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... species of Artocarpus indigenous to British India , and a monograph of the Indo - Malayan species of Quercus and Castanopsis , both fully and excellently illustrated . The genus Arto- carpus was founded by the Forsters ( father and son ...
... species of Artocarpus indigenous to British India , and a monograph of the Indo - Malayan species of Quercus and Castanopsis , both fully and excellently illustrated . The genus Arto- carpus was founded by the Forsters ( father and son ...
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... species of the genus is the Jak fruit ( Artocarpus integrifolia ) , a prominent cultivated tree in the Malay peninsula and archipelago , and recently col- lected by Colonel Beddome in a wild state in the forests of the Western Ghats in ...
... species of the genus is the Jak fruit ( Artocarpus integrifolia ) , a prominent cultivated tree in the Malay peninsula and archipelago , and recently col- lected by Colonel Beddome in a wild state in the forests of the Western Ghats in ...
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... species light up the jungle in the hours of darkness ; and in this country the coal - mines are often found illuminated by one of the poly- pores which propagates itself on the timbers of the workings . The tastes and odours of fungi ...
... species light up the jungle in the hours of darkness ; and in this country the coal - mines are often found illuminated by one of the poly- pores which propagates itself on the timbers of the workings . The tastes and odours of fungi ...
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... species of Apteryx ; the account of the sexual differences , and the variations seen within the same species ; and the tables showing the re- lative proportions of the various regions of the body in different stages of development ...
... species of Apteryx ; the account of the sexual differences , and the variations seen within the same species ; and the tables showing the re- lative proportions of the various regions of the body in different stages of development ...
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... species is perpetuated by hereditary transmission , so long as individuals remain to keep up the reproductive process . During sexual reproduction the substance of the seg- mentation nucleus undergoes karyokinetic changes during the act ...
... species is perpetuated by hereditary transmission , so long as individuals remain to keep up the reproductive process . During sexual reproduction the substance of the seg- mentation nucleus undergoes karyokinetic changes during the act ...
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