Tropical nature, and other essaysMacmillan, 1878 - 356 pages |
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... groups now characteristic of tropical or of temperate regions . While discussing the general laws and phenomena of colour in the organic world , and its special develop- ments among certain groups of animals , I have been led to a ...
... groups now characteristic of tropical or of temperate regions . While discussing the general laws and phenomena of colour in the organic world , and its special develop- ments among certain groups of animals , I have been led to a ...
Page 31
... groups . Thus , many of the Bombaceæ or silk - cotton trees , several of the Leguminosa , and perhaps many trees belonging to other natural orders , possess these appendages . There is another form of tree , hardly less curious , in ...
... groups . Thus , many of the Bombaceæ or silk - cotton trees , several of the Leguminosa , and perhaps many trees belonging to other natural orders , possess these appendages . There is another form of tree , hardly less curious , in ...
Page 35
... groups of insects , but being placed openly on the stems , and in the greatest profusion , they cannot fail to attract the attention of the wandering butterflies . Uses of Equatorial Forest - trees . - Amid this immense variety of trees ...
... groups of insects , but being placed openly on the stems , and in the greatest profusion , they cannot fail to attract the attention of the wandering butterflies . Uses of Equatorial Forest - trees . - Amid this immense variety of trees ...
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... groups of palms , ferns , ginger - worts , and wild plantains , arums , orchids , and bamboos ; and under these heads we shall give a short account of the part they take in giving a distinctive aspect to the equatorial forests . - Palms ...
... groups of palms , ferns , ginger - worts , and wild plantains , arums , orchids , and bamboos ; and under these heads we shall give a short account of the part they take in giving a distinctive aspect to the equatorial forests . - Palms ...
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... group . They are very abundant in the drier equatorial forests , and more than sixty species are known from the Malay Archipelago . The stems ( when cleaned from the sheathing leaves and prickles ) vary in size from the thickness of a ...
... group . They are very abundant in the drier equatorial forests , and more than sixty species are known from the Malay Archipelago . The stems ( when cleaned from the sheathing leaves and prickles ) vary in size from the thickness of a ...
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