. Botanisk tidsskrift. Plants; Plants -- Denmark. - 225 — becomes more shallow, sometimes the bottom is laid quite dry, and then it is often covered by salt-weeds especially Batis. In one of these channels with shallow water, growing on mangrove-roots and fallen branches, Batophoi-a 0rstedi J. Ag., which 0rsted found here during his stay on the islands, occurred ^ in great numbers. On this part of the coast a considerable increase of land is evidently taking place, as all material brought in by the sea or from land by watercourses is deposited between the roots of the. Fig. 16. A Rhizophora-iv
. Botanisk tidsskrift. Plants; Plants -- Denmark. - 225 — becomes more shallow, sometimes the bottom is laid quite dry, and then it is often covered by salt-weeds especially Batis. In one of these channels with shallow water, growing on mangrove-roots and fallen branches, Batophoi-a 0rstedi J. Ag., which 0rsted found here during his stay on the islands, occurred ^ in great numbers. On this part of the coast a considerable increase of land is evidently taking place, as all material brought in by the sea or from land by watercourses is deposited between the roots of the. Fig. 16. A Rhizophora-ivQe broken by the hurricane. The south-western end of Krausse's lagoon. (F. B. phot.) mangrove in the stagnant water. What greatly adds to the deposit, especially of the finer mire, is the dense luxuriant growth of richly branched algae which cover the roots of the mangrove; if one touches such a root with its alga vegetation the water directly becomes turbid. This part of the mangrove forest had evidently survived the hurricane, without suffering any greater harm yet unmistakable traces of it were seen in many places, especially upturned trees of which fig. 16 shows one. The trunk was quite broken but borne up by numerous aerial roots and was now growing vigorously. On. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Botaniske forening i Kbenhavn; Botaniske forening i Kbenhavn. Journal de botanique; Dansk botanisk forening. Kbenhavn : G. E. C. Gads Forlag
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