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 Forms |
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Page 129
A second species of Marcgravia that I found in the woods around Santo Domingo
has the pitchers placed close to the pedicels of the flowers, so that the birds must
approach them from above ; and in this species the flowers are turned upwards ...
A second species of Marcgravia that I found in the woods around Santo Domingo
has the pitchers placed close to the pedicels of the flowers, so that the birds must
approach them from above ; and in this species the flowers are turned upwards ...
Page 132
... the whole economy of this plant to procure cross fertilisation would be upset.*
The open flower of the foxglove hangs downwards. The lower part, or dilated
opening of the tube, is turned outwards, and has scattered stiff hairs distributed ...
... the whole economy of this plant to procure cross fertilisation would be upset.*
The open flower of the foxglove hangs downwards. The lower part, or dilated
opening of the tube, is turned outwards, and has scattered stiff hairs distributed ...
Page 145
He was just opposite to me at the time, the movement caught his eye, he turned
half round, and put down his neck and head towards the ground as if he was
going to spring, and I believe he could have cleared the ground between us at a
...
He was just opposite to me at the time, the movement caught his eye, he turned
half round, and put down his neck and head towards the ground as if he was
going to spring, and I believe he could have cleared the ground between us at a
...
Page 160
He had, doubtless, heard that a stranger had arrived in the town ; for every time I
had been there he had turned up. His best friends are the foreigners, who look
with greater pity on his misfortune than his neighbours, who have grown ...
He had, doubtless, heard that a stranger had arrived in the town ; for every time I
had been there he had turned up. His best friends are the foreigners, who look
with greater pity on his misfortune than his neighbours, who have grown ...
Page 188
After passing the Indian graves, about a league from Libertad, we turned off to the
right, by a path that led directly to the Mico, without going through the town. After
crossing several rounded grassy hills, we reached the river, and found it ...
After passing the Indian graves, about a league from Libertad, we turned off to the
right, by a path that led directly to the Mico, without going through the town. After
crossing several rounded grassy hills, we reached the river, and found it ...
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| Title | 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 Forms |
| Author | Thomas Belt |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | J. Murray, 1874 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 5 okt. 2017 |
| Length | 403 pages |
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