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... fibres shoot forth through the bursting bark , and hang like fine dark - brown threads . The habits of growth in these pendulous roots are singular : sometimes REMARKABLE TREE . 35 they appear like a single line 34 POLYNESIAN RESEARCHES .
... fibres shoot forth through the bursting bark , and hang like fine dark - brown threads . The habits of growth in these pendulous roots are singular : sometimes REMARKABLE TREE . 35 they appear like a single line 34 POLYNESIAN RESEARCHES .
Page 35
... fibres , not unlike a tassel . At other times , while there is one principal fibre , a number of others branch off from this at unequal distances , from its insertion in the bough above , and terminate in a cluster of small fibres . The ...
... fibres , not unlike a tassel . At other times , while there is one principal fibre , a number of others branch off from this at unequal distances , from its insertion in the bough above , and terminate in a cluster of small fibres . The ...
Page 36
... fibres protruded from the branches , being nearer the rocks at the side than the ground below , have been attracted towards the precipice . From this , fresh nourish- ment has been derived ; the tree has continued to ascend , and throw ...
... fibres protruded from the branches , being nearer the rocks at the side than the ground below , have been attracted towards the precipice . From this , fresh nourish- ment has been derived ; the tree has continued to ascend , and throw ...
Page 48
... fibres , proceeding from the root which had been planted . leaves are of a light green colour , and deeply indented ; they are not attached to one common stem , but the stalk of each distinct leaf proceeds from the root . The stalk ...
... fibres , proceeding from the root which had been planted . leaves are of a light green colour , and deeply indented ; they are not attached to one common stem , but the stalk of each distinct leaf proceeds from the root . The stalk ...
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... fibres , about the size of a bristle , regularly diverge in an oblique direction . Sometimes there appear to be two layers of fibres , which cross each other , and the whole is cemented with a still finer , fibrous , and adhesive ...
... fibres , about the size of a bristle , regularly diverge in an oblique direction . Sometimes there appear to be two layers of fibres , which cross each other , and the whole is cemented with a still finer , fibrous , and adhesive ...
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