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 99
... variety of hydro - thermal and aqueous influence ; for the cooling of the heated rocks must have been a slow process , and undoubtedly the veins have often been the channels both for the passage of hot water and steam from the interior ...
... variety of hydro - thermal and aqueous influence ; for the cooling of the heated rocks must have been a slow process , and undoubtedly the veins have often been the channels both for the passage of hot water and steam from the interior ...
Page 116
... variety of ferns , whilst a babbling clear brook comes down from the ranges to the right . Some damp spots near the river are covered with a carpet of a beautiful variegated , velvety - leaved plant ( Cyrtodeira chontalensis ) with a ...
... variety of ferns , whilst a babbling clear brook comes down from the ranges to the right . Some damp spots near the river are covered with a carpet of a beautiful variegated , velvety - leaved plant ( Cyrtodeira chontalensis ) with a ...
Page 126
... variety of animal life- Pitcher - flowered Marcgravias Flowers fertilized by Hum- - ming - birds - By Insects - Provision in some flowers to prevent insects , not adapted for carrying the pollen , from obtaining access to the nectaries ...
... variety of animal life- Pitcher - flowered Marcgravias Flowers fertilized by Hum- - ming - birds - By Insects - Provision in some flowers to prevent insects , not adapted for carrying the pollen , from obtaining access to the nectaries ...
Page 134
... variety of wasps , as of all other insects , was very great around Santo Domingo . Many made papery nests , hanging from the undersides of large leaves . Others hung their open cells underneath verandahs and eaves of houses . One large ...
... variety of wasps , as of all other insects , was very great around Santo Domingo . Many made papery nests , hanging from the undersides of large leaves . Others hung their open cells underneath verandahs and eaves of houses . One large ...
Page 142
... variety of tufted grasses , which seem gradually to overcome the creeper in the clearings on the edge of the forest ; but at Santo Domingo the latter was predominant , and although I sowed the seeds of other grasses amongst it , they ...
... variety of tufted grasses , which seem gradually to overcome the creeper in the clearings on the edge of the forest ; but at Santo Domingo the latter was predominant , and although I sowed the seeds of other grasses amongst it , they ...
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