. The lower Amazon; a narrative of explorations in the little known regions of the state of Pará, on the lower Amazon . the seeds in all directions as faras ten feet. When I say good-bye to these peopleI take one of the pods home with me to Para tomake a drawing of it. I place it on a table afteralmost finishing the sketch, and when I return,after a brief absence from the room, my wifeassures me that she has heard a loud crack andthinks rats are eating it. I then perceive that halfof it is gone, and as I observe this, the remaininghalf suddenly is raised bodily from the table andwith a whippin
. The lower Amazon; a narrative of explorations in the little known regions of the state of Pará, on the lower Amazon . the seeds in all directions as faras ten feet. When I say good-bye to these peopleI take one of the pods home with me to Para tomake a drawing of it. I place it on a table afteralmost finishing the sketch, and when I return,after a brief absence from the room, my wifeassures me that she has heard a loud crack andthinks rats are eating it. I then perceive that halfof it is gone, and as I observe this, the remaininghalf suddenly is raised bodily from the table andwith a whipping sound bursts to pieces which areflung to the other end of the room. In this waynature assists this tree to propagate its kind. If 76 THE LOWER AMAZON the fruit falls, for example, in soft mud near thebase of the mother tree, or beneath dense under-brush where the chance of growth is small, a greattension in a short time is developed on each sideof the seams of the capsule and then it openssuddenly, flinging the seeds away from the are, therefore, given fourteen chances togerminate instead of one. seed. Jyuit Seed //v
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