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 FormsJ. Murray, 1874 - 403 pages |
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Page 15
... flowers , and the greenery was further varied here and there by the white stems of the cecropia trees . Now and then we passed more open spots , affording glimpses each into the forest , where grew , in the dark shade , slender ...
... flowers , and the greenery was further varied here and there by the white stems of the cecropia trees . Now and then we passed more open spots , affording glimpses each into the forest , where grew , in the dark shade , slender ...
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 , Ch . IV . ] ARRIVAL AT SAN UBALDO . 44 [ Ch ...
... 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 , Ch . IV . ] ARRIVAL AT SAN UBALDO . 44 [ Ch ...
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 ropes 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 ropes like stems to the ground . Climbing ferns and vanilla cling to the trunks , and a thousand epiphytes perch ...
Page 58
... flowers , yellow , pink , or white , that have fallen from some invisible tree - top above , or the air is filled with a delicious perfume , the source of which one secks around in vain , for the flowers that cause it are far overhead ...
... flowers , yellow , pink , or white , that have fallen from some invisible tree - top above , or the air is filled with a delicious perfume , the source of which one secks around in vain , for the flowers that cause it are far overhead ...
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