Notes of a Naturalist in South AmericaK. Paul, Trench & Company, 1887 - 416 стор. |
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... to Petropolis - Falls of Itamariti -Struggle for existence in a tropical forest - The hermit of Petropolis - Morning view over the Bay of Rio - A gorgeous 248 CONTENTS . xiii flowering shrub - Visit to Tijuca - xii CONTENTS .
... to Petropolis - Falls of Itamariti -Struggle for existence in a tropical forest - The hermit of Petropolis - Morning view over the Bay of Rio - A gorgeous 248 CONTENTS . xiii flowering shrub - Visit to Tijuca - xii CONTENTS .
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John Ball. CONTENTS . xiii flowering shrub - Visit to Tijuca - Yellow fever in Brazil - A giant of the forest - Voyage to Bahia and Pernambuco - Equa- torial rains - Fernando Noronha - St . Vincent in the Cape Verde Islands - Trade winds ...
John Ball. CONTENTS . xiii flowering shrub - Visit to Tijuca - Yellow fever in Brazil - A giant of the forest - Voyage to Bahia and Pernambuco - Equa- torial rains - Fernando Noronha - St . Vincent in the Cape Verde Islands - Trade winds ...
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... yet over , the country here looked parched ; but I saw many trees and shrubs new to me , many of them laden with flowers , and found it hard to keep my resolution not C to stop the carriage until we should reach Gordon- town.
... yet over , the country here looked parched ; but I saw many trees and shrubs new to me , many of them laden with flowers , and found it hard to keep my resolution not C to stop the carriage until we should reach Gordon- town.
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... Not many species were in flower , but yet there was more than sufficient to occupy the short time available . Malvacea and Con- VEGETATION OF GORDONTOWN . 19 volvulacea were the most prominent 18 NOTES OF A NATURALIST .
... Not many species were in flower , but yet there was more than sufficient to occupy the short time available . Malvacea and Con- VEGETATION OF GORDONTOWN . 19 volvulacea were the most prominent 18 NOTES OF A NATURALIST .
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... flower - a first solitary representative of the great tropical American family of Melastomacea , or the gorgeous Amaryllid , Hippeastrum equestre , hiding in shady places by the stream . Although Gordontown can scarcely be so much as a ...
... flower - a first solitary representative of the great tropical American family of Melastomacea , or the gorgeous Amaryllid , Hippeastrum equestre , hiding in shady places by the stream . Although Gordontown can scarcely be so much as a ...
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