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... belong to this form , which prevails in northern regions , and is comparatively rare within the tropics in Dammara and Salisburia the leaves , though they may still be termed needle - shaped , are broader . the colder latitudes the ...
... belong to this form , which prevails in northern regions , and is comparatively rare within the tropics in Dammara and Salisburia the leaves , though they may still be termed needle - shaped , are broader . the colder latitudes the ...
Side 26
... belong to this form , which prevails chiefly in the tropical world . On the Spanish and Italian shores of the Mediterranean , Arums combine with the suc- culent Tussilago , the Acanthus , and Thistles which are almost arborescent , to ...
... belong to this form , which prevails chiefly in the tropical world . On the Spanish and Italian shores of the Mediterranean , Arums combine with the suc- culent Tussilago , the Acanthus , and Thistles which are almost arborescent , to ...
Side 28
... belong almost entirely to the tropical zone , but in that zone they seek by preference the more tempered heat of a moderate elevation above the level of the sea , and mountains two or three thousand feet high may be regarded as their ...
... belong almost entirely to the tropical zone , but in that zone they seek by preference the more tempered heat of a moderate elevation above the level of the sea , and mountains two or three thousand feet high may be regarded as their ...
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... belong . A single tree adorned with Paullinias , Bignonias , and Dendrobium , forms a group of plants which , if disentangled and sepa- rated from each other , would cover a considerable space of ground . In the tropics vegetation is ...
... belong . A single tree adorned with Paullinias , Bignonias , and Dendrobium , forms a group of plants which , if disentangled and sepa- rated from each other , would cover a considerable space of ground . In the tropics vegetation is ...
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... belong to the entire species , but only to have been observed in some indi- viduals . ( Milne Edwards , Elémens de Zoologie , 1834 , p . 543. ) As in the cold zone the deprivation of heat causes some animals to fall into winter - sleep ...
... belong to the entire species , but only to have been observed in some indi- viduals . ( Milne Edwards , Elémens de Zoologie , 1834 , p . 543. ) As in the cold zone the deprivation of heat causes some animals to fall into winter - sleep ...
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