 Amazons are described by M. Condamine as attaining a very great height ; being at the same time perfectly straight, and having no branches except at the top, which is but small, covering usually no more than a circumference of ten ftet.  Drifted away [by M.C. Phillpotts?]. - Стр. 173авторы: Mary Charlotte Phillpotts - 1877Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - Страниц: 454
...being at th'e fame time perfectly ftraight, and having no branche« except at top, which is but fmall, covering no more than a circumference of ten feet. Its leaves bear fome refemblance to thofe of the maniac : they are green on the upper part, and white beneath. The... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1810 - Страниц: 820
...being at the fame time perfenly ftraight, and having ne branches except at top, which is but fmall, covering no more than a circumference of ten feet. Its leaves bear fome refemblance to thofe of the manioc : they are green on the upper part, and white beneath. The... | |
 | Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - Страниц: 728
...growing along the banks of the river of the Amazons are described by M. Condi, mine as attaining a very great height ; being at the same time perfectly straight,...branches except at the top, which is but small, covering usually no more than a circumference of'en feet. Its leaves bear some resemblance to those of they... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Perthensis - 1816 - Страниц: 766
...being at the fame time perfectly ftraight, and having no branches except at top, which is but fmall, covering no more than a circumference of ten feet. Its leaves bear fome refemblance to thofe of the maniac ; they are preen on the upper part, and white beneath. The... | |
 | Edward Polehampton - 1821 - Страниц: 752
...growing along the banks of the river of the Amazons are described by M. Condamine as attaining a very great height ; being at the same time perfectly straight,...branches except at the top, which is but small, covering usually no more than a circumference of ten ftet. Its leaves bear some resemblance to those of the... | |
 | 1823 - Страниц: 848
...growing along the banks of the river of the Amazons are described by M. Condamine as attaining a very great height, being at the same time perfectly straight, and having no branches except at top, which is but small, covering no more than a circumference of ten feet. Its leaves bear some resemblance... | |
 | Brothers of the Christian schools of Ireland - 1841 - Страниц: 316
...flambeaux syringes operations brilliant surgeons repeated applied chemists required eifacing impregnated great height, being, at the same time, perfectly straight, and having no branches except on the top, which is but small, covering no more than a circumference of ten feet. Its leaves bear... | |
 | Caoutchouc - 1852 - Страниц: 218
...grows luxuriantly on the banks of the Amazon and its tributaries. It is described as attaining a very great height, being, at the same time, perfectly straight, and having no branches except at the summit, where they form a conical crown. Its leaves are not unlike those of the manioc, are coriaceous,... | |
 | Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1853 - Страниц: 646
...grows luxuriantly on the banks of the Amazon and its tributaries. It is described as attaining a very great height, being, at the same time, perfectly straight, and having no branches except at the summit, where they form a conical crown. Its leaves are not unlike those of the manioc, are coriaceous,... | |
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