Tropical Nature, and Other EssaysMacmillan and Company, 1878 - 356 pages |
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Page 31
... sometimes twist and curve along the surface for a considerable distance , forming elevated and greatly compressed roots . These buttresses are sometimes so large that the spaces between them if roofed over would form huts capable of ...
... sometimes twist and curve along the surface for a considerable distance , forming elevated and greatly compressed roots . These buttresses are sometimes so large that the spaces between them if roofed over would form huts capable of ...
Page 33
... sometimes separate , sometimes matted together , are characteristic of the Eastern tropics , but appear to be rare or altogether unknown in America , and can therefore hardly be in- cluded among the general characteristics of the ...
... sometimes separate , sometimes matted together , are characteristic of the Eastern tropics , but appear to be rare or altogether unknown in America , and can therefore hardly be in- cluded among the general characteristics of the ...
Page 34
... Sometimes it is completely bare , a mass of decaying leaves and twigs and fallen fruits . More frequently it is covered with a dense carpet of selaginella or other lycopodiaceæ , and these sometimes give place to a variety of herbaceous ...
... Sometimes it is completely bare , a mass of decaying leaves and twigs and fallen fruits . More frequently it is covered with a dense carpet of selaginella or other lycopodiaceæ , and these sometimes give place to a variety of herbaceous ...
Page 38
... Sometimes branches only fall and carry a portion of the creeper tightly stretched to an adjoining tree ; at other times the whole tree is arrested by a neighbour to which the creeper soon transfers itself in order to reach the upper ...
... Sometimes branches only fall and carry a portion of the creeper tightly stretched to an adjoining tree ; at other times the whole tree is arrested by a neighbour to which the creeper soon transfers itself in order to reach the upper ...
Page 40
... sometimes rising up above the other trees . On river - banks they are especially con- spicuous and elegant , bending gracefully over the stream , their fine foliage waving in the breeze , and their stems often draped with hanging ...
... sometimes rising up above the other trees . On river - banks they are especially con- spicuous and elegant , bending gracefully over the stream , their fine foliage waving in the breeze , and their stems often draped with hanging ...
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