark green foliage . Flocks of muscovy and whistling ducks also flew over to their evening feeding - places . Great masses of a floating plant , shaped like a cabbage , were abundant on the lake , and on these the ...
... flowers amongst the dark green foliage . Flocks of muscovy and whistling ducks also flew over to their evening feeding - places . Great masses of a floating plant , shaped like a cabbage , were abundant on the lake , and on these the ...
Page 48
... flower when they have shed their leaves , and presenting great domes of brilliant colour -some pink , others red , blue ... flowers . The yellow - flowered ones belong to wild cotton - trees , from the pods of which the natives gather ...
... flower when they have shed their leaves , and presenting great domes of brilliant colour -some pink , others red , blue ... flowers . The yellow - flowered ones belong to wild cotton - trees , from the pods of which the natives gather ...
Page 57
... flowers , which do not belong to it , but to one of the lianas that twines through its branches and sends down great rope - like stems to the ground . Climbing ferns and . vanilla cling to the trunks , and a thousand epiphytes perch ...
... flowers , which do not belong to it , but to one of the lianas that twines through its branches and sends down great rope - like stems to the ground . Climbing ferns and . vanilla cling to the trunks , and a thousand epiphytes perch ...
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